Here's David with part of a small exhibition he put on at the Turnberry Resort, on the occasion of the World Curling Federation's ...

Much of the material in this post was contained in a paper delivered to Largs Historical Society by David B Smith on September 24, 1998. ...

David B Smith continues the story of John Cairnie, the first President of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club. Part 1 is here. The oil pa...

by Bob Cowan On Friday, January 11, 1952, a Pan Am airliner called 'Flying Cloud' (* see below) landed at Prestwick airport with...

by Bob Cowan It is more than four years since David and I set up the Curling History Blog. One of the earliest posts, see here , was abo...

David B Smith writes: From at least the beginning of the nineteenth century the medal has been used in Scotland both as a trophy to be won...

What a pleasure it is to read in a newspaper of a by-gone age a piece which was intended to be read as literature. The following essay appea...