Thank you to everyone that attended the fantastic 1950s, 60s, and 70s school reunion last week. Everyone had a fantastic time and a good catch up with lots of their old school friends. Have a look through the gallery below to see some more pictures from the event.
After the exciting weekend, we were back bright and early on Monday morning to kick start another busy and exciting week. We had Monday Memories join us in the afternoon for a fun session reminiscing and chatting after the school reunion which many of the group had attended.
We had a skills session on Thursday with Dr Lucy Dean from UHI on Palaeography, the study of old Handwriting. This session was part funded by the Society of Antiquaries for Scotland, a big thank you to them for their help in hosting this fabulous workshop in Dunkeld. This session was an excellent introduction to reading old documents and provided some helpful tips and tricks to identify the type of document you are working with.
Our first living history event of 2026 is taking place this Saturday and Sunday, the 2nd and 3rd of May. The Sir Arthur Erskine Regiment will be joining us in Stanley Hill Park for a 17th century soldier reenactment weekend this will be a mix of free and paid activities for all ages. The reenactment camp is free for anyone to enjoy from 10-4pm on Saturday and Sunday. There will be guided tours at 11am and 2:30pm on Saturday and Sunday, these will be free for kids under 16! Adult tickets are £10 but Historic Dunkeld members get a discount and go half price. On Saturday night there will also be a talk on James Graham, the Marquess of Montrose in the rooms above the Perth Arms Pub at 7:30pm. Tickets for all events are available via our Eventbrite.
If you want to find out about the rest of our summer events, check out our what’s on page.