Collection: Local Collection Non Fiction

Discover the ruins of a medieval castle and a modernist building. Explore the overgrown pathways of an ornamental Victorian estate. See how water has shaped the natural and built landscape. Find out how an arts organisation is planning to revitalise the site.

This second volume of James Graham's autobiography is a captivating account of his life as a doctor, mainly as a GP but with other interesting facets to his professional and personal life. In addition to hospital work, he has practised in urban, suburban and remote rural settings. He himself has ...

This compilation completes the trilogy of booklets on Kintyre dialects : 'South Kintyre dialect' was published in 2016 and was followed in 2018 by 'Tarbert dialect'. While the first publication was geographically wide-reaching, 'Carradale dialect', like 'Tarbert dialect', has a narrower focus and...

A boy's upbringing on a hill farm in rural Argyll.

Scotland is renowned for its dramatic, fierce landscapes, but many people don't realise that some of the country's most exhilarating scenery rests on its coastline. 'The Beaches of Scotland' is a guide to over 150 hand-picked beaches around Scotland's coast, stretching from the mainland to the Ou...

Charity bazaars are a feature of the advertisement columns and news reports in almost every regional and local newspaper in Scotland from about 1850 until the outbreak of the Second World War. The bazaar was associated with a surprisingly wide range of organisations and purposes; churches were mo...

This report documents findings of a coastal zone assessment carried out on the island of Islay in 2002 and 2003. The aims of the work were to gather specific data on the location, nature and condition of of the coastal archaeological resource and to assess the nature and degree of future risk to ...