A Balfron Heritage initiative to showcase all the local organisations linked with the history of Strathendrick – from Kilmaronock in the west to Strathblane in the east – has been given the ‘green light’. A meeting of representatives of several of the groups confirmed that the event will take place on Saturday 24th October 2026 […]
An evening of Balfronalia …from Oral History from 2005 – Francie Brown and Jessie and May Landels recorded by Ros Ford – to some artefacts to trigger memories. There might even be a cuppa thrown in!
Second talk of 2026 will be Jonathan Kaney of Stirling Central Library on our local aviators – Frank & Harold Barnwell.
… a not so silent witness!
Final talk of the autumn session with Professor Alison Cathcart
Instigated by Balfron Heritage Group and permitted by the local landowner, this “dig” was led by Stirling Archaeologist Dr.Murray Cook and his trusty team of volunteers. Apart from a plethora of quartz (Stirlingshire had to import any flint from Yorkshire or Aberdeen), right at the end of the excavation a piece of charcoal was found […]