3-034-551 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Going North: Dunblane Station, 1871. 'A common rendezvous and starting-point for tourists, whether coming from the east or from the west, is Dunblane, six miles beyond Stirling [in Scotland], near the battle-field of Sheriffmuir, in Strathallan, with the Ochils to the right and the Braes of Doune to the left. Here it was that the Jacobite insurgents of 1715, led by the Earl of Mar, were defeated by the loyal forces under the Duke of Argyll. The Dunblane railway station, with its throng of travellers, is the subject of our Illustration. Hereby let us heartily wish to all who intend to pass that way, in quest of summer or autumn recreation, during the next three months, a good spell of fair weather, good health, and good humour, that they may come back to their respective dwellings with renewed vigour of mind and body for the duties of ordinary life at home'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.