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116 D. C. Cowley, J. A. Guy, D. M. Henderson Figure 5 Aerial photograph (RCAHMS D28173, 27.01.1998) of ground at the south end of the artillery access track that has been comprehensively churned-up by vehicle tracks (probably tank). In the top right of the photograph a rectangular enclosure can be seen in the heather. This is one of a series along the east of the road and may be stock enclosures, perhaps of 18th century date.
Forth Naturalist and Historian, volume 22 117 MY STIRLING AS REMEMBERED 70 YEARS AGO Duncan W. McNaughton (1) One of the most interesting papers given to the Stirling Field and Archaeological Society was that given in 1927 by Mr J. W. Campbell (2), one of their oldest members, of his recollections of Stirling in his youth around 1854. A great many changes in the town of Stirling had taken place in those seventy years, and while the later similar period has not made so great a difference on the appearance of the town, I feel that perhaps those changes which have occurred over those decades should be noted, as far as I recollect, for the benefit perhaps of some local historian seventy years on (1). Perhaps some of the local residents can correct me, or come up with added information. Port Street, Murray Place, Thistle Areas The main streets, Port Street, Murray Place, Barnton Street, etc, are in part relatively unchanged apart from the shopping complex, but new traffic regulations, a new road, the demolition of buildings and changes of shops, have given an appearance to some parts different from that familiar to me in childhood and youth. The nature of the traffic, and its vastly increased volume, has been one of the chief reasons for the alterations to roads which have left me bewildered. In my early days one entered the town from St Ninians, negotiating the Railworks, still in production, which jutted out into the road, and would probably be faced with the green double decked petrol tram at the terminus, on the lines in the middle of the road. It must have been a real modern innovation; either during or just before the First World War, for the normal tram was a double decker drawn by two horses as the petrol variation was extremely unreliable, and more often off the road than on it. The horsedrawn trams to St Ninians found the slope up from the Black Boy too much, and required an extra horse to help them up the incline to the end of Melville Terrace. The trace boy and his horse waited on the road in front of Dr Vost’s house opposite the Black Boy, and the recess in the banking for the horses’ nose bag may still be visible. To us youngsters the sight of the trace horse with its jangling harness, and the trace boy reclining on its back was one of the highlights of a walk out Melville Terrace. Miss MacJannet, an elderly, old fashioned lady, who then lived in Woodlands, used to come out to feed the horse. The main tram terminus was at the foot of King Street from which they ran to Bridge of Allan. They were all double deckers, with sparred wooden seats, and a single sparred backrest which swung over to reverse the seating. In summer, open single deckers appeared on the Bridge of Allan run, and it was a great treat for a five or six year old to sit beside or near the driver and watch the horses. The main depot was about two hundred yards from Causewayhead on the Stirling road, near the old Causewayhead Station, and consisted of a large
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THE WEATHER OF 1998 S. J. Harrison
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Bird Report 1998 19 Month 1996/7 19
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Bird Report 1998 21 BLACK-THROATED
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