Collection: Local Collection Non Fiction

Appraisal commissioned by the Geilston Hall Management Committee, looking at the current condition of the hall, its various needs and opportunities for use and its historic and architectural development and significance.

While on leave from National Service with the RAF in 1946, Tom B McMillan visited his brother at Cranslagloan Farm to help with the harvest. Whilst there, he met by chance John, 4th Marquess of Bute, who was out horse riding. They had a shared enthusiasm to see a Highland Games re-established on ...

After leaving Dunoon Grammar School at the age of 15, Alexander Martin took up the position of Apprentice Clerk in the Chamberlain's Office in Dunoon. When war broke out, he joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve, serving in India and Egypt before commencing training as a Flight Engineer. He was shot d...