The Great War remembered
Bridge of Allan this week marks the end of WWI with an exhibition and dramatisation of life in the town during the conflict.
The exhibition of WWI artefacts and memorabilia – including books, photographs and postcards – is running every day this week at Bridge of Allan Parish Church from 2pm to 4pm.
Members have also knitted 1000 poppies which are on display at the exhibition along with 200 outside the Keir Street church.
A group of townsfolk are also involved in telling the story of the war as lived in Bridge of Allan in which 84 young men from the town lost their lives, entitled‘A Village Remembers.’
Songs which kept up the spirits of soldiers and civilians during the conflict will also be sung during the dramatisation at St Saviour’s Church at 7.30pm this Friday.
The script has been researched and written by Catriona Duncan.
Bridge of Allan residents have contributed recollections and photos from their family albums for the exhibition.
They include Isabel Steel whose father William later became provost of Bridge of Allan.
She commented:“Like many others locally, he was in the Argylls. I am very lucky to have photos of him in the trenches and in hospital.”
The member of the cast in the photo are (back, from left) Ishbel Burr, Beth Lamont ands Trish Jones and Sandra Rutt and (front, from left) Alastair Duncan, Alex Glover and Charles Rutt.