The Vale of Leven Story

An information website with a history of the Vale of Leven, its towns and villages.

With the passage of time recent historical information about the Vale of Leven is becoming scarcer. We have decided to try to collect as much of this information as possible while it is still available by creating this repository.

As we gather this information we want to make it freely available to Vale people old and new throughout the world. The Internet is the ideal medium and this website is the result.

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The website is a non-profit venture organised by local history enthusiasts who are seeking your help in gathering as much Vale of Leven information together as possible. Any contributions to the site will be welcomed and since the Internet is a visual medium old pictures are of particular interest. We don't need to keep your pictures. They can be scanned for the website and returned to you unharmed. Even better, scan them yourself and email them to us.

Anecdotes about all aspects of life in the Vale are also welcome as are old songs and poems. Send us any interesting Vale material that you have. We will probably be able to use it. If you think that pictures or stories of any members of your family, past or present, would be of interest send them to us.

The Vale of Leven - Website Navigation

We have categorised the site by the towns and villages as well as history, sport, organisations, etc. We have included Luss, Gartocharn and the other Lochside villages. While geographically speaking they are not part of the Vale of Leven, they are inextricably connected to it.

Each section of the website can be read as a stand alone "chapter". To facilitate this you may find that certain information and references can be found in two or more locations.

The Vale of Leven - Images Used

The images we have used have been sourced from various sources. In some cases their relevance to more than one item means that they have been used in two or more pages of the website. Some of these images are large and in these cases we have made them clickable so that the full detail is available. These are marked accordingly.

Vale of Leven Map

Image Copyright Notes: In creating this website we have used some images that are assumed to be in the public domain. This has been done solely to make the content more interesting for our visitors. If we have got this wrong and you hold copyright on any of these images please let us know. We will remove them immediately upon request.

Text Copyright Notes: Most of the text used is original and has been created specifically for this website. We have credited our sources where appropriate but in an undertaking of this size it is possible that we may have omitted some credits. Please let us know if we have inadvertently used any copyrighted text or failed to credit any source.

Corrections: In an undertaking of this size it is inevitable that some spelling mistakes and typographical errors will be present. If you find any we would be very grateful if you could let us know about them.