Old Photographs

Blackford Historical Society maintains an extensive archive of historical photographs relating to the village, its people and the surrounding area.

The photographs are stored in separate galleries for ease of access  - click on the link for each gallery to view the set of photographs.

Each gallery shows a thumbnail copy of the photograph (click on the thumbnail to open a larger image) and a textual description with any information we know about the subjects. We would welcome any comments or additional information relating to each photograph to help us complete our records.

• Gallery 1 - this gallery contains 75 images as shown in the table below.

Black five passing Blackford.	CofS Indian dress 1910.Circa.
The Games Committee. Blackford.	Collecting for wounded 1,Games Park 1918.
Twa bairns	Collecting for wounded,Games Park. 1918.
2 Red Label Bentley`s 1940`.s circa.	Found In D. Baxter Loft Think Ferguson.
5 a` side winners.	Games Park, 1940`s circa.
Allanvale F.C. 1920`s	Gleneagles House and Avenue.
Benheath Falls Blackford.	Grace, 2nd Left, Tennis Hut Games Park.
Blackford Amateur Dramatic Soc.	Gyroscope, Created & built in Blackford.
Blackford bowling club.	House on hill above Blackford.
Blackford Brewery.	Interior of `Auld Kirk` Blackford.
Blackford carters,Black WatchTerritorials,1914	James King & `Fellow Platelayers`Blackford.
Blackford from Kirk Brae.	Joe&Grace Rankin wed. St Andrew Church 1948
Blackford Golf Club-1920`s	Loaninghead from Cross Rd, Blackford.
Blackford Moray St. Looking North.New Inn.	Mcfarlane`s.Headmaster Blackford.Pre-1900.
Blackford Primary School 1912.	Moray Institute Blackford.
Blackford Primary School 1938.	Moray St. Blackford around 1960.
Blackford Primary School around 1970.	Moray St. looking East. Blackford.1930`s
Blackford Primary School early 1900`s	Moray St. looking North. Blackford.
Blackford Primary School. 1912.	Moray St. looking South. Blackford.
Blackford Primary School.	Opening of Public Park.
Blackford Primary School.1.	Orchill House Blackford.
Blackford Primary School-early 1900`s.	Probably Primary Sch. Headmaster&Family.
Blackford Silver Jubilee comm.1935.	Sale of work at Blackford.
Blackford Tennis Club.	School and Schoolhouse, Blackford.
Blackford Untitled 2.	St Andrews kirk scaffolding after lightning.
Blackford Untitled 3.	St. Andrew U.F. Church Blackford.
Blackford Untitled.1	St. Andrews Church. Struck by lightning, 1914.
Blackford Untitled.	Stirling St. Looking North.
Blackford wedding.	Stirling St. looking South.
Blackford.	Strathallan Castle, Blackford.
Boglehowe Bridge Blackford.	Sunday School Picnic 1920`s.
Boot Factory, Gleneagles Cott. Stirling St.	The Auld Kirk, Blackford.
Bowling Club.	The River Allan passing Blackford.
Brewery Blackford.	Track Laying sqad. Blackford.
Carter`s with Black Watch`Territorials.1914.	Twa` Bairns. 1,
Church outing top of Stirling St.Blackford.	Unnamed 1.
Clincart Cott.Kinghorn drapers.1970`s Moray St.	Untitled.
	Vale F.C. Blackford 1919-1920.

• Gallery 2 - this gallery contains 23 images as shown in the table below.

Boot Factory 1920’s	Sandy Younger 1920
Cheese Making Classes 1917-1918	Sandy Younger (and Sheep), Kinpauch 1940
Church Event	Blackford School c1915-16
D. Younger Drill Harrowing,Kinpauch 1939-45	Blackford School 1930
Blackford Farmers Dance Committee 1956	Blackford School 1935
Free Church Sale of Work 1920	Blackford School 1936
Blackford Games Committee 1950?	Advent of the Tractor, Demise of the Horse
Blackford Games Committee – mid 1950s	Workers at Sharp’s Farm Bardrill 1922-28
Kay’s Autogyro	Bardrill Farm Workers 1921
Mill of Ogilvie 1915-20	Blackford Parish Church Woman’s Guild
Blackford Old Kirk Pre 1914	Younger Family, East Mains, Gleneagles c1920
Sale of Work at Blackford

• Gallery 3 - this gallery contains 44 images as shown in the table below.

Sports Day 1957	Blackford Primary School, Undated
Blackford Bowling Club 1969	Blackford Primary School, 1961-62
Keepie Uppie	Blackford Primary School, 1963
Grand Match at Carsebreck 1898	Blackford Primary School, December 1963
Blackford Primary School 1923	Blackford Primary School, Undated
Blackford Primary School 1934-35	Blackford Primary School, c.1965
Blackford Primary School 1935	Blackford Primary School, 1965
Blackford Primary School 1936-37	Blackford Primary School, Undated
Blackford Primary School 1936-37	Blackford Primary School, Undated
Blackford Primary School 1946	Blackford Primary School, Undated
Blackford Primary School 1954	Blackford Primary School, 1967
Blackford Primary School 1956	Blackford Primary School, Undated
Blackford Primary School 1958-59	Blackford Primary School,Perth Music Festival
Blackford Primary School 1959-60	Blackford Primary School, Undated
Blackford Primary School, Undated	Blackford Primary School, 1963-64 or 71-72
Blackford Primary School, Undated	Blackford Primary School, 1971-72
Blackford Primary School 1960's	Blackford Primary School, Undated
Blackford Primary School, Undated	Hally's Smiddy
Blackford Primary School 1938-39	Moray Street from the West
Blackford Primary School, Undated	McNaughton's Garage
Fitzpatrick's Tearooms	Fitzpatrick's Tearooms
Tossing the Caber, 1968

• Gallery 4 - this gallery contains 36 images, including many postcards, as shown in the table below.
  

Lawson's Shop	Taylor's Shop
Sharp's Brewery early 1920's	G McDonald at Kirkton pre 1914
Netherton Farmhouse 1930	Netherton Old Byre 1950
Netherton Pigsty	Netherton Hay 1953
Netherton Tractor 1958	Kay's Autogyro in Flight
Blackford from the West	War Memorial, Blackford
The War Memorial, Blackford	Moray Street looking East, Blackford
Moray Street, Blackford	Moray Street, Blackford
Blackford West	Moray Street, Blackford
Moray Street, Blackford	Moray Street, Blackford looking West
Moray Street, Blackford	Moray Arms Hotel, Blackford
Allan Burn & School House, Blackford	Blackford from the North
Blackford from the Churchyard	Blackford from the Churchyard
Blackford from Churchyard Brae	Blackford from the North
Lych Gate, Blackford	Lych Gate, Blackford Churchyard
Blackford Churchyard	Interior, Old Church, Blackford
Church and Lych Gate, Blackford	Established Church Manse, Blackford
Blackford view from the North	Moray Street, West, Blackford

We would welcome any additional photographs or postcards, copies or originals, to add to our archive.

Please contact the Society Secretary info@blackfordhistoricalsociety.org.uk with any information or if you would like to enquire about the cost for high resolution copies of some of the photographs.