Leighton Library has a 1810 first edition of celebrated Scottish storyteller Sir Walter Scott's epic narrative poem "The Lady of the Lake"

Added by Leighton Library at 23:06 on 20 March 2024

It's #WorldStorytellingDay #StorytellingDay today, 20 March. Dunblane's Historic Leighton Library has a 1810 first edition of celebrated Scottish storyteller Sir Walter Scott's epic narrative poem "The Lady of the Lake" (which helped make The Trossachs a top tourist destination).

Leighton Library has a first edition of 1766 of "Travels through France and Italy" by Scottish surgeon, poet & author Tobias Smollett

Added by Leighton Library at 07:30 on 19 March 2024

Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a first edition of 1766 of "Travels through France and Italy" by Scottish surgeon, poet & author Tobias Smollett who was born #OnThisDay, 19 March, 1721. He was best known for his novels, which influenced later novelists such as Charles Dickens & George Orwel...

#OnThisDay, 15 March, 1792, Reverend Mr Michael Gilfillan, a borrower at Dunblane's Leighton Library borrowed "Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature"

Added by Leighton Library at 07:26 on 15 March 2024

#OnThisDay, 15 March, 1792, Reverend Mr Michael Gilfillan, a borrower at Dunblane's Leighton Library borrowed "Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature". Reverend Mr Michael Gilfillan was the Secession (Burgher) minister of Dunblane, 1768-1816. This ...

Leighton Library has a 1632 first edition of a book described as a compilation of all the contemporary zoological knowledge

Added by Leighton Library at 07:55 on 14 March 2024

Today, 14 March, is #CelebrateScientistsDay, and #ScienceEducationDayDunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1632 first edition of a book, described as a compilation of all the contemporary zoological knowledge, entitled "Thaumatographia naturalis, in decem classes distincta, in quibus admiranda ...

Through the arched window of the Leighton Library you can see the Olympic Gold Postbox of tennis ace Andy Murray

Added by Leighton Library at 08:57 on 11 March 2024

Shall we look through the square window, the round window or the arched window? Are you old enough to remember how, in the long-running BBC television programme for children "Play School" (the final episode of which was broadcast #OnThisDay 11 March 1988), the world outside the studio was glimpsed t...