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Calatria: the Journal of Falkirk Local History Society
Since 1991 the Society has published a journal called Calatria containing articles on all aspects of the history of the Falkirk area. The current issue, number 24, was published in September 2007. Each editon is around 120 pages long and includes typically eight articles fully illustrated with maps, drawings and photographs. Calatria is available from the Tourist Information Centre located at the Falkirk Wheel and from the Society.
 
Some of the earlier issues are out of print but can be consulted in local libraries. Contact Ian Scott on 01324 627692 for further information. A full list of articles is included on this site. Click on the appropriate issue.
Other Publications
THE PLACE NAMES OF FALKIRK
AND EAST STIRLINGSHIRE
John Reid
ISBN 9780 9560480 1 1
In December 2009 the Society published John Reid's much anticipated book on the place names of Falkirk and East Stirlingshire which examines the origins of over 3,000 names and in so doing illuminates the history of the district from Roman times to the present day. This marvellous work of scholarship distils the researches of nearly 30 years and is in the words of Professor Donald Meek 'an onomastic thriller' which is 'a scholarly, well-founded and superbly disciplined engagement with the evidence'.
The book is hard back with over 440 pages of text illustrated by around 50 line drawings and maps. It cost £11.99 from bookshops or directly from the Society. Please add £4 to cover the cost of postage.
HARD AS NAILS!
The Home Guard in Falkirk District
Geoff B Bailey
ISBN 9780 9560480 0 4
In December 2008 the Society published Geoff Bailey's history of the Home Guard in Falkirk District called Hard as Nails! At over 300 pages it is the first comprehensive account of this fascinating period in the history of Falkirk and district and is packed with information and anecdotes from the men whole made up the platoons in the towns and villages, foundries factories and coal mines. There are also over 200 photographs, maps and drawings. The book is available from bookshops, Callendar House or directly from the Society. The book costs £9.99 plus £2 postage in the UK. (email Ian Scott on ianqscott@blueyonder.co.uk)
OTHER TITLES
From time to time the Society also works in association with other publishers to produce books on important local history topics.
The most recent was Ian Scott's new history of Falkirk published by Birlinn in November 2006. The book is over 300 pages and covers the history of the Falkirk aarea from the earliest times to the modern era. As well as Falkirk town itself there are chapters on the other major towns - Bo'ness, Grangemouth and Denny and the villages including Airth and Dunmore, Larbert and Stenhousemuir, Bonnybridge and Camelon, and Polmont and the Braes area. The book has 93 illustrations - old photographs, maps, plans and drawings - and costs £10.99. It is available from bookshops in the Falkirk area and from on line suppliers like Amazon. It is also available from the Society directly.
Another book from 2006 is Geoff Bailey's history of Grangemouth Aerodrome published in March 2006. This has been produced in association with Grangemouth Heritage Trust by GMS Enterprises of Peterborough.
The book is A4 size, 142 pages, fully illustrated with many photographs, images, drawings, plans and maps and includes listings of all the planes which saw service at Grangemouth during World War II. It is priced £9.99 and is available from the Society.
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Other books include the following:
 
Geoff Bailey's Falkirk or Paradise (1995) tells the story of the Jacobite battle of 17th January 1746 and Brian Watters' Where Iron Runs Like Water (1998) is a new history of Carron Iron Works. Both were published by John Donald of Edinburgh.
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