#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...