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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 1 - 7 February 2016
Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list. Monday, February 1 2016, 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm 6,000 Years of Architecture, Innovation and Design
Venue: Auditorium, National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street Society of Antiquaries of Scotland A journey through Scottish architecture from the earliest buildings to today’s tower blocks. Our three speakers have each been given a period of Scotland’s past and presented the challenge to choose their three examples of architectural innovation and design that changed the face of Scotland. Come and hear their choices and contribute your own! Chair: Prof. Karen Forbes (Edinburgh College of Art) Prehistory (earliest people to 600 AD): Dr Tanja Romankiewicz (Edinburgh University) Medieval (600 AD to Union of the Crowns): Prof. Richard Oram (Stirling University) Modern (Union of the Crowns to today): John Lowrey (ECA) Discussion Monday, February 1 2016, 6.30 pm Building Scotland's Canals Nick Haynes Venue: St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, 13 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PA Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland Nick Haynes is a freelance architectural historian, writer, researcher, historic environment consultant, and treasurer of Docomomo Scotland. He is the author of a number of publications including An Architectural History of the University of Glasgow, Scotland’s Sporting Buildings and Scotland’s Canals for Historic Scotland. Nick is currently working on an architectural history of the University of Edinburgh. Monday, February 1 2016, 7.30 pm Treasure Trove in Scotland and Recent Archaeological Finds in Ayrshire and the South Dr Natasha Ferguson Venue: John Knox Church Hall, High Street, Stewarton Stewarton and District Historical Society The Treasure Trove Officer for the National Museums of Scotland explains how Treasure Trove protects found objects which have cultural significance Monday, February 1 2016, 7.30 pm Working Class Courtship and Marriage, 1855-1939 Prof Eleanor Gordon Venue: St Andrews Church, Park Road, Milngavie Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society Professor Eleanor Gordon will focus on the diverse nature of the working class family and will illustrate how premarital sex, cohabitation and marriage breakdown are by no means new phenomena. Monday, February 1 2016, 7.30 pm Prestwick in the Fifties John Hope Venue: Loudoun Hall, Boat Vennel, Ayr Kyle and Carrick Civic Society Monday, February 1 2016, 7.30 pm Glasgow Bridges Tom Marchant Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank Clydebank Local History Society Monday, February 1 2016, 8 pm Archaeological Landscapes: the Present in the Past Alex Hale, RCAHMS Venue: Dreghorn Loan Hall, Colinton, EH13 0DE Colinton Local History Society Tuesday, February 2 2016, 6.45 pm for 7.15 pm Craiglockhart Hospital Rev Prof David Fergusson Venue: Morningside Parish Church Hall Morningside Heritage Association Tuesday, February 2 2016, 7.30 pm The Victoria Cross Alexander Hall Venue: Kilmarnock College, Holehouse Rd, Kilmarnock Kilmarnock & District History Group Tuesday, February 2 2016, 7.30 pm Postscript to the Past: Lost Mansions and Houses of Renfrewshire Dan Sweeney Venue: Fairweather Hall, Barrhead Road, Newton Mearns, G77 6BB The presentation will include some of the lost mansions of Mearns such as Hazelden, Southfield and Barcapel. Wednesday, February 3 2016, 2.00 pm A History of Drinking Anthony Cooke Venue: National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW Journey through the history of drinking in Scotland with Anthony Cooke. Public drinking places played an important and controversial role in Scottish society over the centuries, providing space for life rituals such as birth, marriage and death. They also provoked a backlash in the form of the temperance movement. Hosted by the National Library of Scotland in association with the Scottish Local History Forum. Free but places are limited. To book a seat go to http://www.nls.uk/events Wednesday, February 3 2016, 6.30 pm Fashioning an Identity on the Fairways: A history of golfing dress Hannah Fleming (British Golf Museum) Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee Thursday, February 4 2016, 1.00 pm Inuit Relations with Dundonians William Kerr Venue: Glasite Hall, St. Andrew’s Church, King Street, Dundee Friends of Dundee City Archives Thursday, February 4 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm Highlanders on the Titanic Norman Newton Venue: Outdoor Bowling Clubhouse, Ferry Brae, North Kessock, IV1 3YH North Kessock & District Local History Society Saturday, February 6 2016, 10 am - 12 pm Tax Records Joy Dodd Venue: Scottish Genealogy Society Library, 15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL Everyone thinks the Poll Tax was invented by Margaret Thatcher but did you know it was around in the 17th Century? In the 18th Century windows, servants, horses, dogs and other items were taxed. Joy Dodd will give a talk on how to access those records and what they contain.
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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 25 - 31 January 2016
Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list. Monday, January 25 2016, 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm Plague! Dr Anette Hagan Venue: National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Join Dr Anette Hagan on a curator led tour of “Plague!” The new exhibition at the National Library of Scotland showcases eight contagious diseases that have ravaged Scotland over the last 700 years, and relates the cultural and social history of responses to such epidemics. It highlights government and public health measures, personal accounts in diaries and letters, moral and practical reactions by church people, responses in folk medicine and literature, and through medical investigation. For Fellows only. Free but ticketed. Booking essential as places are strictly limited. Monday, January 25 2016, 7.30 pm Family History at the Mitchell Dr Irene O'Brien Venue: Caldwell Halls, 16 Campsie Road, Torrance, G64 4BN Torrance Heritage and History Group Monday, January 25 2016, 7.30 pm Alcohol and the Liver: Imagery & Indulgence Dr Stefan Slater Venue: Millennium Room, Cramond Kirk Hall Dr Stefan Slater tells the story of alcohol and the liver in prose, poetry and art, and describes world differences in the amount we drink and in our tolerance to it Monday, January 25 2016, 7.30 pm Local and family history resources in the A K Bell Library Colin Proudfoot Venue: Stanley Village Hall West Stormont Historical Society Non-members: adults £3, concessions £2. (Open discussion meetings at Luncarty are free) Monday, January 25 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm Birds of the Upper River Forth Professor David Bryant Venue: Alloa Town Hall (Tommy Downs Room) Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society Speaker is Professor of Conservation Biology, Exeter University Wednesday, January 27 2016, 7.30 pm Culloden Estate: a local history case study from the 18th century to the Great War Norman Newton Venue: Highland Archive Centre, Bught Park, Inverness Highland Family History Society Wednesday, January 27 2016, 7.30 pm More Round and About in the Borders John Rogerson Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels Thursday, January 28 2016, 7.30 pm Rocks and Fossils Dr John Faithfull Venue: Glen Halls, Neilston Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association Thursday, January 28 2016, 7.30 pm Life in Prehistoric Ayrshire, 4000-2000 BC Alison Sheridan, National Museums of Scotland Venue: Town Hall, Ayr Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Thursday, January 28 2016, 7.30 pm Treasures of the Smith Elspeth King Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery Stirling Local History Society Thursday, January 28 2016, 7.30 pm East Lothian: a wartime backwater? David Haire Venue: Dirleton Kirk Hall Gullane and Dirleton History Society Thursday, January 28 2016, 7.45 pm War Secrets - from incontinent seagulls to luminous sea-lions! Dave Harvie Venue: Drymen Village Hall, Main Street, Drymen, Glasgow, G63 0BP Drymen & District Local History Society Dave Harvie’s talk is on the aftermath of the sinking of RMS Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915, when a desperate Admiralty devised some bizarre, top secret plans. Friday, January 29 2016 Death and Identity in Scotland from the Medieval to the Modern: Beliefs, Attitudes and Practices
Venue: New College, University of Edinburgh University of Edinburgh Death and Identity in Scotland from the Medieval to the Modern: Beliefs, Attitudes and Practices is taking place on Friday 29 January to Sunday 31 January 2016 at New College, University of Edinburgh. 29 January - 31 January. This is the third in a series of conferences that aims to accelerate interest and research into Scottish death studies. The theme for 2016 is death and identity. Papers are invited to explore this subject within any period from the medieval into the modern day from any disciplinary perspective. Established research and work-in-progress welcomed. Saturday, January 30 2016, 2.00 pm AGM
Venue: Potting Shed Coffee Shop, Mackenzie & Cruickshank, 1 West Road, Forres, IV36 2GW Moray & Nairn Family History Society Saturday, January 30 2016, 2.00 pm Pitfalls of registering heraldic style trademarks Campbell Newell Venue: Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh The Heraldry Society of Scotland In times of war and austerity, governments need to raise funds somehow. That hasn't changed in the 215 years since this advert was placed in the 7th April 1800 issue of The Aberdeen Journal: HAIR POWDER TAX Stamp Office, Edinburgh, March 25 1800 The HEAD DISTRIBUTOR of his MAJESTY’S STAMP DUTIES in NORTH BRITAIN, in pursuance of “An Act for granting to his Majesty a Duty on Certificates issued for using Hair Powder”, hereby gives notice to every Person using or wearing Hair Powder, that they will receive Certificates for the ensuing year, from 5th April 1800 to 5th April 1801, at the following places, viz. HEAD OFFICE AT EDINBURGH 1. DUNDEE Dundee John Alison 2. ABERDEEN Aberdeen Auldjo and Williamson Banff Thomas Ogilvie Stonehaven Charles Munro Oldmeldrum Thomas Simpson Huntly Alexander Stewart Peterhead John Dallachy Fraserburgh John Wallace Keith George Brander 3. TAIN Tain John Barclay Dingwall Patrick Hay Cromarty Walter Ross Fortrose Robert Mackid 4. PERTH Perth James Chalmers Alyth William Chalmers Blairgowrie George Brown Culross Alexander Masterton Dunkeld James Inches Dunblane James Finlayson Downe William Young Longforgan William Muir Gartmore Peter Gordon Errol Walter Macfarlane Kenmore Mrs McIntyre Kincardine Robert Rentoul Crief James Glass Callander Gilbert McEwan 5. HADDINGTON Haddington Hay Donaldson Dunbar Thomas Diddep Tranent David Aiken Gifford Robert Paterson North Berwick Mrs Oliver Stenton John Begbie Linton Alexander Brown Prestonpans David Thomson 6. BRECHIN Brechin Colin Gillies 7. INVERNESS Inverness Thomas Gilzean Fort William Duncan M’Intyre jun 8. INVERARAY Inveraray Edward Hall Oban John Bayne 9. AYR Ayr John Hamilton Irvine Robert Tod jun Kilmarnock John Wilson, surgeon; J and P Wilson, stationers Saltcoats Daniel Dow Maybole William Niven Girvan William Brown & Co Ballantrae John M’Whirter Beith William Dunn Stewarton Andrew Brown Mauchline William Millar Ochiltree David Kirkland Cumnock James Kirkland 10. NAIRN Nairn Alexander Hay Forres Thomas Eddie Elgin George Spark 11. LERWICK, SHETLAND Lerwick Francis Heddell 12. DUNSE Dunse James Home Lauder Robert Romanes Eyemouth James Edgar Coldstream William Air Greenlaw Peter Hogg Earlstoun William Hogg 13. PEEBLES Peebles William Laidlaw Selkirk Andrew Henderson Galashiels William Craig 14. DORNOCK Dornock Hugh Leslie 15. CUPAR FIFE Cupar Fife James Lumsdaine Dunfermline Miss Russel Inverkeithing Henry Arnot Burntisland David Knox Kirkcaldy John Ford Fife Thomas Archibald Anstruther William Cockburn St Andrews Alexander Fraser Kinghorn John Hutton Falkland Thomas Kennedy Leven Mrs Scott Kinross John Skelton 16. JEDBURGH Jedburgh John Lang Kelso Robert Bruce Melrose John Mercer Hawick John Oliver 17. CAMPBELTOWN Campbeltown Duncan M’Callum 18. GLASGOW Glasgow William Mure; Alexander Robertson Lanark Robert Newbigging Hamilton William Hamilton Paisley James Orr Greenock Robert Barr Port Glasgow J and D King Dumbarton John M’Aulay Rothsay, Bute John Bain 19. FORFAR Forfar Peter Ranken Cupar Angus George Brown Kirriemuir James Shepherd 20. KIRKWALL, ORKNEY Kirkwall James Riddoch 21. THURSO Thurso Donald Robison 22. DUMFRIES Dumfries John Sime Sanquhar Robert Whigham Moffat Alexander Craig Lockerby Mrs Janet Dalton Ecclefechan Mrs Janet Kerr Langholm John Graham Annan John Forrest Castle Douglas George Cameron Kirkcudbrigh Thomas M’Millan Gatehouse Anthony M’Nish Newton Douglas James Carson Stranraer Robert Bryce; Patrick Taylor Wigton Alexander Burton Whithorn James M’millan 23. LINLITHGOW Linlithgow James Taylor Queensferry Robert Murray Borrowstownness Henry Rymer Bathgate Robert Mochrie 24. MONTROSE Montrose Charles Thomson Arbroath John Colvill Bervie David Gavin Laurencekirk John Scott 25. STIRLING Stirling Thomas Wingate Alloa William Mackie Falkirk John Burns At all which places the persons applying for said certificates will be furnished, gratis with the printed forms of the entry required by the act, to be filled up in writing, and delivered in previously to the issuing of said certificate. And to prevent mistakes, the Public are hereby apprised, That a duty of One Pound One Shilling only is to be paid for each certificate, which sum will be expressed by a Stamp on the same; and that no more is to be demanded of any person, upon taking out a Certificate for using or wearing Hair Powder, upon any pretence whatever, except when there are more than two unmarried Daughters in a Family; in which case a Double Certificate, stamped with TWO STAMPS of One Pound One Shilling each, is required to be taken out by the Father or Mother for such unmarried daughters. Daily attendance will be given at the above Offices, for one kalendar month, from Monday the 31st of March ult from ten o’clock forenoon till three afternoon, Saturdays excepted. ALEX MENZIES, Head Distributor and Collector, North Britain N.B. Every person using or wearing Hair Powder, without taking out a Certificate, forfeits TWENTY POUNDS. All persons in arrear of this tax are immediately required to pay up the same; and informations are received by the Solicitor, and suitable rewards given. Alphabetical lists are regularly made up, and kept open for the inspection of all persons desiring the same. 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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 18 - 24 January 2016
Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list. Monday, January 18 2016, 7.30 pm Transports of Delight Colin Mackay Venue: Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society Monday, January 18 2016, 7.30 pm Coffee House Cures Dave Harvie Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank Clydebank Local History Society Monday, January 18 2016, 7.30 pm Balerno over the last 200 years Ronnie Dixon and Val Wilson CDLHS Venue: Gibson Craig Memorial Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie Currie & District Local History Society Ronnie and Val cover Balerno’s history and development from a small rural village to the dormitory suburb of today. From stagecoaches and grave robbers on the Lanark Road to the nose to tail traffic of today. From enclosures of land and depopulation away from agriculture, to the growth of the paper mills and their eventual decline and demise. The history of the "workaday village" that grew. Monday, January 18 2016, 7-9 pm Kirk Session and Other Records Bruce Bishop Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh Monday, January 18 2016, 8 pm The Portraits of Bonny Prince Charlie Dr Bendor Grosvenor, Iconographie, Edinburgh Venue: Dreghorn Loan Hall, Colinton, EH13 0DE Colinton Local History Society Tuesday, January 19 2016, 7.30 pm The Cheapside Hoard Alan Hodgkinson Venue: West Kilbride Community Centre, Corse Street, West Kilbride, KA23 9AX The mystery of the hoard is one which explores the background of how this extraordinary and large collection of Elizabethan jewellery came to be buried in the 17th Century, and found three centuries later when Cheapside was redeveloped. The area has a long history of the jewellery and allied trades, with The Goldsmiths’ Hall at its centre, (the original burned down in the Fire of London). The latter might even answer the mystery. Tuesday, January 19 2016, 7.30 pm Mills of the Water of Leith
Venue: Leith Community Education Centre in the New Kirkgate Tuesday, January 19 2016, 7.30 pm The Quintinshill Rail Disaster Robin Nelson Venue: Kilmarnock College, Holehouse Rd, Kilmarnock Kilmarnock & District History Group Tuesday, January 19 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm Social Evening
Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone Wednesday, January 20 2016, 7.30 pm Longbow/Warbow James Stillie Venue: Selkirk Parish Church Hall Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society Wednesday, January 20 2016, 7.30 pm Glorious Gardens Project Northlight Archaeology Venue: Falkirk Old and St Modan's Parish Church Thursday, January 21 2016, 2.30pm Capt. Hugh Pettigrew of Canadian Pacific Steamship Co. Alan Crombie Venue: Moulin Hall, Moulin North Perthshire Family History Group £3 for visitors Thursday, January 21 2016, 7 pm Victorian Photographers in Cumnock Bobby Grierson Venue: Rothesay House, Cumnock Thursday, January 21 2016, 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm Towers and Spires of Glasgow David Martin Venue: Adelaides, 209 Bath Street, at the corner of Pitt Street, Glasgow Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland David Martin, architect and historian, would like to share images from a proposed book. "Towers and Spires of Glasgow". Thursday, January 21 2016, 7.30 pm Fishwives and fishing Olive Richardson Venue: Haddington Town House Thursday, January 21 2016, 7.30 pm Burns Celebration DHS style
Venue: Dornoch Social Club Thursday, January 21 2016, 7.30 pm Holidays, Hotels & Hoteliers June Wiggins Venue: Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley Renfrewshire Family History Society Thursday, January 21 2016, 7.30 pm Railways in Fife Sandy Thomson Venue: Kirkcaldy Old Kirk, Kirk Wynd
Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 11 - 17 January 2016
Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list. Monday, January 11 2016, 6 pm The Bronze Age Neolithic: Problems of Continuity and Chronology Dr Alex Gibson, Reader in Prehistory, University of Bradford Venue: Auditorium, National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street Society of Antiquaries of Scotland For some time it has been commonly acknowledged that Bronze Age ceramics developed from Neolithic forms. Radiocarbon chronology, however, has shown that there was almost a millennium between the demise of Impressed Wares and the advent of Food Vessels and Urns. Given this chronological gap, how do we explain the undeniable similarities? A closer inspection of Bronze Age culture and customs suggests that there was more than just pottery making a re-appearance. Monday, January 11 2016, 7 pm Enemy in Sight Ian Frame, Millport Venue: Newton Lounge Cumbrae Historical Society Monday, January 11 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm The Botanic Cottage Reborn Sutherland Forsyth Venue: Drummond Community High School, Bellevue Place, Edinburgh Monday, January 11 2016, 7.30 pm Glasgow City Heritage Trust Rebecca Cadie, ARPL Architects Venue: Loudoun Hall, Boat Vennel, Ayr Kyle and Carrick Civic Society Monday, January 11 2016, 7.30 pm Open Evening
Venue: Luncarty Church Centre West Stormont Historical Society Non-members: adults £3, concessions £2. (Open discussion meetings at Luncarty are free) Monday, January 11 2016, 7.30 pm Greatrex - Forger and Photographer David Bruce Venue: Dalkeith Baptist Church, North Wynd, Dalkeith Monday, January 11 2016, 7.30 pm The Past, Present and Future of Saughton Park Peter McDougall Venue: Gibson Craig Memorial Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie Currie & District Local History Society What do we know about Saughton Park? Somewhere to kick a ball about (badly in my case!), somewhere to walk through the rose garden, but what of the history? Project Development Officer Peter McDougall fills us in on the past present and future of the park. Monday, January 11 2016, 7.30 pm The Art of Forgery Prof Roy Burdon Venue: St Andrews Church, Park Road, Milngavie Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society Professor Roy Burdon gives an insight into whether it is Fake or Fortune. The historical problems which confront potential art buyers and art forgers will be explored along with forgers’ preferences and reasons for pursuing the trade. Monday, January 11 2016, 7.30 pm Edinburgh, The Modern Athens Robert Jardine Venue: Partick Burgh Hall, room 1, 3-9a Burgh Hall Street, Glasgow, G11 5LN Monday, January 11 2016, 7.30 pm Hidden History of Nursery Rhymes from Tudor Times to the Civil War Catherine Mills Venue: John Knox Church Hall, High Street, Stewarton Stewarton and District Historical Society Hear about the sinister and dark origins of our traditional nursery rhymes Monday, January 11 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm Kinneil Park - another designed landscape by Alexander Edwards Geoff Bailey Venue: Alloa Town Hall (Tommy Downs Room) Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society Speaker is Keeper of Archaeology & Local History Falkirk Museum Monday, January 11 2016, 8 pm Members' Evening
Venue: Dreghorn Loan Hall, Colinton, EH13 0DE Colinton Local History Society Tuesday, January 12 2016, 6.45 pm for 7.15 pm The Edinburgh of John Kay, caricaturist, c1785-1817 Eric Melvin Venue: Morningside Parish Church Hall Morningside Heritage Association Tuesday, January 12 2016, 7.30 pm Open Night
Venue: Public Library, Airds Crossing, Fort William Lochaber and North Argyll Family History Group for Everyone’s Mementos etc specific to their Family Research Tuesday, January 12 2016, 7.30 pm The Clyde from Fairlie to Hunterston John Riddell Venue: Largs Library Community Room Largs and North Ayrshire Family History Society Tuesday, January 12 2016, 7.30 pm Hitler, Stalin and the Cartoonists Les Barker, former history teacher Venue: Dining Hall, Dollar Academy Tuesday, January 12 2016, 7.30 pm The 1884 Reform Agitation in Peeblesshire & the Borders Dr Mark Nixon Venue: Auditorium, Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, Peebles Dr. Nixon is an independent researcher and curator working with Universities and Museums throughout Scotland. This talk focuses on the unrest created by the movement to extend the vote to workers in small towns and rural areas of Scotland. During the summer and autumn of 1884 a massive series of demonstrations took place across Britain in favour of the extension of the vote in rural districts. Scotland in particular rallied to the cause, and the men and women of the Border Counties played their part, marching and demonstrating in towns and villages across the district, including Peebles. Drawing on newspaper reports and surviving objects such as banners and medallions, this talk will consider how and why local people got involved, what they said and believed, and what they sought to achieve through their demonstrations. Tuesday, January 12 2016, 7.30 pm - 8.30 pm The Bronze Age Neolithic: Problems of Continuity and Chronology Dr Alex Gibson, Reader in Prehistory, University of Bradford Venue: Regent Building Lecture Theatre, Regent Walk, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX Society of Antiquaries of Scotland For some time it has been commonly acknowledged that Bronze Age ceramics developed from Neolithic forms. Radiocarbon chronology, however, has shown that there was almost a millennium between the demise of Impressed Wares and the advent of Food Vessels and Urns. Given this chronological gap, how do we explain the undeniable similarities? A closer inspection of Bronze Age culture and customs suggests that there was more than just pottery making a re-appearance. Wednesday, January 13 2016 Agriculture in East Lothian Bob Simpson, Farmer at Castlemains, Dirleton Venue: Coastal Communities Museum, School Road, North Berwick, East Lothian EH39 4JU Wednesday, January 13 2016, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm Grangemouth Docks Jim Summers Venue: Kincardine Community Centre - Hepburn Room Kincardine-on-Forth Local History Group Wednesday, January 13 2016, 7.00 pm The Canongate project Lynn Kilpatrick and Miriam McDonald Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh Wednesday, January 13 2016, 7.30 pm Dumbarton Castle : The French Connection Elspeth Crocket Venue: Concord Community Centre (next to the Denny Theatre), Dumbarton, G82 1LJ A talk by Elspeth Crocket. Dumbarton Castle is not just of local importance. It is widely known that Mary Queen of Scots sailed to France from here. The castle, however, has many lesser known links to France dating from the centuries when Dumbarton was closely involved in the Auld Alliance. Wednesday, January 13 2016, 7.30 pm "A Talk of Two Halves" Glasgow's Sporting Archives with reference to other records they hold Michael Gallagher Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery, Dumbarton Road, Stirling Central Scotland Family History Society Speaker is Archivist at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow Wednesday, January 13 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm Birds and Burns Chris Rollie Venue: Parish Church Hall, St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4DN Kirkcudbright History Society Thursday, January 14 2016, 7.30 pm Discovering the Northern Picts Dr Gordon Noble Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland Dr. Gordon Noble a leading authority on the Picts and known to many of you from the Rhynie dig, will be covering the excavations and survey of Pictish sites across Northeast Scotland, including the recently discovered Pictish Fort on the stacks off our local coastline. Thursday, January 14 2016, 7.30 pm The Green House, Eskhill Robin Burley Venue: St Peter's Church Hall, High Street, Musselburgh Musselburgh Conservation Society Thursday, January 14 2016, 7.30 pm The Work of the North Queensferry Trust James Lawson Venue: Queens Hall, Charlestown, KY11 3EG With the recent awarding of UNESCO World Heritage site status to the Forth Bridge, North Queensferry’s future as a very busy tourist destination is guaranteed. Thursday, January 14 2016, 7.30 pm Bannockburn Dr Tony Pollard, University of Glasgow Venue: Town Hall, Ayr Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Thursday, January 14 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm Members Open Evening
Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock East Ayrshire Family History Society Friday, January 15 2016, 7.30 pm The 1715 Rising and the Burning of Strathearn Dr James Grant Venue: Aytoun Hall, High Street, Auchterarder Auchterarder and District Local History Association Saturday, January 16 2016, 12.00 pm Commemoration of the Battle of Falkirk
Venue: Callendar House, Falkirk, FK1 1YR Falkirk, the forgotten battle.....the penultimate battle fought on British soil.... the final Jacobite triumph, yet a pyrrhic victory which left Prince Charlie's forces severely depleted..... "Tonight we shall lie either in Falkirk or in Paradise" – reported words of Lord George Murray, General of the Jacobite Army, January 17th 1746 270 years after the battle was fought, The 1745 Association is organising a free event to remember what happened on that day.This is an open invitation to members of the Scottish Local History Forum to a free event entitled "Falkirk or Paradise? Commemorating the 270th anniversary of the Battle of Falkirk" being held at Callendar House, Falkirk, Saturday, January 16th 2016. Details and itinerary are as follows: Midday: Those who wish to enjoy The Prince's Dinner (details attached) before the Main Event will gather in the Green Room, Callendar House, where, on September 14th 1745, Prince Charles Edward Stuart dined with the Earl of Kilmarnock. 1.30 PM: Green Room: Welcome and Introduction to Callendar House and the Earl of Kilmarnock during the ‘45 (Michael Nevin). 2:00 PM: The group will depart for a guided tour of the Battle of Falkirk by Geoff Bailey, author of "Falkirk or Paradise" (1996), the authoritative account of the events leading up to the battle and the course of the battle itself. If there are sufficient numbers, we will hire a minibus to take us to Bantaskine Park. In the event of inclement weather, we may stay on the tarmac within the Park rather than run the risk of getting bogged down in muddy fields (we don't want to repeat the experience of the Hanoverian cavalry!) 3:45 PM: Return by way of Falkirk Parish Church, to pay our respects to the graves of Colonel Sir Robert Munro and Captain William Edmondstone, Hanoverian officers who fell at Falkirk and were buried there with full military honour by the Jacobite commanders, and the Jacobite divisional leader Glengarry, who was killed in a tragic accident in the immediate aftermath of the battle, and who now lies beside Sir John Graeme who fell at the earlier Battle of Falkirk in 1298 fighting in the cause of William Wallace. 4:30 PM: Return to Callendar House for a warming cup of tea, coffee or mulled wine, with bannock / scones, following the sound example of the Highlanders who carried bannock with them into battle 270 years ago, to ensure that they would have some nourishment afterwards – always provided that they survived the ordeal! 5:00 PM: Close. Note that the Main Event from 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM is free, but places are limited by capacity and will be allocated on a "first-come, first-served" basis. There is free car parking at Callendar House. Bookings should be made through Michael Nevin, either by e-mail on: mike@nevinassociates.co.uk or by phone on 0782 4829 445 stating whether the booking is for The Main Event from 1:30 PM onwards, or whether you also like to book for the Prince’s Dinner at midday. Saturday, January 16 2016, 2.30pm-4.30pm Beginners' meeting Teresa Shewell Venue: Unitarian Church Centre Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society |
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