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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · 2d

Does anyone know what these outfits were for?

Don't forget the Royal School of Dunkeld 1970s school reunion is this Saturday (11th of October) from 7:30 to 11pm at Birnam Arts .

Tickets £10 (available from Dunkeld Community Archive or Birnam Arts)

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · 5d

It's Scottish Museums Day!!
Here's our "Tiny Treasure"
A small glass bottle from John McIntyre & Co Merchants Dunkeld - A fitting subject for our current exhibition "Bottles from the Deep" - A collection gathered by Jamie Kunka over 6 years of diving local lochs and rivers.

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · 6d

Scottish Horse soldiers in the Sergeants Mess with a method of protecting your pint which borderlines on oversharing! 🍺
(Photograph is undated, thought to be post 1945) Individuals in photograph are - W. Kinnon, J. McIntosh, SQMS Davidson, SSM Birse, RQMS McDougall

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · 9d

Mysterious cave in a fantasy film?... NO, it's Lady Charlotte's cave on the hillside of Craig-y-barns.
The cave was a gift for Lady Charlotte, daughter of John Murray the 3rd Duke of Atholl in 1774. This photograph was taken by local woman Mary Noble in 1948.

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · 13d

We hear that moustaches are cool again...😎

Here we have Captain Percy Norville Field of the 1st Scottish Horse.

Captain field was killed at Doornlaagte in South Africa in on 2nd March 1902 during the Second Anglo-Boer war.

Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · 16d

Dunkeld Probus Club members May 1996, outside the The Atholl Arms Hotel Dunkeld and former Dunkeld antiques shop.

Is there anyone in the photograph you recognise? Please let us know if you do!

Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · 19d

Have a read of our Friday Update to find out what we've been up to this week...

The photograph below shows some of the guys taking part in the Military vs Cancer Field Gun Pull from John O' Groats to Land's End.

www.historicdunkeld.org.uk/2025/09/19/w...

What we've done this week... - Historic Dunkeld

www.historicdunkeld.org.uk

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · 20d

Classic DIY; one person watching, two people supervising!

Hopefully the officer won't use the megaphone to give instructions... 📣😬

(Scottish Horse, 1942. Location unknown)

Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · 23d

Grey skies today! A postcard showing a photograph of the River Tay near Dunkeld.

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · 26d

Have a look at what we've been up to this week! Don't forget to buy a ticket for Tonight's event, "In Conversation with Allan Kennedy" tickets via (or free if you join our new club) - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...?

www.historicdunkeld.org.uk/2025/09/12/w...

Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · 27d

Scottish Horse Sergeant Goodwin on trek whilst practising using a gas mask at the Blair Atholl Camp in 1938.
#regimental #history #scottishhorse #horses #military #militaryhistory #yeomanry

Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · Sep 8

A mischievous Monday post for you all! Here we have Alexander "Dundonnachie" Robertson and the Bridge Toll Rioters standing at the ruined gates of Dunkeld Bridge.

The photograph is undated but will have been taken around the early 1870s.

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · Sep 5

Have a read of our Friday update, the picture blow shows the Friends of Perth and Kinross Archive on their visit to us on Thursday.
www.historicdunkeld.org.uk/2025/09/05/w...

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hop to it! 🐇

A group of people preparing to erect the ornamental gateway for the Beatrix Potter Garden in September 1993.

The sign and gateway were donated by Frederick Warne & Co publishers who were known for publishing many children's books, in particular those by Beatrix Potter.

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · Aug 29

Check out this week's update!
www.historicdunkeld.org.uk/2025/08/29/w...

What we have done this week - Historic Dunkeld

www.historicdunkeld.org.uk

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · Aug 28

Gone fishin' 🎣

Here we have an unnamed Scottish Horse Soldier Fishing at a lake near Cuneo in Italy in autumn 1945.

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · Aug 25

In spirit of the Birnam Highland games this weekend...

🐎 In 1934 they organised a pony race during the games, however the horses arrived after the games had finished for the day! These newspaper clippings were found in the minute books of the games committee. 📖

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · Aug 23

LAST CHANCE TO BOOK A DUNKELD BATTLEFIELD TOUR !! Today at 3.30pm from Dunkeld Archive - www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../dunkeld-....
Jacobite Festival '25
Sir Arthur Erskine's Regiment camp will still be in Stanley Hill park tomorrow until 4pm (but no tours tomorrow).

Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · Aug 22

Here's our Friday Update!
Lots of exciting things going on this week...
www.historicdunkeld.org.uk/2025/08/22/w...

What we have done this week... - Historic Dunkeld

www.historicdunkeld.org.uk

Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · Aug 21

On the 21st of August 1689 Jacobite and Government troops fought a battle in the village of Dunkeld. Today marks the 336th anniversary of the battle. As part of the Jacobite Scotland festival we have events taking place this weekend with Erskine's Regiment
www.historicdunkeld.org.uk/the-battle-o...

The Battle of Dunkeld - Historic Dunkeld

www.historicdunkeld.org.uk

Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · Aug 18

Following on from the weather extremes last week (from torrential rain to glorious sunshine)! Here is a photograph of the River Tay flooding onto the gardens of High Street and Cathedral street taken from the Bridge.

Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · Aug 15

Have a read of our Friday update and watch this video of what the weather was like on Thursday in Dunkeld...
www.historicdunkeld.org.uk/.../what-we-...

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Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · Aug 14

The 15th of August 2025 marks 80 years since VJ Day which marked the official end of fighting in the Pacific which in turn ended the Second World War.
Have a look at this booklet explaining the early Pacific war. If you are interested in reading the rest, follow this link archive.org/details/ocea...

Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · Aug 13

23rd and 24th of August – Reenactment camp as part of the Jacobite festival 2025

Join us in Dunkeld for a living history weekend with Sir Arthur Erskine's regiment. More information available via www.historicdunkeld.org.uk/whats-on/

Dunkeld Community Archive and Chapter House Museum Trust @historicdunkeld.bsky.social · Aug 11

❓Dunkeld Community Archive Weekly Summer QUIZ ❓

FINAL WEEK! You guys have done fantastically guessing all the locations of the photographs, here is one final photo before we return to our usual Monday posts with location included. Please let us know if you have enjoyed playing.