Our blog shares behind the scene insights in the life at the Castle and Museum. Discover the stories behind our amazing artefacts, explore the archives and uncover soldiers’ stories, hear from special guests and contributors and keep up to date with our events, news, developments, and achievements.
Jenny is dedicated to ensuring the archive collections are accessible for people of all ages to connect with their past. Her work includes answering research enquiries and overseeing a cataloguing and digitisation project.
In her role as curator Fiona is committed to preserving the history and heritage of The Black Watch legacy. She particularly enjoys discovering and sharing stories of the people who connect the Museum’s collection.
Ollie is one of our Project Archivists working on the Cataloguing Project. He is committed to making our collections more accessible to researchers, both at the museum and remotely.
Ginat supports the Curator to produce exciting temporary exhibitions, care for the collection, and provide detailed research from our Archive. She enjoys enhancing the museum visitor experience and creating engagement opportunities for all ages.
If you look back at the previous post, you will see that 67 men of The Black Watch lost their lives on 7 January 1916.
Today is Red Hackle Day. This annual celebration on 5 January commemorates the award to The Black Watch of the right to wear the Red Hackle.
Pat Savage: Footballer & Soldier A Fife Footballers Great War Story Pat Savage was born at the Little Raith Colliery just on the South
Life in the trenches Luckily, troops were not expected to serve entirely on the front line. The above diagram states that on average a solider
The First World War archive at The Black Watch Castle and Museum holds a notebook that belonged to Private Ed Hall of The Black Watch, who
The Black Watch is pleased to announce the addition of Private Edward Carroll of the 2nd Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) to the Commonwealth War
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