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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum. Located at 12 The cross Dunkeld, PH8 0AN, Open mon-friday 10-3 Visit our website at www.historicdunkeld.org.uk
Come along for an update on our redevelopment plans
Give us your thoughts and ideas on our new museum
Find out more about our exciting projects for 2026
with thanks to National Lottery Heritage Fund, Museums Galleries Scotland, The Gannochy Trust and SSE Griffin and Calliachar Community Fund
A time travelling visitor?...
We had a look through our donation money box today and found an old penny from 1947!
The old pennies started to be removed from circulation in 1970 in anticipation of "Decimal Day" on the 15th of February 1971 when the UK decimalised their currency.
Have a read of our Friday update, more exciting news inside and a bit of a mystery...
Photograph undated - early 20th century By James MacIntosh
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Ceilidh season is here!
This week we have a throwback to a dance in the 1950s where the Scottish soldiers didn't seem to have much luck with the ladies! πΊπ
(Corporal David Wilson of the Scottish Horse sounded particularly heartbroken)
Cathedral Street Dunkeld in 1946 pre renovations.
Which local residents and businesses do you remember from days gone by?
Sandwiches for lunch then boys? π₯ͺ
Scottish Horse troops getting ready to distribute the bread ration in 1910.
Here we have an photograph of Peter Rabbit author Beatrix Potter. Beatrix and her family would rent large local house and spend their summers in the area.
This portrait was taken by A.F. MacKenzie, at this time Mackenzie was using the abbreviation N.B. after Birnam which stands for North Britain.
This week's update includes some Egyptology! Have a read and find out what we've been up to...
www.historicdunkeld.org.uk/2025/11/21/w...
#ThrowbackThursday to a Scottish Horse Party in 1939 and the old Scottish Horse Museum which was in Dunkeld.
When the Scottish Horse Museum was closed in 1999 the Chapter House Museum trust adapted their collections policy to accept the Scottish Horse archives and documents. Lucky us!
Skill Session - Historical Desk Based Research with Dr Lucinda Dean
Dr Dean is an expert in late medieval and early modern Scotland and Europe.
Explore the wealth of resources available and how they can help you expand your knowledge on your research subject.
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Lest we forget.
Continuing our Remembrance posts this week we have a photograph of 5 Scottish Horse officers attending an Armistice day service at Blair Atholl in November 1939.
Please have a read of our online Scottish Horse remembrance exhibition _ www.historicdunkeld.org.uk/remembrance/
Have a read about what has been happening in the archive this week -
www.historicdunkeld.org.uk/2025/11/07/w...
Someone obviously had a bit of a bump on this motorbike! This is a Scottish Horse motorbike from the first world war.
My favourite part is the horn! π―
πA slightly belated Halloween post! π»
Did you all have a nice Halloween? π
What are your favourite costumes and memories from going out guising when you were young? π»
(Photograph of Royal School of Dunkeld Children in costume, this photograph is undated)
DO YOU LIVE IN STRATHTAY?
Please vote for us in the Fairer Communities for All funding, you will be helping to support the running of our amazing Young Archaeologists' Club.
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"Like my new car boys?"ππ
An early motorcar outside of Sim's Coachworks Birnam, circa 1910. (A bit different than the cars you see heading through Dunkeld and Birnam now!)
HAVE A READ OF OUR WEEKLY UPDATE
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The stick is mightier than the sword? No, that doesn't sound quite right... βοΈ
Scottish Horse Troopers taking part in a sword drill led by Squadron Sergeant Major Lovell on the Ancrum Road in Dundee in 1939.
Did you know that the Duchess Anne had a herd of Ayrshire dairy cows in Dunkeld? She even employed Ayrshire Dairymaids to look after them! ππ₯
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Have a read of our friday update to discover where this page appeared from...
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Keeping a close eye on Birnam and Little Dunkeld from the Bridge!
Sergeant Robert Duncan photographed on a cycle patrol on Dunkeld's Telford Bridge in 1930.
(He does seem to have a very tall bicycle!)π²
π Archaeology and History club Workshop -
30th of October in the Perth Arms. 7:30-9:30pm
πΊοΈ Map regression with James Jarvis
Members go free, non members Β£20. Prebooking highly recommended.
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On the 16th of October 1908 Dunkeld Cathedral was reopened after its renovation which was funded by Sir Donald Currie.
Here we have a photograph of the opening service, an invitation to the event and the order of service.
A touch more formal than last week's Scottish Horse photograph...
This mounted photo shows the 3rd line Scottish Horse Pipe and Bugle band in June 1916.
Does anyone know what these outfits were for?
Don't forget the Royal School of Dunkeld 1970s school reunion is this Saturday (11th of October) from 7:30 to 11pm at Birnam Arts .
Tickets Β£10 (available from Dunkeld Community Archive or Birnam Arts)
It's Scottish Museums Day!!
Here's our "Tiny Treasure"
A small glass bottle from John McIntyre & Co Merchants Dunkeld - A fitting subject for our current exhibition "Bottles from the Deep" - A collection gathered by Jamie Kunka over 6 years of diving local lochs and rivers.
Scottish Horse soldiers in the Sergeants Mess with a method of protecting your pint which borderlines on oversharing! πΊ
(Photograph is undated, thought to be post 1945) Individuals in photograph are - W. Kinnon, J. McIntosh, SQMS Davidson, SSM Birse, RQMS McDougall
Mysterious cave in a fantasy film?... NO, it's Lady Charlotte's cave on the hillside of Craig-y-barns.
The cave was a gift for Lady Charlotte, daughter of John Murray the 3rd Duke of Atholl in 1774. This photograph was taken by local woman Mary Noble in 1948.
We hear that moustaches are cool again...π
Here we have Captain Percy Norville Field of the 1st Scottish Horse.
Captain field was killed at Doornlaagte in South Africa in on 2nd March 1902 during the Second Anglo-Boer war.
Dunkeld Probus Club members May 1996, outside the The Atholl Arms Hotel Dunkeld and former Dunkeld antiques shop.
Is there anyone in the photograph you recognise? Please let us know if you do!
