Fintry Past
Fintry Clubs Societies Groups
This is not an exhaustive list! It simply shows the diversity of activities over the years.
Accordion and Fiddle Club – in Sports Club
Baseball 1990 – around 1992 Sports Field
Badminton – Menzies Hall
Best Kept Village Committee – met in pubs and homes
Bowling Outdoor 1923 -2015
Bowling Indoor – started 1979
Boy Scouts – began 1949 in upstairs of 115 Main Street, then old Mill, then hut opposite Fintry Inn
Wolf Cubs, Girl Guides, Brownies – some in Community Centre (former Stewart’s School.)
Burns Suppers – many places like: Clachan Hotel, Fintry Inn, Culcreuch Castle, Sports Club
Curling Outdoor – from at least 1874 at Lade Pond
Curling Indoor (Ladies from 1964)
Fintry Amateur Dramatic Society founded 1977 Menzies Hall
Fishing Club – Endrick
Fintry Focus magazine began 1975
Community Council from around 1975
Fintry Development Trust established 2007
Fintry Resilience Team established 20
Football Team – from pre- 1940s
Rugby Strathendrick Club- 1975
Golf Club 1922 – 1939 Nine hole course
Kirk Session 1600s
Kirk Women’s Guild
Men’s Recreation Club pos 1920s Menzies Hall
PTA at School
Nursery 1992
Playgroup 1970 in Menzies Hall and old Stewart’s School
Busy Bees 1990-1993 pre-school at Culcreuch
Mothers and Toddlers – Hall and Nursery
Ploughing Matches – at Bogside and other farms
Sheepdog Society – 1961 at Bogside
Squash Club – 1979
Sunday School at the Kirk
Young Ornithologists Society
Riding for the Disabled
Youth Hostel 1935-1981
Youth Club
RSPB Wildlife and Explorers Club
Pool/Billiards – Fintry Inn
Table Tennis
Exercise Classes – many types and locations
Country Dancing – Menzies Hall
Line Dancing – Menzies Hall
Zumba – Menzies Hall
Young Farmers – Menzies Hall
Book groups – various homes
Bridge Club
WRI – “The Rural” – 1926
Young Men’s Club – from 1920s
WVS Meals on Wheels – from 1963 – made in school
Fintry Show (The Flower Show) Hall
Folk Club – Inn and Sports Club
Sewing Group.
Knitting Group
Sea Scouts early 1970s in Community Centre
Guitar Lessons mid 1970s – Hall
Pub Quiz from around 2000
Events
Fintry Fling and Dunmore Hill Race – 1973 – around 2015.
Ceilidh – 2nd Jan from 1973 in Hall
Whole Village Photo – 2000, 2010, 2022
Millennium Celebration – 2000 At the Cross, Midnight party
Queen’s Silver Jubilee Party 1977 Menzies Hall
Fintry Fun Day from 2017 – Bowling Green
Football Dances from 1950s – Hall
Duck Race (plastic) – around 2000 on- in Endrick
Drawings by Mairi Noonan