A NEW display celebrating Scottish history has gone on show at Gleneagles railway station in Perthshire.
The project was the brainchild of writer and broadcaster Robin Bell who has dedicated it to the memory of his late wife Dr Eirwen Bengough Bell, a paediatrician who treated the survivors of the Dunblane shooting.
Through a series of 15 panels it charts the rich tapestry of Scotland's past with particular emphasis on Strathearn, Perthshire, and chronicling "everything from the Romans to the Ryder Cup".
"It includes the Jacobites, the weavers, the First and Second World Wars, golf and Gleneagles, and the Marquis of Montrose," said Mr Bell.
Titled Strathearn: A Celebration, the display features a dedication to the late Dr Bengough Bell who passed away aged 55 from ovarian cancer last April.
"My wife was a doctor and best known as the paediatrician who treated the survivors of the Dunblane mass shootings in 1996," said Mr Bell. "She spent her whole career dedicated to child health. The words on her tombstone read: 'She was the gentlest of doctors.'
"Apart from being a doctor, there were many other sides to her and she was very much involved in heritage and helped me put together this display."
Mr Bell, 70, from Auchterarder drew inspiration for the content from his book, Set on a Hill: A Strategic View Over Scottish History, which took five years to research.
"This is not a history lecture, it is to welcome tourists because Gleneagles station is one of the big gateways for visitors to Scotland," he said. "It is also to help community identity because wherever we live we like to have some idea of what makes our own area interesting."
Gleneagles station underwent a £3.5 million refurbishment which was completed last June. The display is already in place in the northbound waiting room with the southbound platform due to follow suit within the next week.
Mr Bell now plans to set up a fund in memory of his wife to help raise money for cancer charities and local community projects.
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