Blog List Draft



PART ONE
My Lamont Heritage   20/09/2019
Is treading the “ Boards “a family tradition ?10/09/2019
A Walk Around Old Crieff in the Steps of the Drovers 27/08/2019
Ochtertyre in 1860 13/04/2019
TheCampus , The Cursus and The Stayt   Colin Mayall CrieffNovember 2009 (Updated February 2010 , May 2014)      
Crieff’s Cursus - TheSymbolic River ( written 2006 ) Perhaps you had noticed that they were digging ditches and doing all sorts of things in the field where the new Crieff High school is scheduled to be built? . This was  a sortof preamble to the building work commenced 12/04/2019
Weavers of Strathearn 10/04/2019
The Third World Rover Scout Moot held at Monzie near Crieff in July 1939 20/03/2019
A written record of Comrie in 1791 21/02/2019
LADY MARY'S WALK AND LAGGAN HILL WALKS AROUND STRATHEARN NO. 1  07/02/2019
St Fillan HistoricScenes of Perthshire Published Originally in 1880 by a Perthshire Minister (Marshall, 1880)  03/02/2019
The Union of Parliaments 1707 16/01/2019
Who were the Picts ? ( Revised ) 01/01/2019
Who were the Picts ? 01/01/2019
Scotland’s Historical Back Bone - The Weavers of Yesteryear  27/12/2018
The Story of Weaving and Textiles in Crieff    27/12/2018
Hidden below the Waves 07/11/2018
World War One - our family story 01/11/2018
A Highland Family Saga   20/10/2018
Who were the Culdees and why were they in Muthill ?   09/09/2018
Strageath Mill and Churchyard  09/09/2018
Comrie of Old 08/09/2018
Colin's Latest Book An ideal gift for  young or old !  More Tales of Crieff & Strathearn  People Places and Stories  05/09/2018
Sketches of Perthshire ( The Rev P Graham (1812 ) From The North By Dunblane  26/08/2018
"Dead " good way to improve sales ! 24/07/2018
Weaving in Auchterarder 15/07/2018
Now and Then A Trip Around Strathearn  Comrie 1840s  15/06/2018
A Possible Roman Road Cutting at Innerpeffray Library  23/05/2018
More on Strathearn Standing Stones  22/05/2018
Strathearn Fairs  20/05/2018
The Dargill Standing Stone  02/05/2018
Two Hundred Thousand Hits - Our Story To Date !  22/04/2018
Strageath - a Roman camp- a holy well- St Patrick's Church and an old Mill  20/04/2018
The March from Callum’s Hill in Crieff to Tibbermore   02/04/2018
AGRICOLA AND STRATHEARN  25/03/2018
The McEwan Family – Woollen Manufacturers in Crieff  25/03/2018
Tom na Chastille  23/03/2018
Voters Roll for 1832 covering Crieff Auchterarder Comrie, Blackford and Fowlis Wester  22/03/2018
St Dominic and the Crieff connection  13/03/2018
Industry in Crieff in the 18th &19th Centuries  13/03/2018
The Terrible Parish : St Beans Church Kinkell and about that airt .  28/02/2018
St Beans Kirk in Fowlis Wester Strathearn 25/02/2018
Samhain or Halloween ?? A Look Into Our Past traditions   29/10/2017
Crieff Past and Present : The Cross of Crieff and Drummond Cross 14 January 1888  27/08/2017
St Fillan   Historic Scenes of Perthshire  16/08/2017College House Crieff ( A letter written to the Strathearn Herald by Frederika ConstanceCummings on September 6th 1918 )  15/08/20
William SmeatonA Crieff Worthy of Yesteryear ( Macara 1881)    07/08/2017
A Highland Family -Famine - Migration - War – Death   12/07/2017
Col's New Blog Now On line !  04/07/2017
More Tales of Inchaffray Abbey in Madderty  21/05/2017
Crieff in the Victorian Eraby " Dixon "Printed  by  HK Brown, 15 King Street 1897CRIEFFLIFE IN SEPTEMBER 1896    26/11/2016
Queen Victoria's Visit To Crieff in 1842  09/10/2016
Culloden Attrocities in the Aftermath  03/10/2016
Strathearn’s Involvement & Attitude to the 1745 Uprising : “Hey ! Johnnie Cope are you walking yet ??” 01/10/2016
The Ossian Stone or Clach Ossian in the Sma’ Glen near Crieff  22/09/2016
Viscount Melville his monument and the beauties of Dunira  04/09/2016
Thanks To You all ! The “ Blog “ passes the 100 000 “ hits “ goal post !  29/08/2016
The Episcopal Church in Crieff - A Long Established Part of the Community   24/04/2016
A Look At Ochtertyre Its Tenants And Holdings In 1865.  25/03/2016
Where is Cultoquhey ?  12/03/2016
Methven : Some Historical Tales including a defeat for Robert the Bruce .   07/03/2016
PerthshireCrieffStrathearn Local History Blog : Index February 2016 of all Blogs  26/02/2016
Stanley Mills – Our Industrial Heritage  15/01/2016
Strowan Past and Present  10/01/2016
Castle Cluggy at Ochtertyre  28/11/2015
Ewan and Uncle Denis   22/11/2015
Crieff  And Some Of Its Artefacts Action Now !    09/11/2015
Fowlis Castle - A Forgotten Part of Strathearn’s Heritage  04/11/2015
Crieff Past and Present Published on the 7th JANUARY 1888  27/08/2015
Crieff Crimes of Yesteryear !  25/08/2015
Start of Democracy in the Strath 30/07/2015
Crieff Old Parish Church And Graveyard in 1888  20/07/2015
Ardunie Watchtower -and walk the Roman Road !  11/06/2015
Glen Artney and Auchnashelloch : A Royal Forest and Comrie’s Highland Heritage .  06/06/2015
Inchaffray Abbey 22/05/2015
A Place Called Balloch 16/05/2015
Dundurn - Ancient Pictish Fort  14/04/2015
Whisky –Uisge Beatha- the Water of Life and Crieff’s Distilling Heritage  08/04/2015
St Michael's Church Yard 1972 Survey of Gravestones 26/03/2015
The Rise and Fall of Inchbrakie – The Story of the Graemes and Why A Great House Was Demolished and A Family Heritage Threatened  23/03/2015
Crieff at the time of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1897  08/03/2015
Beer was brewed in the Strath before whisky was distilled.   27/02/2015
It's Been Three Years of Crieff & Strathearn Local History Blogs !  23/02/2015
The Railways of Strathearn   20/02/2015
Tullibardine Castle and the Pride of the Scots Navy !  29/01/2015
Fowlis Castle - A Forgotten Part of Strathearn’s Heritage   09/01/2015
The Ancient Church of Strowan Near Crieff    06/01/2015
A Happy New Year from Crieff & Strathearn !  01/01/2015
The Earn- the heron and a precious stone   31/12/2014
The Coal Mines that would have changed the Strath – a fortunate escape ! 14/12/2014
Lady Mary’s Walk  03/12/2014
Hogmanay and Handsel Monday Two Time Honoured Crieff Festivals  17/11/2014

PART TWO
Crieff’s “ Dad’s Army “ – the Home Guard of World War 2  20/10/2014
Castle Cluggy and Loch Monzievaird , Ochtertyre  06/10/2014
Perthshire CrieffStrathearn Local History Blogs A Current Index The Blog has been running since February 2012   06/10/2014
Who do we think we are ? Scots , Brits or “Anglais “ ???  21/09/2014
Pictish Strathearn and a lost or misplaced Kingdom !  11/09/2014
A Battle of Kings Fought On Our Doorstep   22/08/2014
Some Important Buildings of Strathearn   17/08/2014
The Sad Demise Of An Historic Part of Crieff : PART FOUR  26/07/2014
The Sad Demise Of An Historic Part of Crieff : PART THREE  22/07/2014
The Sad Demise Of An Historic Part of Crieff : Part Two  12/07/2014
The Sad Demise Of An Historic Part of Crieff : Part One  11/07/2014
A look into some interesting Crieff archives   09/06/2014
Royal MacRosty : The Visit of William and Kate , Earl and Countess of Strathearn  01/06/2014
Ancient History and Heritage of Strathearn Begins to Be Recognised  14/05/2014
New Blog Site For Perthshire Crieff and Strathearn Pictures Old and New  14/05/2014
The Strathearn Heritage of Prince William and Kate Middleton and more about Kinkell -the "Terrible Parish " !  11/05/2014
The Last Hanging In Crieff ; Kangaroo Court ?  07/05/2014
Daniel Robertson -a "Lad o' Pairts "** - the local ploughboy who became a millionaire  21/04/2014
History of the Parishes of Monzievaird And Strowan  14/04/2014
The Poorhouse and Poverty in Crieff in the late Victorian Period  28/03/2014
Pestilence and Arson in 17th Century Strathearn    09/03/2014
The Rev McAllister And A Religious "Punch Up" In Crieff  25/02/2014
Strathearn Perthshire Past and Present In Pictures  20/02/2014

Saint Fillan And His Cures For Sundry Ailments 16/02/2014
Two Years of Our PerthshireCrieffStrathearn Blog   13/02/2014
Drummond Arms Hotel Crieff And Our Neglected Heritage  11/02/2014
Cultoquhey - " at the back of a snowdrift "   06/02/2014
Huntingtower Castle  05/02/2014
Strange Roman Apparitions in Strathearn  02/02/2014
The Meaning of Many Local Place Names Around Crieff  30/01/2014
Jacobites in Strathearn ( Part Two )15/12/2013
Crieff Shops and businesses 100 years ago ( names & places ) - Part Two  28/11/2013
The Strathearn Village of Dunning and its fascinating heritage 18/11/2013
Pre Christmas Special Offer on Crieff & Strathearn Local History Books 12/11/2013
Heritage Restored - The Wild Beauty of Rannoch 04/11/2013
Our lost heritage  28/10/2013
The Ancient Secrets of Glenlednock above Comrie – a look at this Highland glen in the 18th and 19th centuries    09/10/2013
Toshach Castle - Strathearn Stronghold of the Clan Macintosh   23/09/2013
The Murder of the “ Red Fox “ - a mystery unsolved for over 250 years 05/09/2013
Crieff’s High Street Before World War 1 ( 1913/1914 ) Part One   29/08/2013
Innerpeffray  16/08/2013
Crieff at the time of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1897  11/08/2013
The Sad Demise of The Crieff and Strathearn Hand Loom Weavers c 1860  06/08/2013
Crieff in the early Victorian Days  05/08/2013
Auchterarder in the 1790s - home to the Ryder Cup in 2014 at its Gleneagles Golf Club !  24/07/2013
A Roman Fort on the Edge of Their World  14/07/2013
A Soldier's Tale -The Grandfather I Never Knew 30/06/2013
The Drummonds of Strathearn - their Castle , Rob Roy and a King's mistress !  28/06/2013
The History of the Broich Cursus Gradually Unravels !  18/06/2013
The Carpow Logboat a late Bronze Age gem plucked from mud banks of the River Tay  07/06/2013
Strathearn and Perthshire's Role in the Wars of Independence : Wallace and Bruce . 27/05/2013
A look at the historic village of Methven and its Castle  10/05/2013
Crannogs – the amazing artificial islands that abound in Perthshire’s many Lochs  29/04/2013
The Stayt of Crieff - Site of the Court of the Earls of Strathearn   02/04/2013
Jacobites of Strathearn - the'45 Put Into Perspective   24/03/2013
Yes – These Are Really Strathearn Names !  21/03/2013
Bridgend and Crieff in the Early 19th Century  11/03/2013
Cock Fighting In Crieff -Big Crowds and Big Money In The 19th Century !  08/03/2013
What a " Relief " - a tale about our religious past and a forgotten Kirk that still stands!  06/03/2013
Ruberslaw House - a relic of Crieff's Georgian past   05/03/2013
Crieff to Perth Road Building in the 18th Century  04/03/2013
Crieff Community Action Plan 2013 / 2018 - History Repeats Itself !  21/02/2013
Comrie Floods of 1898 & 1928  19/02/2013
Thanks for looking ! 12/02/2013
The Crieff Burgh Band /Crieff Silver Band 11/01/2013
New Year : Hogmanay in the Strath and the Comrie Flambeaux  31/12/2012
The Perthshire Clearances and Glen Beich    13/12/2012
Where was that ? The Crieff of yester year !  13/12/2012
The Last Thatched House In Crieff  22/11/2012
Trades and Industries That Have long Gone  21/11/2012
William McGregor ( 1846 –1911 ), football pioneer   04/11/2012
The Witches Maze At Tullibole Castle Crook of Devon 28/10/2012
St Fillans Perthshire - a look into it's past  07/10/2012
Churches of the Strath - a Way of Life  23/09/2012
Religion is an intensely personal thing   23/09/2012
Lewis Miller - farm boy - religious rebel - entrepreneur - lad o' pairts  14/09/2012
Bonnie Strathearn  07/09/2012
Well,well, well – yet more wells ! Once Crieff’s only source of fresh water .  05/09/2012
Celebrate Crieff- A Festival of History  05/09/2012
Six Months Of My Local History Blog  25/08/2012
The Wells of Strathearn - magical , mystical , Holy and ordinary !  23/08/2012
Tullibardine Chapel – A Pre Reformation Gem Well Worth A Visit  12/08/2012
The Village and Parish of Blackford  10/08/2012
Peter Crerar (1882 –1961 ) “ A pioneer of many interests “  06/08/201
Alexander “ Snacks ” Taylor (1862 –1954) : Crieff Soldier's Incredible Military Record  22/07/2012
General Sir David Baird ( 1757 to 1829 )  18/07/2012
The Story of Ferntower House    17/07/2012
The Burning of The Strathearn Towns & Villages : PART TWO  15/07/2012
THE BURNING OF THE STRATHEARN TOWNS AND VILLAGES : Part One   14/07/2012
The Crieff Riot of 1780   13/07/2012
The Rise and Demise of the Leather Tanning Industry in Crieff & Strathearn in the 18th and 19th Centuries   09/07/2012
The Pow - Strathearn's Historical Drain !  03/07/2012
The Rev. Dr David Malcom LL.D , academic, minister , teacher and forgotten poet of Madderty and Crieff ( 1763 – 1833 )   27/06/2012
David Mallet , Crieff poet and con man .   20/06/2012
The Story of Highland Toffee  18/06/2012
Witchcraft in Strathearn - Part Two of Two  11/06/2012
Witchcraft in Strathearn - Part One of Two  06/06/2012
The Story of Transport in the Strath  02/06/2012
Fancy A Trip On The Crieff Canal ??  26/05/2012
The Story of Weaving in Crieff & Strathearn ( Part Three )  22/05/2012

PART THREE
The Story of Weaving in Crieff & Strathearn ( Part Two)  10/05/2012
The Story of Weaving in Crieff & Strathearn ( Part One )  05/05/2012
The MacRosty Bandstand -Crieff's Edwardian GemThe MacRosty Bandstand - Crieff's Edwardian Gem  15/04/2012
The Breadalbane Campbells , The Campbell Brothers of Crieff and The American Civil War Part Two 11/04/2012
The Breadalbane Campbells, The Campbell Brothers of Crieff and the American Civil War The Campbell Brothers of Crieff and the American Civil War Part One  06/04/2012
Tom a Chastel - The Royal Castle of StrathearnTom a Chastel - The Royal Castle of Strathearn  05/04/2012
THE CELTIC EARLS OF STRATHEARN - MEDIEVAL ROBBER BARONS ?Earls of Strathearn - medieval robber barons ?  04/04/2012
Intrigue In Pictish StrathearnIntrigue in Pictish Strathearn  01/04/2012

Strathearn's Pictish TrailStrathearn's Pictish Trail  01/04/2012
A Bloody Battle in the Heart of Strathearn   30/03/2012
Pictish Strathearn – the Kingdom of Fortren - birthplace of modern Scotland Pictish Strathearn 29/03/2012
THE CRIEFF TRYST  22/03/2012
The Oldest Roman FrontierThe Oldest Roman Frontier  20/03/2012
The Cursus of Crieff 18/03/2012
CRIEFF SOME 6000 YEARS AGO  11/03/2012
The Crieff Coat of ArmsThe Old Burgh of Crieff Coat of Arms   05/03/2012
SOME STRATHEARN SURNAMES AND THEIR ORIGINS 01/03/2012
Our Shame Over Inchaffray AbbeyThe Shame Of Ignoring Our Heritage  28/02/2012
Ferntower House  27/02/2012
Gone ! Gone ! Gone! Lost houses of Strathearn   27/02/2012
The Lost Castle of Fowlis !The " Lost " castle of Fowlis  27/02/2012
Colin's Books on Perthshire - Crieff & Strathearn26/02/2012
Welcome !Strathearn 26/02/2012


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