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Cathy Peattie
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Mary Pitcaithly
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Falkirk Town Council
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Falkirk Town Council was established in 1833 following the Burgh Reform Act of 1833 which created parliamentary burghs and gave the new parliamentary burghs the right to elect town councils and to elect a member of parliament. The Falkirk Police and Improvement Act, 1859 abolished the Stentmasters and transferred all their powers to the Town Council, turning the parliamentary burgh into a police burgh. The Town Council was abolished in 1974 following the Local Government (Scotland) etc Act, 1973, and its powers transferred to Falkirk District Council
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Falkirk District Council : Leisure Dept
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Leisure Services was set up in 1989 amalgamating the former departments of Libraries & Museums with Amenity & Recreation. It took over responsibilities for sports facilities, public parks, cemeteries and cremations, libraries, museums, visitor attractions, outdoor events and festivals
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Falkirk Museums
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Falkirk Museums was first established by Falkirk Town Council as Falkirk Burgh Museum in 1926. It went into abeyance in the 1960s and then was re-established in 1972. After local government re-organisation a service was established for the whole district with museums at Falkirk (1975), Kinneil (1977) and Grangemouth (1979) and Museum Stores in Grangemouth (1978?). In 1994 Falkirk Museum was re-located to Callendar House. In 1996 the remit was formally extended to include the archives service for Falkirk Council.
Falkirk Museums was originally located in Arnotdale House. It was run by volunteers and supported by the Arnotdale Foundation. Doreen Hunter acted as Curator during the 1950s. After she left, the collection was put in storage until the appointment of Jack Sanderson as Curator in 1972 and premises in Orchard Street, Falkirk, became Falkirk Museum. In 1975 with local government re-organisation Falkirk Museum became part of the Department of Libraries and Museums, and branch museums were opened at Kinneil in 1977 and Grangemouth in c.1979. An archaeologist and education staff were appointed in the 1970s. Manpower Service Commission schemes enabled the establishment of the Museum Workshop and Stores in an industrial unit in Grangemouth and the collection of oral history, natural history and industrial objects. In 1988 Callendar House was designated for renovation and development as a visitor attraction and Falkirk Museums became a section of the Leisure Department (an amalgamation of Libraries & Museums with Amenity & Recreation). Additional posts included an Assistant Curator. The remit was extended to include archives, with the appointment of an Archivist in 1992. The Orchard Street premises were closed in 1994 and the existing staff and the archive collections transferred to Callendar House; while additional posts were created for the larger service, including costumed interpreters, shop assistants, security staff and administrative staff. In 1996 at local government re-organisation responsibility for the local authority archives service was transferred to Falkirk Museums (from the former Central Regional Archives). Several restructures of the parent department (Leisure, Community and Environment, Community) added Arts & Entertainment into the Museum Manager's portfollio, eventually resulting in the establishment of a Heritage section with the museum, archives and archaeology functions alongside education/learning and buildings/security functions. In 2011 Heritage was transferred into Falkirk Community Trust. |
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Malcolm Nicol
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Falkirk District Council : Contract Services Cleansing Dept
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The Cleansing Department of Falkirk District Council was responsible for refuse collection, waste disposal and street cleaning. Under Compulsory Competitive Tendering, the Cleansing Department became a Direct Labour Organisation and then became part of Contract Services Department. In 1996 following local government re-organisation cleansing became the responsibility of Corporate and Commercial Services of Falkirk Council.
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Falkirk Burgh
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Falkirk was created a Burgh of Barony in 1600 and Burgh of Regality in 1846. It also became a Parliamentary Burgh after the 1832 Reform
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Lawson, Archibald
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Elphinstone
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F Hodge
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Keith Brown
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Ian Millar
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William Gillon
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William Baird
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James Nimmo
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William Adam
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Archie Fowler
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Falkirk District Council : Libraries
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The provision of libraries is a statutory function of local authorities. Legislation began with the Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1853. The Education (Scotland ) Act 1918 extended library provision to rural areas. Falkirks public library was opened in 1903 while Grangemouths Victoria Public Library was opened in 1886 and Denny & Dunipace had a library by the 1920s. In 1975 at local government re-organisation, the various burgh and county branch libraries were brought together in the Department of Libraries and Museums, and in 1989 libraries became a section of Leisure Services (as did museums). At local government re-organisation in 1996, Falkirk Libraries were a section of Community Services (within Culture & Life Long Learning).
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James Boyd
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member of Polmont Parochial Board
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