We have a very active publications programme and welcome any ideas that you may have for new ones. Titles currently available are listed below. Please note that all cheques should be made payable to Stirling Council. First class, mainland UK postage prices for individual items are given in brackets after the price in the chart below. Please contact us for a price if your are buying multiple items.
| Picture | Publication |
![]() | Ale in Stirling: a celebration – Edward Burns 112 pages. Illustrated. A history of the local brewing industry and its demise. Also highlights the best places to get real ale in the area (2004) £3.25. (£1.30) |
![]() | The History of Dunblane - Alexander B. Barty 312 pages. In depth look at the history of Dunblane to 1994 £8 (£3.00) |
![]() | The Battle of Sheriffmuir Based on Eye Witness Accounts – Bill Inglis 60 pages. Illustrated. The story of the battle based on twelve eye witness accounts. £3.95 (£1.30) |
![]() | Bridge of Allan in old postcards: a story in pictures 1895-1945 – J Malcolm Allan 64 pages. Illustrated. The story of the development of the village as a spa prior to the Second World War. £3.50 (£1.30) |
![]() | A Week at Bridge of Allan – Charles Roger 404 pages. Illustrated. A reprint of a nineteenth century account of holidays in the spa village and everyday life there. £5.50 (£1.80) |
![]() | Buchlyvie: A Village in Stirlingshire – JR Bureau 64 pages. Illustrated. History of the village from the earliest times to 1996 £3.00 (£1.30) |
![]() | Bygone Days in Cambusbarron – PT Paterson 64 pages. Illustrated. The story of the village from the earliest times through to the mid-twentieth century. £3.25 (£1.30) |
![]() | Discover Old Stirling – Craig Mair 64 pages. Illustrated. A local history of the city written for children with school projects in mind. £4.95 (£1.80) |
![]() | Doocots of Stirlingshire – Alison Logie 44 pages. Illustrated. Locations and photographs of the surviving doocots of Stirlingshire, with a brief history and note of those that have vanished. £3.50 (£1.30) |
![]() | Drymen and Buchanan: A Further Selection of Old Photographs – Mary B Bruce 64 pages. Illustrated. More photographs from the local Heritage Society’s collection, spanning the period from 1892. £3.00 (£1.30) |
![]() | Fallin: the kids and the library £1.00 (£1.10) |
![]() | Fallin – tales from a mining village – Hugh G Kerr 64 pages. Illustrated. The story of the village from the late nineteenth century through to 1991. £2.00 (£1.30) |
![]() | Fintry Faces and Places In Old Photographs – Margaret McEwan 40 pages. Illustrated. A collection of twentieth century photographs of the village. £2.00 (£1.10) |
![]() | First Generations: The Stirling Area from Mesolithic to Roman Times – Lorna Main 44 pages. Illustrated. Written by Stirling Council’s Archaeology Officer £4.99 (£1.30) |
![]() | Growing Up in Cowie and Bannockburn - Elizabeth Wheeler 126 pages. Life in the two local villages prior to the Second World War. An absorbing read and our most recent title! £4.95 (£1.30) |
![]() | History of Livilands Bowling Club – Willie Jenkins 32 pages. Illustrated. A history of the club from its inception in 1909 through to 1993. £2.00 (£1.10) |
![]() | The Home Front, Stirling 1939-45 – Jayne Stephenson 32 pages. Illustrated. A look at life in Stirling during the Second World War by Stirling’s then Local History Officer. £1.50 (£1.10) |
![]() | Industries of Stirling and District 230 pages. Illustrated. Originally printed in 1909 and reprinted in 1998. Contains information and photographs of the major companies in the area in the early twentieth century. £10.00 (£3.00) |
![]() | Killin in Old Photographs – Kay Riddell 64 pages. Illustrated. Photographs of the village throughout the twentieth century from the local Heritage Society’s collection £2.00 (£1.10) |
![]() | Memories of St Ninians – Willie Jenkins 64 pages. Illustrated. Photographs of the community from the middle of the nineteenth century to 1999. £3.50 (£1.30) |
![]() | The Public Library Stirling 1904-2004: A Brief Centenary History– Steve Dolman 24 pages. Illustrated. A fascinating look at the story of the main library in Stirling, and the important people and events in its history. £1.50 (£1.10) |
![]() | Rare Glimpses of Rhyme and Reason – Eunice Wyles 52 pages. Stirling poet Eunice Wyles covers an interesting mix of topics with refreshing originality and pawky humour in an imaginative collection £2.95 (£1.10) |
![]() | The Shielings and Drove Ways of Loch Lomondside – John Mitchell 32 pages. Illustrated. An account of how cattle and goats were moved to stock markets from Loch Lomondside until the early part of the twentieth century. £2.95 (£1.10) |
![]() | Stirling’s Talking Stones – Various authors 56 pages. Illustrated. A look at the great and the good buried in the cemeteries at what has always been called the Top of the Town”. £2.00 (£1.30) |
![]() | Strathendrick in Old Photographs – Mary B Bruce 64 pages. Illustrated. A collection of photographs from the Drymen and District Local History Society’s collection, covering the area from Fintry to Balmaha. £1.50 (£1.30) |
![]() | Strathyre, Balquhidder and Lochearnhead In Old Photographs – Ewen W Cameron 64 pages. Illustrated. Photographs from the Victorian era through to 1994 £2.95 (£1.30) |
![]() | The Street and Place Names of Dunblane and District – Archie McKerracher 64 pages. Illustrated. The origin of the street and place names of Dunblane and the surrounding area. £3.95 (£1.30) |
![]() | Suffrage in Stirling: The Struggle for Women’s Votes – Lynn M Brewster 46 pages. Illustrated. An interesting look at the suffrage movement locally through to 1914. £4.95 (£1.30) |
![]() | Tunnellers, Tango Dancers and Team Mates: Killin Goes Electric – Gillean M Ford 32 pages. Illustrated. A look at the introduction of electricity in Killin in the 1950s and the stories of some of the many people involved. £2.50 (£1.30) |
![]() | Battle of Bannockburn Poster £3.25 (£1.10) |