A Walk in the Past: The Alloa beer case
John Wardlaw was a potato dealer at Old Bridge Street in Alloa in the 1870s.
John Wardlaw was a potato dealer at Old Bridge Street in Alloa in the 1870s.
At the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday, June 2, 1862, Mary Struth appeared charged with the murder or attempted murder of her father John Struth in Silver Street in Kincardine.
On May 4, 1784, the lands of Balquharn between Alva and Menstrie were purchased by John Johnstone of Alva.
A row over permission to be on a moor resulted in a gun being fired and the 14th Earl of Mar ending up in court.
Smuggling across Scotland, especially in the hills and glens of the country, was prevalent after taxes were placed on the manufacture of whisky and other spirits - and the Wee County was no different.
It has been known by several names over the years including the Hillfoots Evangelical Church and more recently the Church of the Good Shepherd.
HMP Glenochil has held a number of high profile prisoners over the years, One of these was Angus Sinclair, a convicted murderer.
In the days of the smugglers, Alva had a roaring trade in illicit whisky.
Around 1825 a fire broke out at a mine that became known as the Sauchie Fire Mine.
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