Blog: Thornie Tales
This is a personal blog loosely associated with Murthly History Group. It takes its title from Thornie Muir, where the Gellyburn has its source. Some of the material being developed for a full history of Murthly will be tried out/aired here. Please feel free to comment and make useful suggestions. The views of the author are his own, not those of Murthly History Group.
Working Man's Diary
Added at 11:56 on 02 August 2024
Over the centuries, the folk of this parish (well, ordinary people everywhere) have come across as gingerbrea...
Gauls of Murthly
Added at 10:42 on 19 June 2024
On the road out to the old A9 from Byres of Murthly, just past the sawmill on the right, there used to be a sm...
I Told You
Added on 19 June 2024
I was looking at a feature article, “The Edge of Empire”, in the Courier, More explicitly, at the ...
And Then There Were None
Added on 22 June 2022
Perhaps I should have paid them more attention. They were, after all, the most exotic of Murthly’s resi...
Murthly 1 and the Albatros
Added on 26 September 2021
On 24th July 1918, Lieut. Carl Frederick Falkenberg, flying Murthly No.1, an SE 5a fighter recently acquired b...
The Asylum Mikado
Added on 24 August 2021
“I have often seen ‘The Mikado’ played by amateurs, but I do not think I have ever more enjo...