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History talks and events 16 - 22 January 2017

10/1/2017

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 9 - 15 January 2017

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 16 2017, 7.30 pm

Archaeology of the Islands of Loch Lomond

Fiona Baker

Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank

Clydebank Local History Society


Monday, January 16 2017, 7.30 pm

Glasgow’s Grand Central Hotel

Bill Hicks and Jill Scott

Venue: Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow

Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society


Monday, January 16 2017, 8 pm

Revisiting the Georgian House, Edinburgh

Sheonagh Martin

Venue: Dreghorn Loan Hall, Colinton, EH13 0DE

Colinton Local History Society

We welcome back Sheonagh Martin, Manager of the National Trust for Scotland property, The Georgian House, Edinburgh. She spoke to us some eight years ago, and since then there have been changes at the house, with more in the pipeline.


Tuesday, January 17 2017, 7.30 pm

Old Trades and Professions

Richard Torrance

Venue: Leith Community Education Centre in the New Kirkgate

Leith Local History Society


Tuesday, January 17 2017, 7.30 pm

Robert Burns - The Fat of The Land

Stuart Cochrane

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Hill Street, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group

£2 donation for non-members


Tuesday, January 17 2017, 7.30 pm

The Crook Inn - its past, present & future

James Welch

Venue: Auditorium, Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, Peebles

Tweeddale Society

The Crook Inn probably started as a refuge for drovers and a meeting place for local shepherds in a relatively sparsely populated and lawless Tweedsmuir in the 16th century. It was one of the three oldest hostelries in Scotland - granted a drinks licence by King James VI in 1604, a year after he became James I of England. It served briefly as a church in Covenanting times, and it was where Robert Burns wrote his famous poem, ‘Willie Wastle Wife’. A well-used staging post between Edinburgh and Dumfries, it became a fashionable venue for the Edinburgh literati in Victorian times.
James will run through the Crook’s fascinating history before going on to tell us about its decay during the 20th century, its acquisition by the local community and its planned resurrection.
James Welch is Vice-Chairman of the Tweedsmuir Community Company. He has practised as a Chartered Landscape Architect, Environmental Planner and Expert Witness for 25 years, and is the Founder and Director of Optimised Environments Ltd (OPEN) based in Edinburgh & London.


Tuesday, January 17 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Social Evening

Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone

Johnstone Historical Society


Wednesday, January 18 2017, 5.30 pm

Professor John MacKenzie, Emeritus Professor of Imperial History, Lancaster University

Venue: Ross House, Dornoch

University of the Highlands and Islands Centre for History

Professor MacKenzie, a Visiting Professor at the Centre for History, is one of the foremost historians of imperialism, of any period, and a scholar who also has an outstanding reputation in the field of environmental history. We are delighted to be hosting this lecture by him, which will focus on religion and Scottish identity in a global context, mainly referring to Presbyterianism.


Wednesday, January 18 2017, 7.30 pm

The Glasgow Bridges

Tom Marchant

Venue: Best Western Eglinton Arms Hotel, Eaglesham

Eaglesham History Society

Non-members welcome, £3 on the door


Wednesday, January 18 2017, 7.30 pm

Stunning Selkirkshire: A look at the wildlife of the County over a year

Douglas Methven

Venue: Selkirk Parish Church Hall

Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society

Annual Membership £6 per year. Non member £2 per event. For enquiries about the meetings or the Antiquarian Society please contact Jamie McIntyre [email protected]


Wednesday, January 18 2017, 7.30 pm

Photographing Falkirk's Historic Industries

Tom Astbury

Venue: Falkirk Trinity Church

Falkirk Local History Society


Thursday, January 19 2017

Ayrshire Place Names

Ian McVey

Venue: Portland Church hall

Troon & Ayrshire Family History Society


Thursday, January 19 2017, 2.30 pm

Noblewomen of Atholl, Work, Welfare and War

Dr Nicola Cowmeadow

Venue: Moulin Hall, Moulin

North Perthshire Family History Group

Visitors £3.00


Thursday, January 19 2017, 6.30 pm

Cumnock men & women who served in WW1.

Venue: Baird Institute, 3 Lugar Street, Cumnock, East Ayrshire, KA18 1AD

Cumnock History Group


Thursday, January 19 2017, 7.30 pm

Working for a living: terms and conditions from Palmerston to Lloyd George

Andrew Ramage

Venue: Haddington Town House

Haddington's History Society


Thursday, January 19 2017, 7.30 pm

The History of Sanitation

Hugh Walker

Venue: Abbey Church Hall, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline

Dunfermline Historical Society

Visitors are charged a fee of £2.00 per meeting and are made very welcome.


Thursday, January 19 2017, 7.30 pm

The History of Bagpipe Music

Dr Jack Taylor

Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland

Cromar History Group

Dr Jack Talyor will give a talk, with musical interludes, on the history of bagpipe music and his recent project to transcribe some very old pipe tunes to written music before they were lost.


Thursday, January 19 2017, 7.30 pm

Fashioning a better Future, Paisley’s Changing High Street 1824 – 1869

David Roberts

Venue: Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley

Renfrewshire Family History Society


Thursday, January 19 2017, 7.30 pm

Railways Around the Kirkcaldy Area

Sandy Thomson

Venue: Kirkcaldy Old Kirk, Kirk Wynd

Kirkcaldy Civic Society


Saturday, January 21 2017, 2.00pm-4.00pm

Oral testimony of emigrants

Marjory Harper

Venue: Dumbarton Room, Royal Scots Club, 29 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6QE

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


Saturday, January 21 2017, 2.30pm-4.30pm

Beginners' meeting

Venue: Unitarian Church Centre

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


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History talks and events 21-27 November 2016

15/11/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 21 - 27 November 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, November 21 2016, 4.30 pm

Scottish identity and empire: from the 18th to the 20th centuries

Prof John MacKenzie (University of St Andrews)

Venue: Room 1.10, St Katharine’s Lodge, St Andrews

Institute of Scottish Historical Research


Monday, November 21 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

Earlier Records

Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

Scottish Genealogy Society

Non-members welcome from whom a small donation would be appreciated.


Monday, November 21 2016, 7.30 pm

The Sunday Post

Bill Hicks and Jill Scott

Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank

Clydebank Local History Society


Monday, November 21 2016, 7.30 pm

The Making of Italian Scotland

Ronnie Convery

Venue: Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow

Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society


Monday, November 21 2016, 7.30 pm

People's History: Exploring Oral History in the Community

Dr. S. Morrison, Strathcyde University

Venue: St John's TocH, Largs

North Ayrshire Family History Society

Joint meeting with Largs Historical Society


Tuesday, November 22 2016, 7.30 pm

Aylmer Hunter Weston - An Ayrshire General at Gallipoli

Venue: West Kilbride Community Centre, Corse Street, West Kilbride, KA23 9AX

West Kilbride Civic Society


Wednesday, November 23 2016, 2 pm

Monifieth in World War 1

Elspeth Johnson

Venue: Monifieth Community Cabin, South Union Street, DD5 4JG

Monifieth Local History Society


Wednesday, November 23 2016, 4 pm

Being in the World With Witches: exploring alternative ontologies in early modern Scotland

Morgana McCabe, University of Glasgow

Venue: Lecture Theatre (109), Gregory Building

University of Glasgow


Wednesday, November 23 2016, 7.30 pm

Highland Homecomings: Peter Fraser, John Diefenbaker and 20th century Highland Imperial Connections

Dr Jim MacPherson

Venue: Highland Archive Centre, Bught Park, Inverness

Highland Family History Society


Wednesday, November 23 2016, 7.30 pm

Celts: Art and Identity

Dr Fraser Hunter, National Museums Scotland

Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels

Old Gala Club


Thursday, November 24 2016

Celts: Art and Identity

Dr Fraser Hunter, National Museums Scotland

Venue: Blue Room, Town Hall, Ayr

Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society


Thursday, November 24 2016, 2 pm - 4 pm

Find Your Ain Folk Drop in Service

Venue: Community Room, Largs Library, Allanpark Street, Largs

North Ayrshire Family History Society


Thursday, November 24 2016, 5.15 pm for 5.30 pm

James VI and noble power: New thoughts on an old theme

Dr Miles Kerr-Peterson and Dr Steven Reid (University of Glasgow)

Venue: New Seminar Room, St John’s House, 71 South Street, St Andrews

Institute of Scottish Historical Research


Thursday, November 24 2016, 6 pm - 7.30 pm

Paper Obsessions: Books and book collectors in Enlightenment Scotland

Kelsey Jackson Williams, University of St Andrews

Venue: Newhailes House, Newhailes Road, Musselburgh, EH21 6RY

Newhailes House

£8, including complimentary glass of wine. Limited space, book online


Thursday, November 24 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Robert Burns

Jim Law

Venue: Glen Halls, Neilston

Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association


Thursday, November 24 2016, 7.45 pm

Waterloo - a Stirlingshire mystery!

David Smith Education Officer at the Smith Museum, Stirling

Venue: Drymen Village Hall, Main Street, Drymen, Glasgow, G63 0BP

Drymen & District Local History Society

Was Marshall Ney a local lad? Come and hear the evidence!


Friday, November 25 2016, 2 pm - 3.30 pm

The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry’s Scottish archives

Crispin Powell

Venue: New Register House, Princes Street, Edinburgh

National Records of Scotland

Crispin Powell (Archivist to Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry). Crispin will talk about the rich archives still held at Drumlanrig Castle and Bowhill House, in addition to the pleasures and challenges of his role as the first professional archivist to look after the Duke’s collections in Scotland and England. Cataloguing, conservation and access are key elements of Crispin’s work, and he will outline the progress that has been made so far, and what plans he and the Duke have for the future. (New Register House)


Sunday, November 27 2016

Soldiers' Wills

Dr Tristram Clarke

Venue: Corn Exchange & Ormiston Institute, Market Square, Melrose, TD6 9PN

Borders Family History Society

An introduction to the collection of Soldiers' Wills, mainly from the First World War which have been digitised and are preserved in the National Records of Scotland.


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History talks and events, 14 - 20 November 2016

8/11/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 14 - 20 November 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, November 14 2016, 4 pm

The Stone Sculptor and his Craft

Prof Roger Stalley, Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College, Dublin

Venue: Lecture Theatre (109), Gregory Building

University of Glasgow

Dalrymple Lecture series, 14-17 November


Monday, November 14 2016, 6.30 pm

Ireland and the art of stone carving in early medieval Europe. Lecture 1

Prof Roger Stalley, Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College, Dublin

Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow (corner of Gibson Street and University Avenue)

Glasgow Archaeological Society

The sculptor and his craft: the major crosses of Ireland were remarkable pieces of engineering, something that has an important bearing on their function and the nature of their patronage. This talk will for the first time investigate how they made, tracking progress from quarry to finished product, a journey involving quarrying techniques, tools, transport, cranes and scaffolds.


Monday, November 14 2016, 7.30 pm

Edinburgh and the Act of Union 1707

Eric Melvin

Venue: Gibson Craig Memorial Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie

Currie & District Local History Society


Monday, November 14 2016, 7.30 pm

Discovering the lost Medieval Castle of Partick

Bob Will, Guard Archaeology

Venue: Partick Burgh Hall, room 1, 3-9a Burgh Hall Street, Glasgow, G11 5LN

Scottish Pottery Society


Monday, November 14 2016, 7.30 pm

Beatrix Potter’s Scotland: Her Perthshire Inspiration

Lynne McGeachie

Venue: Bankfoot Church Centre

West Stormont Historical Society

Joint Meeting with Dunkeld and Birnam Historical Society


Tuesday, November 15 2016, 2.00pm-4.00pm

Researching Your Military Ancestors

Venue: National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle

National Museum of Scotland

Free, but places are limited and booking is essential. To book your place call 0131 247 4137 or email [email protected]


Tuesday, November 15 2016, 6.30 pm

Ireland and the art of stone carving in early medieval Europe. Lecture 2

Prof Roger Stalley, Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College, Dublin

Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow (corner of Gibson Street and University Avenue)

Glasgow Archaeological Society

The search for meaning: the crosses were major investments but who commissioned them and why? The panels of figure sculpture offer some clues, but the iconographies can be difficult to interpret and their meanings likewise obscure. This talk will offer a critique of past approaches and suggest some new avenues of investigation.


Tuesday, November 15 2016, 7.30 pm

A Musical Introduction to the Scots Language

Fred Freeman

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Hill Street, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group

£2 donation for non-members


Tuesday, November 15 2016, 7.30 pm

Emigration in the late 19th Century

Andrew Muirhead

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Hill Street, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group

£2 donation for non-members


Wednesday, November 16 2016, 6.30 pm

Ireland and the art of stone carving in early medieval Europe. Lecture 3

Prof Roger Stalley, Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College, Dublin

Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow (corner of Gibson Street and University Avenue)

Glasgow Archaeological Society

Artistic Identity: sharp distinctions in style are to be found amongst the sculptors, reflecting individual personalities and diverse experience; this talk will show that major craftsmen were clearly individuals of status, men like the so-called ‘Muiredach Master’, pre-eminent amongst the sculptors of early medieval Europe.


Wednesday, November 16 2016, 7.30 pm

The North Berwick Witches – the attempt on the life of James VI which began the Scottish Witch Hunt in general

Robert Pugh, Dunbar

Venue: Coastal Communities Museum, School Road, North Berwick, East Lothian EH39 4JU

Coastal Communities Museum

Organised by the Friends of the Coastal Communities Museum the current annual charge for membership is £10 for an individual or £18 per couple, which includes these Talks. Visitors are more than welcome to attend for a nominal entrance charge of £2 per person.
if you would like to find out more about the Talks or proceed to become a Friend of the museum, please contact, Ian Goodall, our Trustee who looks after the Friends administration: Tel: 01620 894313, e-mail: [email protected]


Wednesday, November 16 2016, 7.30 pm

Finding Richard the Third

Philippa Langley, President of the Scottish Branch of the Richard the Third Society

Venue: Chalmers Hall, Linlithgow Bridge

West Lothian History and Amenity Society


Wednesday, November 16 2016, 7.30 pm

From Grangemouth to Gallipoli

Neil Whyte

Venue: Falkirk Trinity Church

Falkirk Local History Society


Thursday, November 17 2016

Robert Bruce & his association with Ayrshire

Tom Barclay

Venue: Portland Church hall

Troon & Ayrshire Family History Society


Thursday, November 17 2016, 10 am - 12 pm

Local and family history drop-in

Venue: Barrhead Foundry

East Renfrewshire's Heritage Collection

Have you hit a family history brick wall? Do you need help with local history research? Or would you just like advice on using the heritage resources at Giffnock and Barrhead Libraries? Pop along to our local & family history drop-in where the local studies librarian will be on hand to point you in the right direction.


Thursday, November 17 2016, 2 pm for 2.30 pm

Carolina, Lady Nairne – songs and history

Nicola Cowmeadow and Syd House

Venue: Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library

Friends of PKC Archives

£5 for non-members


Thursday, November 17 2016, 2.30 pm

The Story of the Tinkers' Heart

Jess Smith

Venue: Moulin Hall, Moulin

North Perthshire Family History Group

Visitors £3.00


Thursday, November 17 2016, 6 pm - 8 pm

The National Covenant and the Scottish People

Dr Laura Stewart

Venue: New Register House, Princes Street, Edinburgh

National Records of Scotland

Dr Laura Stewart (University of York). The National Covenant of 1638 is one of Scotland’s most controversial documents: for some, an expression of the people’s right to choose their own religion; for others, a statement in religious intolerance whose influence has lasted into modern times. Although the text has been heavily debated by scholars, very little attention has been given to its reception. This talk examines for the first time how the Covenant was taken by the people in the parishes. It sheds new light on its contested meanings and offers fresh reflections on its significance for understanding Scottish political identity. Dr Stewart is author of ‘Rethinking the Scottish Revolution: Covenanted Scotland, 1617-53’ (Oxford UP, 2016). New Register House.


Thursday, November 17 2016, 7 pm

The Songs of Robert Burns

Dr Fred Freeman

Venue: Rothesay House, Cumnock

Cumnock History Group

Dr Fred Freeman – presents the songs of Robert Burns. Fred is professor of Scottish Music at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow. There will be musical accompaniment and some communal singing!


Thursday, November 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Ireland and the art of stone carving in early medieval Europe. Lecture 4

Prof Roger Stalley, Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College, Dublin

Venue: Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow (corner of Gibson Street and University Avenue)

Glasgow Archaeological Society

Stone carving in the early medieval world. In the nineteenth century the high crosses were regarded as a spectacular proof of the civilization of ancient Ireland; but were they an indigenous development or dependent on models introduced from abroad from late Antiquity or Carolingian Europe? This talk will demonstrate that, when it comes to artistic expression, the importance of the local environment must never be underestimated.


Thursday, November 17 2016, 7.30 pm

If the Kaiser came to Haddington: how Haddingtonshire would have defended itself in World War One

Allen Kilpatrick

Venue: Haddington Town House

Haddington's History Society


Thursday, November 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Flanders Field 1914

Alexander Hall

Venue: Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley

Renfrewshire Family History Society


Thursday, November 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Jute, Jack and Journeyings

Derek Larkman

Venue: Abbey Church Hall, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline

Dunfermline Historical Society

Visitors are charged a fee of £2.00 per meeting and are made very welcome.


Friday, November 18 2016, 7.30 pm

AGM

Venue: Aytoun Hall, High Street, Auchterarder

Auchterarder and District Local History Association


Friday, November 18 2016, 7.30 pm

Holmwood House

Ian MacGillvray, National Trust for Scotland

Venue: Best Western Eglinton Arms Hotel, Eaglesham

Eaglesham History Society

Non-members welcome, £3 on the door


Saturday, November 19 2016, 2.00 pm

Workshop

Venue: Manchester Central Library

Anglo-Scottish Family History Society


Saturday, November 19 2016, 2.00pm-4.00pm

Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis

Chris Paton

Venue: Renfield Saint Stephen's Church Centre

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


Saturday, November 19 2016, 2.30pm-4.30pm

TBA

Fiona Musk

Venue: Unitarian Church Centre

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


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History talks and events 7 - 13 November 2016

1/11/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 7 - 13 November 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, November 7 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

The Pentland Way – A Walk with History

John Stirling and Bob Paterson

Venue: Drummond Community High School, Bellevue Place, Edinburgh

Broughton History Society

Non-members, £2.00.


Monday, November 7 2016, 7.30 pm

Galston Memories

Elijah Beattie

Venue: John Knox Church Hall, High Street, Stewarton

Stewarton and District Historical Society

Mr Beattie shares his childhood memories of the town and may tell us about Brunawn and Galston Handball. Members £1 Non-members £2.


Monday, November 7 2016, 7.30 pm

The Key to the Punjab - the Great Sikh Fortress of Govindgarh, Amritsar

Tom Addyman

Venue: St Andrews Church, Park Road, Milngavie

Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society

Tom Addyman is an archaeology expert and involved in a major project to preserve a “Unique Indian Fortress” adjacent to the major city of Amritsar – famed for its golden temple. £4 for non-members


Monday, November 7 2016, 7.30 pm

Through the Lens Dating Photos Through Costume

Valerie Reilly

Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank

Clydebank Local History Society


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 10.15 - 11.45 am

U3A Family History Group

Venue: Turriff Library, Grange Villa, The Square, Turriff, AB43 5AE

Aberdeenshire Libraries

For further details, please contact Turriff Library.


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 2.30 pm - 4 pm

Introduction to Ancestry

Venue: Mearns Library

East Renfrewshire's Heritage Collection

Ancestry Library Edition is a must for anyone doing their family history and you can get access to this fabulous resource in your local East Renfrewshire library, without spending a penny. This informal session will help you master the basics and you'll soon be searching with ease through millions of world-wide records.
Free, book at the venue.


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

Plastics and Poo – Threats to Scottish Wildlife

Matt Barnes, Volunteer & Community Engagement Manager Scotland, Marine Conservation Society

Venue: Montrose Museum, Panmure Place, Montrose DD10 8HE

Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society

£3 for non-members


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm

Tarves Tales Through Time: 6 Owners, 5 Centuries

Lindsay Mathewson

Venue: Buchan Hotel, Ellon

Ellon and District Heritage Society

Entrance £3


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm

On the Road: the artefact assemblage from Charlie Hoy’s Cramond excavations 1970-1986

Dawn McLaren

Venue: 23a Fettes Row, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm

The Archaeology of Jutland

Dr Innes McCartney

Venue: Orkney College

Orkney Archaeology Society

Dr. Innes McCartney will give an exciting and informative lecture on the Battle of Jutland on Tuesday 8th November at 7.30pm in the lecture theatre of Orkney College.


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm

Fife Pilgrim Way

Sarah Kettles

Venue: Volunteer House (Vonef Centre) in 69 Crossgate Cupar KY15 5AS

Fife Family History Society


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm

Hair Styles: Male and Female throughout the Ages

E D Bremner

Venue: Community Room, Largs Library, Allanpark Street, Largs

North Ayrshire Family History Society


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm

Scotland v Italy: an early battle on home ground?

Dr John Reid

Venue: Auditorium, Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, Peebles

Tweeddale Society

Four miles south-east of Lockerbie lies Burnswark Hill in Dumfriesshire, rising to nearly 1,000 feet from the surrounding countryside. It is one of the most prominent landmarks of the Solway basin. On the tabletop summit the remains of a 17-acre Roman hillfort have been uncovered. Their configuration is unique in Britain, and attempts to understand their significance have provoked considerable controversy for over half a century, with the purpose of these complex earthworks confounding archaeologists.
Excavations at Burnswark have revealed a greater number and variety of Roman missiles than anywhere else in Britain, while recent investigations and new techniques suggest this could be the site of one of the earliest conflicts between the Roman Empire and the Caledonians. John will bring us up-to-date with the results of the latest research.
Dr John Reid is Chairman of The Trimontium Trust, Melrose, which runs a series of activities for members and the general public including lectures, outings and other activities.


Tuesday, November 8 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Engine of Destruction: The 51st (Highland Division) in the Great War

Colin Campbell

Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone

Johnstone Historical Society


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm

The Harry Lauder Story

Ian Tennent

Venue: Kincardine Community Centre - Hepburn Room

Kincardine-on-Forth Local History Group


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 4 pm

Local Politics and the Adoption of Empire in the Gobi Region

Joshua Wright

Venue: Lecture Theatre (109), Gregory Building

University of Glasgow


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 6.30 pm

Dundee in the Great War: three short talks

Linda Nicoll (Friends of Dundee City Archives), David Wilkinson & Matthew Jarron (University of Dundee)

Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee

Abertay Historical Society


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.00 pm

The Templelands of Edinburgh

Norah Carlin

Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

The Old Edinburgh Club

Lectures are free to members and open to non-members paying a small fee (currently £5.00).


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.30 pm

The 1884 Reform Agitation in East Lothian

Mark Nixon

Venue: Gullane Village Hall

Gullane and Dirleton History Society

Pressure for voting reform turned violent in Haddington in 1884


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.30 pm

Aberdeen and North East Resources

Buzzy Garden

Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery, Dumbarton Road, Stirling

Central Scotland Family History Society


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.30 pm

Auxiliary Units - Churchill's Secret Army

David Blair

Venue: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels

Old Gala Club

Joint meeting with Selkirk Antiquarians


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.30 pm

Habbie to Jeely Eater

Ian Miller

Venue: Concord Community Centre (next to the Denny Theatre), Dumbarton, G82 1LJ

Lennox Heritage Society

“A man of the cloth. An entertainer. A man who welcomed all denominations, anytime. A man who has married, christened and buried the great the good and the lowly with equal gravitas and humanity”. (Paul Murdoch). This is his life-story and the title of his book.


Wednesday, November 9 2016, 7.45 pm

Keir Hardie

Stanley Sarsfield

Venue: RAF Club, Ardgowan Square, Greenock

Inverclyde Historical Society


Thursday, November 10 2016

Scotland’s Early Silver

Alice Blackwell, Glenmorangie Research Fellow, National Museum of Scotland

Venue: Blue Room, Town Hall, Ayr

Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society


Thursday, November 10 2016, 5.15 pm for 5.30 pm

The Scottish Disruption and the politics of colonial Auckland

Dr Valerie Wallace (Victoria University of Wellington)

Venue: New Seminar Room, St John’s House, 71 South Street, St Andrews

Institute of Scottish Historical Research


Thursday, November 10 2016, 6 pm - 7.30 pm

Two Syllables Only: Feuds and frictions within the Scottish Enlightenment

Mark McLean, learning officer, Newhailes

Venue: Newhailes House, Newhailes Road, Musselburgh, EH21 6RY

Newhailes House

£8, including complimentary glass of wine. Limited space, book online


Thursday, November 10 2016, 6.30 pm

Rich Folk Poor Folk - Life in Victorian Cumnock

Venue: Baird Institute, 3 Lugar Street, Cumnock, East Ayrshire, KA18 1AD

Cumnock History Group


Thursday, November 10 2016, 7 pm

Glasgow Cinemas

Tom Marchant

Venue: GLO Centre, 78 Muir Street, MOTHERWELL. ML1 1BN

Lanarkshire Family History Society


Thursday, November 10 2016, 7.30 pm

Scottish Education in the 19th Century

Janet Byth

Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland

Cromar History Group

Janet Byth will tell us about her researches into 180 years of a single Scottish School at Fintry and the changes that took place over time.


Thursday, November 10 2016, 7.30 pm

Paisley Abbey Digs – the story so far

Bob Will, Senior Project Manager, GUARD Archaeology

Venue: The Shawl Gallery, Paisley Museum, High Street, Paisley

Renfrewshire Local History Forum

Renfrewshire Local History Forum Lectures are open to non-members with no admission charge but a small donation would be appreciated.


Thursday, November 10 2016, 7.30 pm

Edinburgh and Musselburgh Trams

Gavin Booth

Venue: St Peter's Church Hall, High Street, Musselburgh

Musselburgh Conservation Society


Thursday, November 10 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm

The Last Miners of Ayrshire's Doon Valley

Donald Reid

Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock

East Ayrshire Family History Society


Friday, November 11 2016, 2 pm - 3.30 pm

‘Something Sensible for a Change’ : The National Register of Archives for Scotland, 1946-2016

Dr Alison Rosie (Registrar of NRAS)

Venue: New Register House, Princes Street, Edinburgh

National Records of Scotland

Dr Alison Rosie (Registrar of the NRAS) outlines the history of the NRAS and what it does to help owners and users of archives today. Bring along your own documents for an opportunity after her talk to find out more about them and get advice on their care and preservation. (New Register House)


Friday, November 11 2016, 2.00pm-3.30pm

Smuggling in East Lothian and Berwickshire c1740-1790

Derek Janes

Venue: John Gray Centre

Friends of the John Gray Centre

Take pleasure in listening to some incredible stories about smuggling in the area, ask daring questions and marvel at the hair-raising details intertwined with important facts and additional information.


Friday, November 11 2016, 7.30 pm

Scratching the surface and digging deeper: an on-going journey through art and archaeology

Margaret Struckmeier, Potter and Archaeologist

Venue: German Speaking Church, Chalmers Crescent, Edinburgh, EH9 1TW

Scottish Pottery Society


Friday, November 11 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

You're Wanted, Lads: Frontline Voices from WWI

Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre, Netherbow Theatre, Royal Mile, Edinburgh

School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh

The impact & experience of the war to end wars, from those who were there. Hear from the testimonies of ordinary soldiers from Perthshire & Aberdeenshire, collected over many painstaking years by Jock Duncan in Jock's Jock, a one act play featuring Scott Gardiner, Chris Wright, Charlie West and Gary West. Also experience the poems & tunes of Seaforth Highlander E. Alan Mackintosh, with biographer Colin Campbell plus Neil MacLure and Linn Phipps. A special marking of Armistice Day for the Carrying Stream Festival, in association with Edinburgh University's School of Scottish Studies Archive. Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions) from http://www.carryingstreamfestival.co.uk/


Saturday, November 12 2016

Our Urban Heritage: Natural and Cultural

Venue: Stirling University

Forth Naturalist and Historian


Saturday, November 12 2016, 10 am - 12 pm

WWI

Ken Nisbet

Venue: Scottish Genealogy Society Library, 15 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2JL

Scottish Genealogy Society

Ken Nisbet, our resident expert on all things military, will take this class. Ken will show what resources are available both online and offline to begin and to further your research. This will course will focus more on Army records than previously.


Saturday, November 12 2016, 2.00pm-4.00pm

Moray Burial Ground Research Group

Keith and Helen Mitchell, MBGRG

Venue: Dumbarton Room, Royal Scots Club, 29 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6QE

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


Saturday, November 12 2016, 2.00pm-4.00pm

Medals and how to research them

Venue: Activities Room, Elgin Library, Cooper Park, Elgin, IV30 1HS

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


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history talks and events 31 Oct - 6 Nov 2016

25/10/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 31 October - 6 November 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, October 31 2016, 5.30 pm

The Public History of Scotland and Caribbean Slavery

Louise Welsh (Glasgow), Stephen Mullen (Glasgow) and Michael Hopcroft (Glasgow Caledonian)

Venue: Room 202, 3 University Gardens, Glasgow

Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies


Monday, October 31 2016, 7.30 pm

John Tweedie Memorial Lecture, It’s A Dogs Life

Hamish Coghill

Venue: Gibson Craig Memorial Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie

Currie & District Local History Society


Monday, October 31 2016, 7.30 pm

Photographs of Cupar

Allan Carr

Venue: Age Concern Building, Provost Wynd, Cupar

Cupar Heritage


Tuesday, November 1 2016, 1 pm

“Imprest on vellum": Lowland language and the early American republic, c. 1800-1830

Sean Murphy (University of St Andrews)

Venue: Room G16, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School

Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies

Diaspora Studies Graduate Workshop Series


Tuesday, November 1 2016, 5.30 pm

Memory and the work of forgetting: telling protest in rural England

Dr Carl Griffin, Reader in Historical Geography, University of Sussex

Venue: Ross House, Dornoch

University of the Highlands and Islands Centre for History

This paper offers an initial attempt to think through how, against markers of traumatic pasts, English rural communities in the long eighteenth century attempted both to forget and to reinscribe the past in usable ways.


Tuesday, November 1 2016, 6.45 pm for 7.15 pm

The Life of Eric Liddell

Sue Caton

Venue: Morningside Parish Church Hall

Morningside Heritage Association


Tuesday, November 1 2016, 7.00 pm - 9.00 pm

Bangour War Hospital (incl. Hopetoun and Polkemmet Aux. Hospitals) WWI

Sybil Cavanagh

Venue: Lanthorn Community Education Complex, Kenilworth Rise, Livingston EH54 6JL

West Lothian Family History Society


Tuesday, November 1 2016, 7.30 pm

From Cannon to Steam Propulsion

Professor Michael Moss

Venue: Fairweather Hall, Barrhead Road, Newton Mearns, G77 6BB

Mearns History Group

The origins of Clyde Engineering.


Tuesday, November 1 2016, 7.30 pm

The Victoria Cross

Alexander Hall

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Hill Street, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group

£2 donation for non-members


Wednesday, November 2 2016, 2 pm - 3 pm

The Argyll Papers

Alison Diamond

Venue: New Register House, Princes Street, Edinburgh

National Records of Scotland

Professor Allan Macinnes (Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Strathclyde and expert on Highland history), has described the Argyll Papers held at Inveraray Castle as ‘one of the most important private archives in Britain.’ Alison will talk about the archives, their history and content, and the current focus on raising the profile of the collection and making it more accessible. She will speak about the forthcoming partnership project with Argyll and Bute Council, Written in the Landscape, which will catalogue collections of family papers and conserve the maps and plans held at Inveraray Castle, working with local communities and heritage centres throughout Argyll. (New Register House)


Wednesday, November 2 2016, 4 pm

Lochbrown Landscape Proect: the hidden archaeology of a prehistoric landscape

Kirsty Millican, HES

Venue: Lecture Theatre (109), Gregory Building

University of Glasgow


Wednesday, November 2 2016, 7.30 pm

Art and Architecture in Neolithic Orkney: Process, Temporality and Context

Dr Antonia Thomas

Venue: Orkney College

Orkney Archaeology Society

Launch of Dr. Antonia Thomas' exciting new book on Neolithic Art, plus the chance to buy the book at a discount.


Thursday, November 3 2016, 7 pm

Annual General Meeting + When, how and why Scottish Burials changed dramatically

Dr Ed Small

Venue: The 252 Memorial Hall, Betson Street, Markinch

Markinch Heritage Group

Free to members and £2 for non members


Thursday, November 3 2016, 7.30 pm

Ken the Horse of Hawick

Ian Landles BEM

Coldstream and District Local History Society


Thursday, November 3 2016, 7.30 pm

John Sutherland

Todd Warnock

Venue: Royal Dornoch Golf Club

Dornoch Heritage Society


Friday, November 4 2016, 11.00 am

S R Crockett: Penicuik Minister and Best Selling Author

Pam Stell

Venue: National Mining Memorial Centre, Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, Dalkeith EH22 4QN

National Mining Museum Scotland


Saturday, November 5 2016, 10 am - 12 pm

Annual Coffee Morning

Venue: Dunn Memorial Hall, Largs

North Ayrshire Family History Society


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History talks and events 17 - 23 October 2016

11/10/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 17 - 23 October 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, October 17 2016, 1 pm

'Toil and Care under the Scorching Sun': Scots in Jamaica, 1776-1838

Dr Stephen Mullen (University of Glasgow)

Venue: Room G16, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School

Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies

Diaspora Studies Graduate Workshop Series


Monday, October 17 2016, 7.30 pm

The Gretna Rail Crash Disaster

Ken Nisbet

Venue: Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow

Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society


Monday, October 17 2016, 7.30 pm

Singer Hub Camera Club - Scottish Waters and views

Nan Caldwell and Jack Morrison

Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank

Clydebank Local History Society


Monday, October 17 2016, 7.30 pm

The Battle of Pinkie Cleuch

Arran Johnston

Venue: Gibson Craig Memorial Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie

Currie & District Local History Society


Monday, October 17 2016, 7-9 pm

18th Century - Town or Country, Everyone Knew their Place

Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

Scottish Genealogy Society


Tuesday, October 18 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

The Herschel Family

David Gavine

Venue: Museum of Communication, 131 High Street, Burntisland KY3 9AA

Museum of Communication

£4 members, £5 non-members


Tuesday, October 18 2016, 7.30 pm

Halloween

John Burnett

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Holehouse Rd, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group

£2 donation for non-members


Wednesday, October 19 2016, 12 pm - 1 pm

The Records of Arisaig House 1850-1993

Venue: Lochaber Archive Centre

Highland Archive Service

A talk on the papers held at Lochaber Archive Centre relating to the history of the Arisaig Estate. Suggested donation £3


Wednesday, October 19 2016, 2 pm

Dundee Poor’s House

Walter Dunn

Venue: Monifieth Community Cabin, South Union Street, DD5 4JG

Monifieth Local History Society


Wednesday, October 19 2016, 4 pm

Revolutionary Chronologies: Recreating Ancient Histories with the Bayesian Approach

Tony Krus (SUERC Radiocarbon Laboratory)

Venue: Lecture Theatre (109), Gregory Building

University of Glasgow


Wednesday, October 19 2016, 7.30 pm

Conscripts; The Forgotten Men of the Great War

Dr Craig Haggart, University of Glasgow

Venue: Best Western Eglinton Arms Hotel, Eaglesham

Eaglesham History Society

Non-members welcome, £3 on the door


Wednesday, October 19 2016, 7.30 pm

Thomas Muir of Huntershill; The Father of Scottish Democracy

Don Martin and Jimmy Watson

Venue: Bo'ness Library, Scotland's Close, Bo'ness

West Lothian History and Amenity Society


Wednesday, October 19 2016, 7.30 pm

Voices of Lilliesleaf: The importance of oral history

Ian MacDougal

Venue: Selkirk Parish Church Hall

Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society

Annual Membership £6 per year. Non member £2 per event. For enquiries about the meetings or the Antiquarian Society please contact Jamie McIntyre [email protected]


Wednesday, October 19 2016, 7.30 pm

Emanuel Nunnery

Laurie Alexander

Venue: Falkirk Trinity Church

Falkirk Local History Society


Thursday, October 20 2016

Workshop

Venue: Heritage Centre, Paisley

Renfrewshire Family History Society


Thursday, October 20 2016

Members Night

Venue: Portland Church hall

Troon & Ayrshire Family History Society


Thursday, October 20 2016, 2 pm

Perthshire and the Suffragettes

Ajay Close

Venue: Soutar Theatre, Perth

Friends of PKC Archives

£5 for non-members


Thursday, October 20 2016, 7 pm

The Man's the Gowd

Dr James A Begg

Venue: Rothesay House, Cumnock

Cumnock History Group

Dr James A Begg – presents an illustrated talk on the family research that led to his Scots historical novel The Man's the Gowd - on the hard lives and struggles to survive of the common folk of upland Ayrshire over 300 years from the Covenanters to the start of the 20th Century.


Thursday, October 20 2016, 7.30 pm

Sundials of Scotland

Dennis Cowan

Venue: Abbey Church Hall, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline

Dunfermline Historical Society

Visitors are charged a fee of £2.00 per meeting and are made very welcome.


Thursday, October 20 2016, 7.30 pm

Diary of an Engineer

Bruce Field

Venue: Royal Dornoch Golf Club

Dornoch Heritage Society


Thursday, October 20 2016, 7.30 pm

The Battle of the Somme

Ruth Duncan

Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland

Cromar History Group

Ruth Duncan, the curator of the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen will talk about the part played in the Battle of the Somme by the men of the Gordon Highlanders Regiment


Thursday, October 20 2016, 7.30 pm

The Revenant: an exploration of Scotland's walking dead

Dr Louise Yeoman

Venue: Haddington Town House

Haddington's History Society


Friday, October 21 2016, 7.30 pm

Set in Stone- The Geology and Landscapes of Scotland

Alan McKirdy

Venue: Aytoun Hall, High Street, Auchterarder

Auchterarder and District Local History Association


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History talks and events 3-9 October 2016

27/9/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 3 - 9 October 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, October 3 2016, 12:30- 1:00pm

From accessioning to display: my three favourite Treasure Trove objects

Venue: Elgin Museum, 1 High Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1EQ

The Moray Society

Lunchtime talks by Museum volunteers about their favourite objects Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: [email protected] Website: www.elginmuseum.org.uk


Monday, October 3 2016, 7.30 pm

Making Archaeology and its Sciences do Something Useful

Dr Brian Moffat

Venue: St Andrews Church, Park Road, Milngavie

Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society

Dr. Brian Moffat makes a welcome return to give an update of the investigations at the mediaeval hospital at Soutra; exotic plants brought in for medical purposes still in use today and other strangely prophetic skills. £4 for non-members


Monday, October 3 2016, 7.30 pm

Elsie Inglis and the Scottish Women’s Hospitals

Iain Macintyre

Venue: Gibson Craig Memorial Hall, Lanark Road West, Currie

Currie & District Local History Society


Monday, October 3 2016, 7.30 pm

The Hunterston Brooch and Portencross Castle

Alan Hodgkinson

Venue: John Knox Church Hall, High Street, Stewarton

Stewarton and District Historical Society

The Hunterston Brooch is an important Celtic brooch found in 1926 while digging drains. Portencross Castle is a recently renovated ancient Ayrshire coastal fortress. Members £1 Non-members £2.


Monday, October 3 2016, 7.30 pm

Cast in bronze

Tom Marchant

Venue: Morison Memorial Church, Dumbarton Road, Clydebank

Clydebank Local History Society


Tuesday, October 4 2016, 1 pm

Business, farming and ‘jolly good times’: The migration of British and Irish soldiers to the Perth military settlement in Upper Canada 1815-1850

Shane Smith (Northumbria University)

Venue: Room G16, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School

Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies

Diaspora Studies Graduate Workshop Series


Tuesday, October 4 2016, 12:30- 1:00pm

Beakers, Burials and Beanfeasts

Venue: Elgin Museum, 1 High Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1EQ

The Moray Society

Lunchtime talks by Museum volunteers about their favourite objects Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: [email protected] Website: www.elginmuseum.org.uk


Tuesday, October 4 2016, 6.45 pm for 7.15 pm

The Charles Smith Lecture; Edinburgh City Archives

Richard Hunter, City Archivist

Venue: Morningside Parish Church Hall

Morningside Heritage Association


Tuesday, October 4 2016, 7.30 pm

19th Century Nationalism

Ian Mathieson

Venue: Kilmarnock College, Holehouse Rd, Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock & District History Group

£2 donation for non-members


Tuesday, October 4 2016, 7.30 pm

The Court of the Lord Lyon King of Arms

The Lord Lyon - Dr John Morrow

Venue: Fairweather Hall, Barrhead Road, Newton Mearns, G77 6BB

Mearns History Group


Wednesday, October 5 2016, 12:30- 1:00pm

A Logboat from the Spey

Venue: Elgin Museum, 1 High Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1EQ

The Moray Society

Lunchtime talks by Museum volunteers about their favourite objects Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: [email protected] Website: www.elginmuseum.org.uk


Thursday, October 6 2016, 12:30- 1:00pm

The Verdun Crucifix

Venue: Elgin Museum, 1 High Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1EQ

The Moray Society

Lunchtime talks by Museum volunteers about their favourite objects Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: [email protected] Website: www.elginmuseum.org.uk


Thursday, October 6 2016, 7 pm

Female Suffrage in Fife 1900 – 1919

Dr Sarah Pederson

Venue: The 252 Memorial Hall, Betson Street, Markinch

Markinch Heritage Group

Free to members and £2 for non members


Thursday, October 6 2016, 7.30 pm

The 1800 Census of Coldstream

David Welsh

Coldstream and District Local History Society


Friday, October 7 2016, 11.00 am

A New Mining World Heritage Landscape in the Heart of Europe

Miles Oglethorpe

Venue: National Mining Memorial Centre, Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, Dalkeith EH22 4QN

National Mining Museum Scotland


Friday, October 7 2016, 12:30- 1:00pm

More news from the Sculptor’s Cave, Covesea: ‘our’ finds in context

Venue: Elgin Museum, 1 High Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1EQ

The Moray Society

Lunchtime talks by Museum volunteers about their favourite objects Ticket price Free Booking: Phone: 01343 543675 Email: [email protected] Website: www.elginmuseum.org.uk


Saturday, October 8 2016, 2.00pm-4.00pm

Another look at recording and storing your family history

Venue: Activities Room, Elgin Library, Cooper Park, Elgin, IV30 1HS

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


Saturday, October 8 2016, 2.00pm-4.00pm

Mapping Aberdeenshire over time - four hundred years of maps, their makers and audiences

Chris Fleet, MapCurator, National Library of Scotland

Venue: Renfield Saint Stephen's Church Centre

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


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At the going down of the sun

25/9/2016

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We've taken a quick look at the Kinclaven War Memorial, which simply lists names, units and years of death. By looking for information in the records of the Scottish National War Memorial, and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, we've been able to sketch out a little more info about the war dead of Kinclaven.
Surname Forename Date of death Age Birthplace Service no Notes
Murray Charles John 26 October 1914 32 Son of Charles A. and Blanche Murray, of Taymount, Stanley, Perthshire.
Mercer-Nairne Lord Charles George Francis 30 October 1914 40 South African medal (5 clasps), Legion of Honour (France), Order of Military Merit (Spain), Order of the Crown (Prussia), Order of the Iron Crown Class II (Austria). Equerry-in-ordinary to King George V when Prince of Wales, 1909-10 and Equerry to His Majesty, 1910-1914. Sometime a.d.c. to Field Marshal Earl Roberts. Son of Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne and of Maud Evelyn, Marchioness of Lansdowne, of Bowood, Calne, Wilts; husband of Lady Violet Mary Astor.
Mactavish John 24 June 1915 Stanley 1835
Knox Walter 24 June 1915 Stanley 1836
White Thomas Crarer 25 September 1915 20 Perth 15464 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter White, of Taymount, Stanley, Perthshire.
Jamieson William C. 18 August 1916 Ochiltree Ayrshire 4365 Son of James F. Jamieson, of Rodenloft, Mauchline, Ayrshire.
Mcintosh Fraser 23 April 1917 22 Brechin Forfarshire 266513 Son of Donald and Jane Mcintosh, of Cleikiminn, Stanley, Perthshire.
Young David 22 August 1917 Dunkeld S/17854
Mackay David 12 October 1918 Perth 27019
Miller Blythe 09 April 1918 24 115902 Son of Blythe Miller, of Burnfoot, Kinfauns, Perth.
Hogg George 28 May 1918 23 Perth 265531 Husband of Catherine Ferguson Hogg, of 11, Closeburn Terrace, Feus Rd., Perth. Native of Killiecrankie, Oban.
Scott James 10 June 1918 34 Airlie Forfarshire S/18272 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Scott, of Cookston Farm, Airlie, Forfarshire; husband of Mary Low Scott, of Meikleour, Perthshire.
Robertson The Rev. Charles 03 October 1918 39 Son of Hope and Catherine Mcleish Robertson, of Kinclaven, Perthshire.
Mcandrew Stewart 17 October 1918 23 Forfar 316535 Son of James and C. Mcandrew, of Crowbutts, Stanley, Perthshire. Native of Inverarity, Forfarshire.
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History talks and events 19 - 25 September

13/9/2016

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 19 - 25 September 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, September 19 2016, 10.00am – 12.30pm

Hillforts to Mansions: A walk through the Grand Architecture of the North Berwick countryside

East Lothian Council Archaeology Service

To help celebrate Scotland’s Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design, join the council’s Archaeology Service for a guided walk from North Berwick Law to the Balgone Estate, and explore the history and changing architecture of some of the ‘Grand Designs’ of the past! The walk takes in a section of the John Muir Way, woodland paths and some quiet country roads. Booking required. Free. email [email protected]


Monday, September 19 2016, 11.15am-12:00pm, 12.15-1:00pm, 2:00-2.45pm, 3:00-3.45pm

Queens of the Castle

Venue: Edinburgh Castle

Historic Environment Scotland

Find out about two of Scotland’s most famous queens from a lady of their households. Marie de Guise was regent and her daughter Mary, was Queen of Scots in her own right and both left their mark on the Castle’s history. Hear their intertwined and exciting stories. Ticket price This performance is included in the Edinburgh Castle admission price. Booking: [email protected], 0131 668 8885 Website: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/event/?eventId=a5067744-2fa2-4077-9d0d-a5fd00ee68fe


Monday, September 19 2016, 12:00-4.30pm

Biggar Gasworks Steam Days

Venue: Biggar Gaswork Museum

Historic Environment Scotland

For upwards of 130 years – from 1839 to 1973 – Biggar Gasworks made coal-gas for the town and surrounding district. It was one of the first small-town gasworks to open in Scotland, and among the last to close. It is the only preserved gasworks left in Scotland. Not long afterwards, it passed into State care, to be preserved as a lasting reminder of an industry that provided so much benefit to all the country’s citizens. During the 'Steam Days' the boiler will be operating and driving various items of steam driven machines associated with gas production and distribution. Ticket price Booking: [email protected], 0131 668 8885 Website: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/event/?eventId=9d089e53-9386-4959-a5bc-a602009d2e3b


Monday, September 19 2016, 12:00-4:00pm

Conservation in Action

Venue: Alloa Tower, Alloa Park, Alloa FK10 1PP

National Trust for Scotland

Come and see Conservation in Action as we clean three 18th century paintings throughout August and September. Take a peek behind-the-scenes to see how paintings are cleaned at the historic tower. We'll conserve three paintings by Alloa-born 18th Century painter David Allan.
David Allan (13 February 1744 – 6 August 1796) was a Scottish painter and illustrator, best known for historical subjects and genre. Ticket price Ticket price is included in admission cost Booking: For further information please call 01259 211701 Website: http://www.nts.org.uk/Events/Alloa-Tower/Conservation-in-Action/


Monday, September 19 2016, 2:00-3:00m

Introduction to Ancestry

Venue: Mitchell Library North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN

Glasgow Life

Glasgow Libraries offers FREE access to Ancestry Library Edition to library members in all its libraries. Special Collections can help you explore the world’s biggest genealogical database and get you on track for building your family history. Suitable for beginners Ticket price Free Booking: Places are limited for all our Family History workshops. Please book your place by calling 0141 287 2999 or asking at the Granville Street Reception desk. Website: http://events.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/introduction-to-ancestry


Monday, September 19 2016, 6 pm - 8 pm

Get started with your family history

Venue: 52 Overhaugh St, Galashiels, TD1 1DP

Borders Family History Society

Come with an idea of what you want to discover and bring your earliest family birth, marriage, death certificate or more certificates, if possible.


Monday, September 19 2016, 7 pm for 7.30 pm

East Lothian Poor Law Records

Fran Woodrow, archivist

Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

Scottish Genealogy Society

Non-members welcome from whom a small donation would be appreciated.


Monday, September 19 2016, 7.30 pm

Glasgow’s Lost Houses and Mansions

Dan Sweeney

Venue: Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow

Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society


Monday, September 19 2016, 7:00pm

Walk the Wall: Polmont Woods

Venue: Woods car park, Smiddy Brae, Polmont

The Friends of Kinneil

Join archaeologist Geoff Bailey and one of Falkirk Council’s Rangers for a trek around the Antonine Wall in Polmont Woods. The walk will end with a search for bats! Meet at 7 p.m. at Woods car park, Smiddy Brae, Polmont. Free, but please book places in advance. Call 01324 504950 or email [email protected] to book your places. Wear waterproof clothes and bring a torch. Please note that children must be accompanied by an adult. Organised by Falkirk Council and Falkirk Community Trust. Ticket price Free Booking: Call 01324 504950 or email [email protected] to book your places Website: https://bigromanweek.wordpress.com/events/


Monday, September 19 2016, 7-9 pm

East Lothian Poor Law Records

Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

Scottish Genealogy Society


Monday, September 19 2016, All Day

Rediscovering Stirling’s Lost Broch

Venue: Stirling, Clifford Road, Westerlands House

Stirling Council

Help us rediscover Stirling lost broch, first identified by Scotland’s first female archaeologist, Christian MacLagan in the 19th century and then lost…join us in the hunt for it! Places extremely limited and must be booked contact Murray Cook for more details [email protected] Ticket price Free Booking: Murray Cook [email protected]


Tuesday, September 20 2016, 10 am - 4 pm

Are your roots in the Borders ? Discover your family history or build your family tree

Venue: 52 Overhaugh St, Galashiels, TD1 1DP

Borders Family History Society

Build your family tree. Knock down a 'brick wall'. Explore your family history primarily in the Border counties (Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire) of Scotland, though we'll still try to help you if your roots are elsewhere.


Tuesday, September 20 2016, 10:15am-3:45pm

Life in the Border 1914-1919 Exhibition

Venue: Borders Family History Society, 52 Overhaugh, St, Galashiels. TD1 1DP

Borders Family History Society

A fascinating exhibition about life in the Scottish Borders during World War I and afterwards. The exhibition is a joint venture between BFHS and Saving and Sharing Scottish Borders Stories of WWI Project Ticket price Free Website: http://www.bordersfhs.org.uk/


Tuesday, September 20 2016, 2:00pm

Talk: Whatever happened to the Antonine Wall?

Venue: Bo’ness Library, Scotland’s Close, Bo’ness

The Friends of Kinneil

Exploring the post-Roman use of the monument. Rather than become a barrier, the Antonine Wall became a spine of communications across central Scotland. A monastery and village were set up at Kinneil, Bo’ness.Thane’s Hall was established at Callendar Park, Falkirk. The Wall site also saw the establishment of the town of Falkirk itself (which celebrates the monument on its coat of arms). Historian Geoff Bailey will explain all in this free afternoon talk. No need to book, just turn up. Organised by The Friends of Kinneil in association with Falkirk Community Trust. At Bo’ness Library, Scotland’s Close, Bo’ness, from 2 p.m. The Friends will be selling teas and coffees and snacks at this event – however, admission is free. www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/libraries Ticket price Free Website: https://bigromanweek.wordpress.com/events/


Tuesday, September 20 2016, 7 pm - 8 pm

The Fabric of Scotland's Heritage

Moses Jenkins, Historic Environment Scotland

Venue: Am Fasgadh Collection, Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore

Highland Folk Museum

Free public lecture


Tuesday, September 20 2016, 7.00 pm

Metal Detecting

Roy Scott

Venue: Ancrum Village Hall

Ancrum and District Heritage Society

Admission £2


Tuesday, September 20 2016, 7:00-9:00pm

Local Heritage Quiz with Eyemouth Museum Trust and Friends of Eyemouth Fort

Venue: Oblò Bar & Bistro, 18-20 Harbour Road, Eyemouth, TD14 5HU

Friends of Eyemouth Fort

Join us in Oblò Bar & Bistro in Eyemouth for a night of brain teasing history and fun! Put your team of 5 together, start researching local history and come along for a great night, whilst helping to raise money for Eyemouth Museum Trust and Friends of Eyemouth Fort. www.eyemouthmuseum.org www.eyemouthfort.org Ticket price £2


Wednesday, September 21 2016, 1 pm - 2 pm

Stirling’s Archaeological Highlights from 2015/16

Dr Murray Cook

Venue: Smith Museum, Dumbarton Road, Stirling, FK8 2RQ

Stirling Council

Join Dr Murray Cook, Stirling Council’s Archaeologist in a review of recent archaeological discoveries across Stirling: from Romans and Celts to Vikings, Monks and Grave Robbers! Free entry, no booking required, though donations to the Smith appreciated!


Wednesday, September 21 2016, 1:00pm-5:00pm

Alyth Museum Open Days

Venue: Alyth Museum, Commercial Street, Alyth, PH11 8AF

Alyth Museum

Alyth is a small rural Perthshire village overlooking the countryside of Strathmore. This is an area rich in farming, which is an inspiration and resource for the museum collection. Ground floor display Alyth. Enjoy a wealth of pictures and objects reflecting life as it was in and around Alyth. Don't miss the brilliant exhibition about the work of local Blairgowrie photographers, D Wilson Laing. Ticket price Free Website: http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/6474/Alyth-Museum


Wednesday, September 21 2016, 10:00am

Community Archaeology

Venue: Easter Carmuirs Primary School in Camelon

The Friends of Kinneil

Parents and pupils at Easter Carmuirs Primary School in Camelon take part in a community dig to find traces of the Roman temporary camp in the area. From around 10 a.m. If you’d like to join the dig (even just for a short time) contact Geoff Bailey at Falkirk Community Trust in advance: [email protected] Ticket price Free Booking: If you’d like to join the dig (even just for a short time) contact Geoff Bailey at Falkirk Community Trust in advance: [email protected] Website: https://bigromanweek.wordpress.com/events/


Wednesday, September 21 2016, 10:00am

Standing Stones of Stenness and Barnhouse Village Walk

Venue: Standing Stones of Stenness

Historic Environment Scotland

Join the Ranger Service for a guided tour of our oldest stone circle and explore the fascinating links with the nearby Neolithic village of Barnhouse. Ticket price Free Booking: No booking required. For more information call 01856 841 732 or email [email protected] Website: www.historicenvironment.scot/events


Wednesday, September 21 2016, 10:30-11:15am

Storytime event for Pre-school Children

Venue:  Falkirk Library, Hope Street, Falkirk, FK1 5AU.

The Friends of Kinneil

There will be Roman-themed stories and craft activities. Free, just turn up. No booking required. Falkirk Library will also be hosting a seven foot centurion model during the Week. Take a selfie with a centurion and tweet it to @BigRomanWeek and @LibFalkirk … Or send it to us: [email protected] Ticket price Free Booking: Call the Library on 01324 506800. www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/libraries Website: https://bigromanweek.wordpress.com/events/


Wednesday, September 21 2016, 11 am - 3.30 pm

Pennymuir / Woden Law - Roman and Iron Age Borders Walk

Chris Bowles

Venue: Towford bridge TD8 6NH

Borders Heritage Festival

Join Scottish Borders Council archaeologist Chris Bowles and visit the atmospheric remains of the Roman camps at Pennymuir, march up Roman Dere Street and visit the Iron Age stronghold of Woden Law, return along Dere Street and through the well-preserved remains of an ancient way of life. 11-3.30pm. Park and Meet at Towford bridge TD8 6NH. FREE. Bring packed lunch for this 7 km, 5 Miles, 250 metre total climb.


Wednesday, September 21 2016, 11.15am-12:00pm, 12.15-1:00pm, 2:00-2.45pm, 3:00-3.45pm

Women of Independence

Venue: Edinburgh Castle

Historic Environment Scotland

War is traditionally a male domain but during the Wars of Independence, women were among some of Bruce’s strongest and bravest supporters. Some suffered for their loyalty and others rose to the challenge. Hear about the role they played and how the castle fared during this bloody and brutal time. Ticket price This performance is included in the Edinburgh Castle admission price. Booking: [email protected], 0131 668 8885 Website: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/event/?eventId=537eb5d9-4b51-44b6-9135-a5fd00f7cec0


Wednesday, September 21 2016, 11:15am; 12:00pm; 12:45pm; 1:30pm; 2:30pm; 3:15pm; and 4:00pm

Scotland’s National Hero

Venue: The National Wallace Monument

The National Wallace Monument

Who was William Wallace? Listen as a costumed actor gives you an insight into the life of Scotland’s National Hero – who he was, where he came from, and how he fought to free the people of Scotland from oppression. Ticket price Admission Prices: Adults: £9.99, Children £6.25 Website: http://www.nationalwallacemonument.com/ht_event/scotlands-national-hero/


Wednesday, September 21 2016, 2 pm

Helen B Cruikshank – Poet and member of the 20th Century Scottish Writers’ Renaissance

Sheila Mann

Venue: Monifieth Community Cabin, South Union Street, DD5 4JG

Monifieth Local History Society


Wednesday, September 21 2016, 2 pm - 4 pm

Local and family history drop-in

Venue: Giffnock Library

East Renfrewshire's Heritage Collection

Have you hit a family history brick wall? Do you need help with local history research? Or would you just like advice on using the heritage resources at Giffnock and Barrhead Libraries? Pop along to our local & family history drop-in where the local studies librarian will be on hand to point you in the right direction.


Wednesday, September 21 2016, 7 pm - 9 pm

Ceramic Industries of the Forth: Recent Research and Finds

George Haggarty

Venue: Alloa Tower, Alloa Park, Alloa FK10 1PP

Inner Forth Landscape Initiative

This evening's talk will focus on the numerous ceramic industries once found along the shores of the Forth. What made the Forth such a good location for ceramics? What sort of archaeological finds have there been? And what can they tell us about the area's heritage?
The presentation will be given by archaeologist and ceramics expert, George Haggarty. George is one of the leading specialists on the ceramics of Scotland, from the medieval centuries through to the industrial and modern periods. He has undertaken extensive research on post-medieval ceramic industries and has carried out numerous excavations of pottery pruduction sites, publishing extensively on the subject. He is a Research Fellow of the National Museums of Scotland.
Please contact 01324 831568 or [email protected] if you would like to book a place.


Wednesday, September 21 2016, 7.30 pm

Recent Archaelogical Work in Falkirk

Geoff Bailey

Venue: Falkirk Trinity Church

Falkirk Local History Society

Join a free talk about the latest excavations and research on the Antonine Wall. Hosted by Falkirk Local History Society. At the Trinity Church (the former Falkirk Old Parish Church) in the heart of Falkirk town centre, from 7.30 p.m. No need to book; just turn up.


Wednesday, September 21 2016, 7.30 pm

Textile Mills in the Borders

Douglas Coltman

Venue: Selkirk Parish Church Hall

Selkirkshire Antiquarian Society

Annual Membership £6 per year. Non member £2 per event. For enquiries about the meetings or the Antiquarian Society please contact Jamie McIntyre [email protected]


Wednesday, September 21 2016, 7.30 pm

East Kilbride, Scotland's First New Town

Bill Niven

Venue: Best Western Eglinton Arms Hotel, Eaglesham

Eaglesham History Society

Non-members welcome, £3 on the door


Wednesday, September 21 2016, 7.30 pm

The Bank of Scotland in the Community

Amanda Noble

Venue: Ecclesmachan Village Hall

West Lothian History and Amenity Society

This will be a joint meeting with the West Lothian Family History Society and will take the form of a social evening with home baking and clootie dumpling.


Thursday, September 22 2016, 1:00pm

Ring of Brodgar Walk

Venue: Ring of Brodgar

Historic Environment Scotland

Explore the area around the Ring of Brodgar during our guided walk with a ranger and find out the special significance of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. Ticket price Free Booking: No booking required. For more information call 01856 841 732 or email [email protected] Website: www.historicenvironment.scot/events


Thursday, September 22 2016, 1:00pm-5:00pm

Alyth Museum Open Days

Venue: Alyth Museum, Commercial Street, Alyth, PH11 8AF

Alyth Museum

Alyth is a small rural Perthshire village overlooking the countryside of Strathmore. This is an area rich in farming, which is an inspiration and resource for the museum collection. Ground floor display Alyth. Enjoy a wealth of pictures and objects reflecting life as it was in and around Alyth. Don't miss the brilliant exhibition about the work of local Blairgowrie photographers, D Wilson Laing. Ticket price Free Website: http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/6474/Alyth-Museum


Thursday, September 22 2016, 10 am - 4 pm

Are your roots in the Borders ? Discover your family history or build your family tree

Venue: 52 Overhaugh St, Galashiels, TD1 1DP

Borders Family History Society

Build your family tree. Knock down a 'brick wall'. Explore your family history primarily in the Border counties (Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire) of Scotland, though we'll still try to help you if your roots are elsewhere.


Thursday, September 22 2016, 10:15am-3:45pm

Life in the Border 1914-1919 Exhibition

Venue: Borders Family History Society, 52 Overhaugh, St, Galashiels. TD1 1DP

Borders Family History Society

A fascinating exhibition about life in the Scottish Borders during World War I and afterwards. The exhibition is a joint venture between BFHS and Saving and Sharing Scottish Borders Stories of WWI Project Ticket price Free Website: http://www.bordersfhs.org.uk/


Thursday, September 22 2016, 10:30am-1:00pm

Museum of Banff Open Days

Venue: Banff Library AB45 1AE

Banff Preservation and Heritage Society

Banff Museum was founded in 1828 as the museum of the Banff Institution and is the oldest museum in Scotland north of Perth. The Banff Institution was dissolved in 1875 and the collections passed to Banff Town Council. The present museum and library building were built in 1902. Banff Preservation and Heritage Society currently run the Museum in partnership with Aberdeenshire Museums Service. The Museum is on Banff High Street, in the same building as Banff Library. The postocde is AB45 1AE. The exhibits show a vast range of interesting artefacts from the Celtic period up to the modern day. They reflect life in Banffshire and show some stunning examples of our historical past in Banff and Macduff. Ticket price Free Website: http://www.bphsmob.org.uk/


Thursday, September 22 2016, 11.15am-12:00pm, 12.15-1:00pm, 2:00-2.45pm, 3:00-3.45pm

Women of Independence

Venue: Edinburgh Castle

Historic Environment Scotland

War is traditionally a male domain but during the Wars of Independence, women were among some of Bruce’s strongest and bravest supporters. Some suffered for their loyalty and others rose to the challenge. Hear about the role they played and how the castle fared during this bloody and brutal time. Ticket price This performance is included in the Edinburgh Castle admission price. Booking: [email protected], 0131 668 8885 Website: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/event/?eventId=537eb5d9-4b51-44b6-9135-a5fd00f7cec0


Thursday, September 22 2016, 2.30 pm - 5 pm

Discover Eyemouth Fort

Venue: Eyemouth Museum, Manse Road, Eyemouth, TD14 5JE

Friends of Eyemouth Fort

Discover the fascinating history of Eyemouth’s 16th century fort. Friends of Eyemouth Fort will take you for an escorted walk followed by a museum visit where you can experience the Borders’ only virtual reality room. Inside, you’ll be transported to the fort as it was in the 16th century. Great fun for all the family.


Thursday, September 22 2016, 2:00-3:30pm

Castle Paintings Tour

Venue: Brodick Castle, Garden & Country Park, Brodick, Isle of Arran KA27 8HY

National Trust for Scotland

Join us at Brodick Castle for a specialist tour on the paintings and the stories behind them. Every picture tells a story and our paintings tour unveils a host of tales using Brodick's collections and their artists as a framework. Ticket price £6 Booking: For further information please call 01770 302202 Website: http://www.nts.org.uk/Events/Brodick-Castle-Garden-and-Country-Park/Castle-Paintings-Tour/


Thursday, September 22 2016, 2:00-4:00pm

Irish Family History Advice Sessions

Venue: Mitchell Library North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN

Glasgow Life

Need advice on researching your Irish family history? Book a 20 minute session with an archivist for advice on advancing your Irish family history research. Ticket price Free Booking: Places are limited for all our Family History workshops. Please book your place by calling 0141 287 2999 or asking at the Granville Street Reception desk. Website: http://events.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/15/irish-family-history-advice-sessions


Thursday, September 22 2016, 4:00-4:45pm

Roman Chatterbooks Event

Venue: Larbert Library, 22 Hallam Rd, Stenhousemuir, Larbert FK5 3BF. 

The Friends of Kinneil

Children aged 7-12 years can enjoy this Roman-themed craft and storytelling session. From 4 p.m. to 4.45 p.m. At Larbert Library, 22 Hallam Rd, Stenhousemuir, Larbert FK5 3BF. Telephone 01324 503590. Free, just turn up. No booking required.www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/libraries Ticket price Free Website: https://bigromanweek.wordpress.com/events/


Thursday, September 22 2016, 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm

Tasting Through Time: Free Cookery Course

Venue: 55 Victoria Street Larkhall ML9 2BW

Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership

Join the FREE Tasting Through Time Cookery Course! From 6 - 8 pm in Larkhall we will be testing out recipes from the past and learning a little bit about culinary history and archaeology. Join us in exploring the culinary history of the apple! How was it enjoyed throughout history, from the Roman period to today? This cookery course focuses on experimenting with historic recipes from multiple time periods, giving participants an opportunity to try flavours from the past and learn a little bit about how societies hundreds of years ago enjoyed food and how those foods impacted their lives. Have fun taste-testing recipes through time, all of which include the most famous of Clyde Valley produce! - See more at: http://www.clydeandavonvalley.org/events/item/tasting-through-time-free-cookery-course-copy-2-copy


Thursday, September 22 2016, 6.30 pm

1916 – The Turning Point

Mike Taylor

Venue: Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library

Friends of PKC Archives

£5 for non-members


Thursday, September 22 2016, 6.30 pm - 8 pm

Smugglers, Spies and Stolen Plum Pies: or, The Darker Side of Alloa's Trade in the 18th Century

Venue: Alloa

Inner Forth Landscape Initiative

This evening will see a performance of a brand new, bespoke play about the smuggling and trading shenanigans around Alloa in the 18th century. Meet Walter Grosset, the unpopular Customs Collector; the Earl of Mar (or 'Bobbing John'); and a 'flash-mob' of Jacobites. This play is based on original historical research by IFLI volunteer, Ian Middleton, and will be written and performed by The Walking Theatre Company, ably assisted by pupils from Alloa Academy.
Booking essential


Thursday, September 22 2016, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm

The Archaeology of the Manor Valley

Trevor Cowie

Venue: Chambers Institution, High Street, Peebles EH45 8AG

Tweeddale Museum and Gallery

Archaeologist Trevor Cowie will give a talk entitled ‘The Archaeology of Manor Valley’ highlighting prehistoric finds from the valley which will be on display. Free but please book in advance by phoning 01721 724820 or email [email protected]


Thursday, September 22 2016, 7.45 pm

The Glasgow Empire and its Stars

Bob Bain

Venue: Drymen Village Hall, Main Street, Drymen, Glasgow, G63 0BP

Drymen & District Local History Society


Thursday, September 22 2016, 7:00pm

Roman Night

Venue: Corbie Inn, Corbiehall, Bo’ness, EH51 0AS

The Friends of Kinneil

Enjoy a three-course Italian meal for just £17.50 a head. At the Corbie Inn, Corbiehall, Bo’ness, EH51 0AS, from 7 p.m. Book via the venue, tel. 01506 825307. The meal will be followed by a talk by Dr Lyn Wilson, one of the key experts involved in the Scottish Ten project, which has been digitally scanning the Antonine Wall. Ticket price £17.50 per head Booking: Book via the venue, tel. 01506 825307 Website: https://bigromanweek.wordpress.com/events/


Friday, September 23 2016, 1:00pm-5:00pm

Alyth Museum Open Days

Venue: Alyth Museum, Commercial Street, Alyth, PH11 8AF

Alyth Museum

Alyth is a small rural Perthshire village overlooking the countryside of Strathmore. This is an area rich in farming, which is an inspiration and resource for the museum collection. Ground floor display Alyth. Enjoy a wealth of pictures and objects reflecting life as it was in and around Alyth. Don't miss the brilliant exhibition about the work of local Blairgowrie photographers, D Wilson Laing. Ticket price Free Website: http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/6474/Alyth-Museum


Friday, September 23 2016, 10 am - 1 pm

Cumbernauld to Auchinstarry Walk

Venue: St. Mungos Church, 4 St Mungo's Rd, Cumbernauld, Glasgow G67 1QP

North Lanarkshire Council Regeneration and Environmental Services

This is a one-way 6 mile walk to Auchinstarry with a free mini bus back to Cumbernauld. The route follows back roads and countryside paths that are reasonably well surfaced. There will be some great views across the Kelvin Valley to the Campsies as we cross the Antonine Wall on Croy Hill.
Venue: Meet outside St. Mungos Church, St. Mungos Road, Cumbernauld.
Special requirements: Booking is essential as places on the mini-bus are limited. Croy Hill can be wet and uneven so outdoor footwear should be worn. A snack and drink are also recommended.


Friday, September 23 2016, 10 am - 4 pm

Are your roots in the Borders ? Discover your family history or build your family tree

Venue: 52 Overhaugh St, Galashiels, TD1 1DP

Borders Family History Society

Build your family tree. Knock down a 'brick wall'. Explore your family history primarily in the Border counties (Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire) of Scotland, though we'll still try to help you if your roots are elsewhere.


Friday, September 23 2016, 10.30 am - 12 pm

Orbiston House and the Greenlink Walk

Venue: Strathclyde Country Park, 366 Hamilton Rd, Motherwell ML1 3ED

North Lanarkshire Council Regeneration and Environmental Services

This is a 3½ mile circular woodland walk along part of the South Calder Water. From the Roman Fort to the Orbiston Estate people have lived at the confluence of the South Calder Water and the River Clyde for nearly two thousand years. The rivers no longer meet and the area is now part of Scotland’s biggest Country Park but history has left its mark if you know where to look
Venue: Meet at the Foreshore Car Park, Strathclyde Country Park.
Special requirements: Booking is essential. Some of the route is uneven so good outdoor footwear is recommended


Friday, September 23 2016, 10:15am-3:45pm

Life in the Border 1914-1919 Exhibition

Venue: Borders Family History Society, 52 Overhaugh, St, Galashiels. TD1 1DP

Borders Family History Society

A fascinating exhibition about life in the Scottish Borders during World War I and afterwards. The exhibition is a joint venture between BFHS and Saving and Sharing Scottish Borders Stories of WWI Project Ticket price Free Website: http://www.bordersfhs.org.uk/


Friday, September 23 2016, 10:30am-1:00pm

Museum of Banff Open Days

Venue: Banff Library AB45 1AE

Banff Preservation and Heritage Society

Banff Museum was founded in 1828 as the museum of the Banff Institution and is the oldest museum in Scotland north of Perth. The Banff Institution was dissolved in 1875 and the collections passed to Banff Town Council. The present museum and library building were built in 1902. Banff Preservation and Heritage Society currently run the Museum in partnership with Aberdeenshire Museums Service. The Museum is on Banff High Street, in the same building as Banff Library. The postocde is AB45 1AE. The exhibits show a vast range of interesting artefacts from the Celtic period up to the modern day. They reflect life in Banffshire and show some stunning examples of our historical past in Banff and Macduff. Ticket price Free Website: http://www.bphsmob.org.uk/


Friday, September 23 2016, 11:00am-12:30pm

Brodick Castle Secrets Tour

Venue: Brodick Castle, Garden & Country Park

National Trust for Scotland

Come along to the castle and join the Secrets Tour. We will tell you a few things that the 'ordinary visitor' does not get to know, and let you see things that you would not usually see. A more in depth look at various castle tales, places and objects. Ticket price £8 Booking: For further information please call 01770 302202 Website: http://www.nts.org.uk/Events/Brodick-Castle-Garden-and-Country-Park/Brodick-Castle-Secrets-Tour/


Friday, September 23 2016, 12:00-4:00pm

Conservation in Action

Venue: Alloa Tower, Alloa Park, Alloa FK10 1PP

National Trust for Scotland

Come and see Conservation in Action as we clean three 18th century paintings throughout August and September. Take a peek behind-the-scenes to see how paintings are cleaned at the historic tower. We'll conserve three paintings by Alloa-born 18th Century painter David Allan.
David Allan (13 February 1744 – 6 August 1796) was a Scottish painter and illustrator, best known for historical subjects and genre. Ticket price Ticket price is included in admission cost Booking: For further information please call 01259 211701 Website: http://www.nts.org.uk/Events/Alloa-Tower/Conservation-in-Action/


Friday, September 23 2016, 2 pm - 3.30 pm

Greenhead Gander Walk

Venue: Creamery Road car park, off Stewarton Street, between Waterloo and Wishaw

North Lanarkshire Council Regeneration and Environmental Services

Join us for an enjoyable 2 mile stroll around this popular Local Nature Reserve. Greenhead Moss is a wonderful place for a relaxing wildlife walk. We will discover the old secrets that connect to peat, forestry, coal and covenanters, hear about the Dutch connection and a tale of murder, mystery and the supernatural!
Venue: Creamery Road car park, off Stewarton Street, between Waterloo and Wishaw.
Grid reference NS 805 543
Special requirements: Booking is essential. Good paths underfoot, but with a steep set of downhill steps at one point.


Friday, September 23 2016, 2 pm - 4 pm

Close Encounters - Discover Dunbar: Summer Foot Tours

Venue: Sparkly Frog boutique, 92 High St, Dunbar

Dunbar Trades Association

The Dunbar Trades Association in conjunction with Local Historian Roy Pugh bring you FREE history tours of Dunbar, every friday afternoon throughout summer. This is a unique opportunity to find out more about the history of the town and ask any questions you have always wondered about.
Tours will start from outside the Sparkly Frog boutique, No 92 High Street, highlighting important historic buildings such as the Tolbooth or Town House. Some of the Closes will be explored – how they got their names and the history attaching to them. Each tour will begin at the Town House, then along the High Street towards Lauderdale House, another iconic historical building. Proceeding through Castle Wynd to Castle Street, other historic buildings encountered are John Muir’s first School and the Methodist Church. Crossing Victoria Street to the Outdoor Swimming Pool, a brief history of Dunbar Castle, the Battery and the two harbours will be given. Returning through the former parade ground of Castlepark Barracks, a potted history of Lauderdale House will follow. Returning to the High Street, the tour will proceed up to the Abbey Church, then crossing the road, further closes including the famous Bamburgh Close will be highlighted. The tour ends at the Crunchy Carrot, where Sergeant John Penn, survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava during the Crimean War resided from about 1864 until his death in 1886.
Lasting between 45 minutes and one hour, tours will be conducted by Roy Pugh, local author and historian who has published a major history of Dunbar (Access to other titles by Roy may be found on website rjmpugh.co.uk. Roy is a native of Dunbar who spent most of his career in the civil service in the Secretary of State’s Scottish Office, St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh.)
BOOKING TOURS
Tours may be booked by contacting Sparkly Frog (telephone 01368 865531) or e-mail [email protected] or by showing up on the day of. Tours are available for one or more persons (maximum 10-12) Children and young persons must be accompanied by an adult. While the weekly tour will take place every Friday at 2pm, bookings may be arranged for other afternoons except Sundays provided 24 hours’ notice is given.


Friday, September 23 2016, 7:00pm

Roman Cooking

Venue: t. Mary’s Church Hall, off Linlithgow Road, Bo’ness, EH51 0DP

The Friends of Kinneil

Chef John Crouch, seen on Robson Green’s “Tales from Northumberland”, cooks up some authentic Roman food. There will also be some modern day nibbles. From 7 p.m. St. Mary’s Church Hall, off Linlithgow Road, Bo’ness, EH51 0DP. No need to book, just turn up. Admission will be free (although attendees are asked to give a small donation at the door to The Friends of Kinneil to cover costs.) Organised by The Friends of Kinneil. http://www.kinneil.org.uk Ticket price Free Website: https://bigromanweek.wordpress.com/events/


Friday, September 23 2016, 7:30-10:30

Neu! Reekie! Celts

Venue: National Museum of Scotland

National Museum of Scotland

Charlotte Church will headline an evening of Celtic-influenced music, poetry, film, animation, drama and dance at the National Museum of Scotland, devised by ‘Scotland’s favourite avant-garde noisemakers’ Neu! Reekie! With Liz Lochhead, Scotland's much loved poet and former Makar, plus Scots indie popsters Ette, this one-off event to bring the Museum’s much acclaimed Celts exhibition to a close Ticket price Cost: £18/£20 Booking: Call 0300 123 6789 or book online at www.nms.ac.uk/neureekie, age 18+ Website: http://nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/whats-on/neu-reekie/


Saturday, September 24 2016, 1 pm - 5 pm

Cramond Heritage

Venue: The Maltings, 2 Riverside, Cramond, Edinburgh, EH4 6NY

Cramond Heritage Trust

ANCIENT SKILLS WORKSHOPS : Sort and identify excavation finds. Learn to write using 2000-year old methods
EXHIBITIONS : Dark Goings on at Cramond!
Cramond from 8.500BC until Present Day – new exhibition
Cramond Island at Peace and War
GUIDED WALKS : Riverside Iron Mills Or Historic Cramond
At 2pm each day


Saturday, September 24 2016, 1.45 pm

The Lord Lyon King of Arms. The office of the Lord Lyon

Venue: St Ninian's Church Hall, Castle Douglas

Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society

Coffee and tea will be served at 1.45 p.m. meetings start 2.15 p.m


Saturday, September 24 2016, 1:00-4:00pm

Roman Cookery at Kinneil

Venue: Kinneil Museum, Kinneil Estate, Bo’ness, EH51 0PR

The Friends of Kinneil

Roman cookery expert John Crouch cooks up some Roman food for visitors. From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Kinneil Museum, Kinneil Estate, Bo’ness, EH51 0PR. Free. No need to book, just turn up. Organised by The Friends of Kinneil. http://www.kinneil.org.uk/attractions Ticket price Free Website: https://bigromanweek.wordpress.com/events/


Saturday, September 24 2016, 1:00pm-5:00pm

Alyth Museum Open Days

Venue: Alyth Museum, Commercial Street, Alyth, PH11 8AF

Alyth Museum

Alyth is a small rural Perthshire village overlooking the countryside of Strathmore. This is an area rich in farming, which is an inspiration and resource for the museum collection. Ground floor display Alyth. Enjoy a wealth of pictures and objects reflecting life as it was in and around Alyth. Don't miss the brilliant exhibition about the work of local Blairgowrie photographers, D Wilson Laing. Ticket price Free Website: http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/6474/Alyth-Museum


Saturday, September 24 2016, 10 am - 1.30 pm

Teachers and Trainee Teachers in Archaeology

Venue: Learning Centre, National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

Archaeology Scotland

You are invited to our free training and networking event. Archaeology Scotland will support you in bringing the past alive in your classroom. We will help you to use archaeology, history and heritage to deliver Curriculum for Excellence. Our training will help you:
Take social studies and technologies out of the classroom and bring the history of your local streets and buildings to life
Encourage your students to engage with the past by achieving a Heritage Hero Award
Increase your confidence in completing risk assessments for outdoor learning. Involve your students in the heritage of their local area through exploring maps, photographs and other free on-line resources
To book or find out more contact [email protected]


Saturday, September 24 2016, 10 am - 1.30 pm

Training Day

Venue: Learning Centre, National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1JF

Archaeology Scotland

Archaeology Scotland will support you in bringing the past alive in your classroom. We will help you to use archaeology, history and heritage to deliver Curriculum for Excellence.


Saturday, September 24 2016, 10 am - 4 pm

The Tower Blocks of Cumbernauld

Venue: Cumbernauld Community Enterprise Centre, Brown Street, Cumbernauld, G67 1AA

University of Edinburgh

On the Saturday 24 September 2016, the University of Edinburgh’s Tower Block Project are hosting a free exhibition on the social and architectural history of Cumbernauld. Memories Roadshow Bring along old family photos taken in Cumbernauld or the surrounding area and share your memories of growing up in the town with Scotland's Urban Past (SUP). We will digitise any photographs for you and your contributions will help to create a full record of Cumbernauld's local history in the National Archive of the Historic Environment and the Tower Block Project's image archive. All physical images are returned on the day after being scanned. Exhibition The exhibition itself will look at Cumbernauld from it’s inception, as the result of mass overcrowding in Glasgow, and the vision of Cumbernauld as a New Town and a site of opportunity for residents and businesses alike. Using photographs, advertising material, letters and plans from the 1950s through to the 1990s, visitors can explore the ways in which the town was envisioned and run by the Cumbernauld Development Corporation, as well as shaped and experienced by those who made the move there. The exhibition will pay special attention to the work of Brian Miller, Cumbernauld’s town artist from 1962, and the public art which he created, much of which has now disappeared. Exploring Cumbernauld Cumbernauld resident Jean O’Reilly will also be running free guided social history walks, which will leave from Cumbernauld Community Enterprise Centre throughout the day. Over the weekend of the 24 - 25 September, the flats above Cumbernauld shopping centre will also be open to the public for the first time in decades, giving visitors a rare glimpse at the housing intended for Cumbernauld's elite.


Saturday, September 24 2016, 10 am - 4 pm

William Wallace Guardian of Scotland- Medieval Camp, Procession and Lecture

Venue: The Haining Estate, Selkirk. TD7 5LR

Borders Heritage Festival

Wallace Procession from the Haining to the Auld Kirk 12noon. Lectures on Selkirk’s Archaeology, Wallace and the Wars of Independence by Dr Chris Bowles and Dr Fiona Watson, The Haining 2-4pm. Booking for lectures essential, contact [email protected]. Join our medieval camp at the Haining and follow the procession of Scottish Lords to Selkirk Auld Parish Kirk to witness the re-enactment of Wallace being made Guardian of Scotland in 1297! There’s a strong belief and some evidence that Wallace was made Guardian of Scotland by the Scottish nobility on this very spot. Join us as we relive this unique moment in Scotland’s history.


Saturday, September 24 2016, 10.30 am - 12.45 pm

Guided Walk at Higgins Neuk, Airth

Venue: We’ll meet at the site, on the south side of the Clackmannanshire bridge where the pedestrian footpath starts and visit the site of the former Royal Dockyard.

Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion

If you're interested in learning about the environmental and cultural history of the landscape at Higgins Neuk; help out the investigation by volunteering! This event is a follow up from the information evening on the Higgins Neuk project on the 15th of September.


Saturday, September 24 2016, 10:00am - 4:00pm

Trinity House Family Weekend

Venue: Trinity House

Historic Environment Scotland

Throughout the weekend we will be providing object handling sessions, quizzes and a free stained glass craft activity for visitors young and old. There will be opportunities to meet our painting conservators and find out more about the work we do to our significant painting collections, view a brand-new video about the history of Trinity House and take a self-led tour of the collections using your mobile phone or tablet. 2016 is a special year for Trinity House as it is the bi-centenary of the Georgian building and, fittingly in this year of Architecture, Innovation and Design, we have a temporary exhibition for visitors to enjoy about 200 years of Trinity House and its place in Leith. Ticket price Free Booking: [email protected], 0131 668 8885 Website: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/event/?eventId=fe198111-62cd-42b9-9a6e-a65500ffe868


Saturday, September 24 2016, 10:00am-4:00pm

William Wallace Guardian of Scotland: Medieval Camp, Procession and Lecture

Venue: The Haining Estate, Selkirk. TD7 5LR

Borders Heritage Festival

Wallace Procession from the Haining to the Auld Kirk 12noon. Lectures on Selkirk’s Archaeology, Wallace and the Wars of Independence by Dr Chris Bowles and Dr Fiona Watson, The Haining 2-4pm. Booking for lectures essential, contact [email protected]. Join our medieval camp at the Haining and follow the procession of Scottish Lords to Selkirk Auld Parish Kirk to witness the re-enactment of Wallace being made Guardian of Scotland in 1297! There’s a strong belief and some evidence that Wallace was made Guardian of Scotland by the Scottish nobility on this very spot. Join us as we relive this unique moment in Scotland’s history. Ticket price Free Website: https://www.facebook.com/bordersheritagefestival


Saturday, September 24 2016, 10:30-11:30am

Roman Chatterbooks Event

Venue: Bonnybridge Library, Bridge St, Bonnybridge FK4 1AD

The Friends of Kinneil

Roman-themed craft and storytelling session, suitable for children aged 7-12 years. Free. No booking required. At Bonnybridge Library, Bridge St, Bonnybridge FK4 1AD, from 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. Contact Bonnybridge Library on 01324 503295. www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/libraries Ticket price Free Booking: Contact Bonnybridge Library on 01324 503295.www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/libraries Website: https://bigromanweek.wordpress.com/events/


Saturday, September 24 2016, 10:30-11:30am

Big Roman Week Craft Session

Venue: Bo’ness Library, Scotland’s Close, Bo’ness, EH51 0AH

The Friends of Kinneil

Fun event for children aged 5-10 years. At Bo’ness Library, Scotland’s Close, Bo’ness, EH51 0AH, from 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. Tickets, priced £2 each, are available from the venue. Contact Bo’ness Library on 01506 778520 or email: [email protected] www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/libraries Ticket price £2 Booking: Contact Bo’ness Library on 01506 778520 or email: bonesslibrary@falkirkcommunitytrust.orgwww.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/libraries Website: https://bigromanweek.wordpress.com/events/


Saturday, September 24 2016, 10:30am-1:00pm

Museum of Banff Open Days

Venue: Banff Library AB45 1AE

Banff Preservation and Heritage Society

Banff Museum was founded in 1828 as the museum of the Banff Institution and is the oldest museum in Scotland north of Perth. The Banff Institution was dissolved in 1875 and the collections passed to Banff Town Council. The present museum and library building were built in 1902. Banff Preservation and Heritage Society currently run the Museum in partnership with Aberdeenshire Museums Service. The Museum is on Banff High Street, in the same building as Banff Library. The postocde is AB45 1AE. The exhibits show a vast range of interesting artefacts from the Celtic period up to the modern day. They reflect life in Banffshire and show some stunning examples of our historical past in Banff and Macduff. Ticket price Free Website: http://www.bphsmob.org.uk/


Saturday, September 24 2016, 11 am - 4 pm

Holyrood Heritage Hunters

Venue: Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, EH8 8DX

Royal Collection Trust

Visit the Palace and become a Holyrood Heritage Hunter. Follow a family trail to learn about the archaeology of the grounds and visit the family room for archaeology themed activities. Celebrate Scottish Archaeology month this September at the Palace. Uncover the past with a range of archaeology themed activities including a family trail around the Palace grounds and drop into the family room to identify some finds and solves clues. During your visit make a piece of treasure inspired by the objects found on site.
All activities are included in the the standard admission to the Palace Adult £12.00 Over 60/Student (with valid ID) £11.00 Under 17/Disabled £7.20 Under 5 Free Family (2 adults, 3 under 17s) £31.20


Saturday, September 24 2016, 11.00 am - 3.00 pm

Three Lochs Ramble Walk

Venue: Aldi Car Park, High Street, Airdrie. 20 High St, Airdrie ML6 0DT

North Lanarkshire Council Regeneration and Environmental Services

This is an 8 mile one-way walk with free mini-bus transport to the start and a lift back to Airdrie at the end of the walk.
The walk will begin at Salsburgh and cross the open countryside and moors to the east of Airdrie, passing by Roughrigg Reservoir, Black Hill and Lily Loch before reaching Hillend Reservoir and meeting the mini-bus at the Fishing Lodge.
Venue: Meet at Aldi Car Park, High Street, Airdrie.
Special requirements: Booking is essential as places on the mini-bus are limited. This route crosses rough and uneven ground so good outdoor footwear is essential. We will be stopping for a break so bring a drink and snack to keep you going.


Saturday, September 24 2016, 11.15am-12:00pm, 12.15-1:00pm, 2:00-2.45pm, 3:00-3.45pm

Their Name Liveth

Venue: Edinburgh Castle

Historic Environment Scotland

The fighting is over by a decade and the Scottish War Memorial is open for the first time. Hear the true stories of two veterans- a soldier and a nurse- as they recount their very different tales of service across four years of war and many battlefields and continents. Ticket price This performance is included in the Edinburgh Castle admission price. Booking: [email protected], 0131 668 8885 Website: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/event/?eventId=99d24c22-3232-4eab-a714-a5fe00b14d16


Saturday, September 24 2016, 11:15am; 12:00pm; 12:45pm; 1:30pm; 2:30pm; 3:15pm; and 4:00pm

Tales from the Battlefield

Venue: The National Wallace Monument

The National Wallace Monument

Travel back in time to one of the most dramatic periods in Scottish History, when Stirling was at the centre of all the action, during our live performances with costumed actors! The Battle of Stirling Bridge is over – and a soldier, abandoned and left for dead, makes his way into the woods. Lost and disoriented, he meets another fighter – then discovers he is on the enemy’s side! What will happen, and what do they talk about, before the injured soldier heads off – to make his way home? Ticket price Admission Prices: Adults: £9.99, Children £6.26


Saturday, September 24 2016, 12.00 pm - 4 pm

Open Days at Cousland Smiddy

Venue: 31 Hadfast Road, Cousland, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. EH22 2NZ

Cousland Smiddy Trust

In by-gone days, in its heyday, the Smiddy was at the centre of the village’s working and social life. It was much frequented by locals and visitors. The smiddy remains at the heart of the village as a work-base for a rural craft and home to a heritage hub for the local community. Stop by on our Open Days to learn more about the Smiddy complex


Saturday, September 24 2016, 12:00-4:00pm

Conservation in Action

Venue: Alloa Tower, Alloa Park, Alloa FK10 1PP

National Trust for Scotland

Come and see Conservation in Action as we clean three 18th century paintings throughout August and September. Take a peek behind-the-scenes to see how paintings are cleaned at the historic tower. We'll conserve three paintings by Alloa-born 18th Century painter David Allan.
David Allan (13 February 1744 – 6 August 1796) was a Scottish painter and illustrator, best known for historical subjects and genre. Ticket price Ticket price is included in admission cost Booking: For further information please call 01259 211701 Website: http://www.nts.org.uk/Events/Alloa-Tower/Conservation-in-Action/


Saturday, September 24 2016, 12:00-4:00pm

Holding the Key to Scotland

Venue: Stirling Castle

Historic Environment Scotland

The year is 1651 and Stirling Castle is the focus of English military activity in Scotland after the Scots field army marched into England under Charles II. Led by General Monck, Cromwell’s army laid siege to and forced the surrender of the castle. Meet the defenders and hear the roar of their cannon. Watch the surgeon as he tries to keep people alive and experience life in the castle while it's under siege. Ticket price Entry to this event is included in the Stirling Castle admission price. Booking: [email protected], 0131 668 8885 Website: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/event/?eventId=94bef361-bef9-402a-8cd3-a5b600eb5447


Saturday, September 24 2016, 12:30-4:00pm

Souper Walk

Venue: Palacerigg Visitor Centre, Palacerigg Country Park,, Cumbernauld, G67 3HU

North Lanarkshire Council Regeneration and Environmental Services

Join us on a 3½ mile evening walk around Palacerigg Country Park with some hot soup to finish. A walk around the tracks of Palacerigg as the sun sets is a great time to see the wildlife that likes to stay hidden during the day such as bats and deer. Passing by moors, fields, the golf course and Fannyside Loch the view is ever changing and of course Palacerigg’s farm animal collection will be there as an added attraction. Venue: Meet at Palacerigg Visitor Centre, Palacerigg Country Park, Cumbernauld. Special requirements: Booking is essential. The route is mostly on surfaced paths but good outdoor footwear is recommended. Ticket price Free Website: http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32425


Saturday, September 24 2016, 2 pm

An Introduction to The Thisle Stall Plates

Leslie Hodgson, FHSS

Venue: Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh

The Heraldry Society of Scotland


Saturday, September 24 2016, 2 pm - 3.45 pm

Coal and Kestrels Walk

Venue: Hawthorn Ave, Newmains, Wishaw, ML2 9AJ

North Lanarkshire Council Regeneration and Environmental Services

This is a 1½ mile walk on the reclaimed land between Crindledyke and Newmains. Only 100 years ago this area was at the Industrial heart of Scotland with thousands of people employed in coal, clay and iron ore mining. Today this old shale bing has been reclaimed by nature and is used for recreation. We will see this at first hand and get some great views from the top beside the story poles designed by local schools.
Venue: Meet next to Bonkle playing fields, at the end of Hawthorn Ave, Bonkle. Grid reference NS 832 566. Special requirements: The paths are well with some dry grassy trails and one steep hilly section.


Saturday, September 24 2016, 2.00 pm - 3.30 pm

Viking Raiders

Venue: Scottish Fisheries Museum, St Ayles, Harbourhead, Anstruther, Fife KY10 3AB

Scottish Fisheries Museum

Did you know that in 875 AD the Vikings attacked a community of monks living on the Isle of May just off the coast of Anstruther? Join us at the museum as we use archaeological evidence to learn more about the Vikings and their activities as raiders and traders. Help us to decipher Viking runes, build a fleet of longships and plan a raid on the monastery at Lindisfarne! Ages 7-12; £3 per person. For bookings and enquiries call 01333 310628 or email [email protected].


Saturday, September 24 2016, 7:00-8:00pm

Cromarty Ghost Walk

Venue: Hugh Miller's Birthplace Cottage & Museum

National Trust for Scotland

Walk in the company of ghosts ... or at least ghost tales. Join a Cromarty Ghost Walk with chilling tales from Hugh Miller and others retold by your costumed Ghost Guide. Ghost walks start at 7pm from outside Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Cottage in Church Street, Cromarty on Saturdays in July, August and September. The walks are led by Timemasters' costumed Ghost Guide Duncan Cook and last approximately 1 hour, so wear comfortable shoes. There is a minimum age of 15 years. Advanced booking essential, contact [email protected] or [email protected] Or by telephoning 01381-600-245 for details. Ticket price £5 Booking: For further information please call 01381 600245 Website: http://www.nts.org.uk/Events/Hugh-Millers-Birthplace-Cottage-and-Museum/Cromarty-Ghost-Walk/


Saturday, September 24 2016, 7:00pm

Manor Meanderings

Venue: Manor Valley

Tweeddale Museum and Gallery

Trevor Cowie and members of Peebles Archaeological Society will lead a walk in Manor Valley. This is a unique opportunity to discover the research, excavations and findings that the team have uncovered. For details and booking please contact 01721 724820 or email [email protected]. Ticket price Free Website: https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/directory_record/10711/tweeddale_museum_and_gallery


Saturday, September 24 2016, 9:30am-4:30pm

Doors Open Day at John Sinclair House

Venue: John Sinclair House

Historic Environment Scotland

Come along and take advantage of our full programme of events. From a series of talks from expert staff to exhibitions and explore our resources in the Public Research Room. Ticket price Free Booking: For more information call 0131 662 1456 Website: www.historicenvironment.scot/events


Saturday, September 24 2016, All Day

Doors Open Day at the National Museums Collection Centre

Venue: National Museums Collection Centre, 242 West Granton Road, Granton

National Museum of Scotland

Go behind the scenes on a tour of our state-of-the-art collections research centre for Scottish History and Archaeology and Natural Sciences at Granton, Edinburgh. On this guided tour you’ll visit the new research facility for our Natural Sciences collection, home to over 10 million specimens, and learn about how we care for our internationally important collections. Part of Edinburgh Doors Open Day, organised by The Cockburn Association. Ticket price Booking: For times and booking details visit www.nms.ac.uk/doorsopenday Website: www.nms.ac.uk/doorsopenday


Sunday, September 25 2016, 1 pm - 5 pm

Cramond Heritage

Venue: The Maltings, 2 Riverside, Cramond, Edinburgh, EH4 6NY

Cramond Heritage Trust

ANCIENT SKILLS WORKSHOPS : Sort and identify excavation finds. Learn to write using 2000-year old methods
EXHIBITIONS : Dark Goings on at Cramond!
Cramond from 8.500BC until Present Day – new exhibition
Cramond Island at Peace and War
GUIDED WALKS : Riverside Iron Mills Or Historic Cramond
At 2pm each day


Sunday, September 25 2016, 1:00pm-5:00pm

Alyth Museum Open Days

Venue: Alyth Museum, Commercial Street, Alyth, PH11 8AF

Alyth Museum

Alyth is a small rural Perthshire village overlooking the countryside of Strathmore. This is an area rich in farming, which is an inspiration and resource for the museum collection. Ground floor display Alyth. Enjoy a wealth of pictures and objects reflecting life as it was in and around Alyth. Don't miss the brilliant exhibition about the work of local Blairgowrie photographers, D Wilson Laing. Ticket price Free Website: http://www.pkc.gov.uk/article/6474/Alyth-Museum


Sunday, September 25 2016, 10:00-11:30am

Cambusnethan Woodlands and the Clyde Walkway

Venue: Watersports Centre, 366 Hamilton Rd, Motherwell ML1 3ED

North Lanarkshire Council Regeneration and Environmental Services

This is a one-way 6½ mile walk with a free mini bus taking us to the start. We will get dropped off near Castlehill at Gowkthrapple and walk through the ancient woodlands of Cambusnethan Local Nature Reserve before joining the Clyde Walkway and following the river all the way back to Strathclyde Country Park . Venue: Meet at the Watersports Centre, Strathclyde Country Park, Motherwell. Special requirements: Booking is essential as places on the mini-bus are limited. Some of the route is unsurfaced and uneven so good outdoor footwear is required. We will be stopping for a break so a snack and drink are recommended. Ticket price Free Website: http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32425


Sunday, September 25 2016, 10:00am - 4:00pm

Trinity House Family Weekend

Venue: Trinity House

Historic Environment Scotland

Throughout the weekend we will be providing object handling sessions, quizzes and a free stained glass craft activity for visitors young and old. There will be opportunities to meet our painting conservators and find out more about the work we do to our significant painting collections, view a brand-new video about the history of Trinity House and take a self-led tour of the collections using your mobile phone or tablet. 2016 is a special year for Trinity House as it is the bi-centenary of the Georgian building and, fittingly in this year of Architecture, Innovation and Design, we have a temporary exhibition for visitors to enjoy about 200 years of Trinity House and its place in Leith. Ticket price Free Booking: [email protected], 0131 668 8885 Website: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/event/?eventId=fe198111-62cd-42b9-9a6e-a65500ffe868


Sunday, September 25 2016, 11.15am-12:00pm, 12.15-1:00pm, 2:00-2.45pm, 3:00-3.45pm

Bolts and Bodkins

Venue: Edinburgh Castle

Historic Environment Scotland

Join castle archer Rusty Bodkins for an explanation of how the Scots used the medieval longbow and crossbow. Learn about different types of arrowheads and how arrow wounds were treated. Get dressed for battle and join the garrison! Ticket price This performance is included in the Edinburgh Castle admission price. Booking: [email protected], 0131 668 8885 Website: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/event/?eventId=f4e0b6b1-2455-4cda-b4fe-a4ed00db88d3


Sunday, September 25 2016, 11:15am; 12:00pm; 12:45pm; 1:30pm; 2:30pm; 3:15pm; and 4:00pm

Tales from the Battlefield

Venue: The National Wallace Monument

The National Wallace Monument

Travel back in time to one of the most dramatic periods in Scottish History, when Stirling was at the centre of all the action, during our live performances with costumed actors! The Battle of Stirling Bridge is over – and a soldier, abandoned and left for dead, makes his way into the woods. Lost and disoriented, he meets another fighter – then discovers he is on the enemy’s side! What will happen, and what do they talk about, before the injured soldier heads off – to make his way home? Ticket price Admission Prices: Adults: £9.99, Children £6.26


Sunday, September 25 2016, 12.00 pm - 4 pm

Day at the Museum - See Behind the Scenes

Venue: Eyemouth Museum & Tourist, Information Centre. Auld Kirk, Manse Road, Eyemouth. TD14 5JE

Friends of Eyemouth Fort

Visit us on any Sunday in September to get an exclusive guided look behind the scenes to see how items in our collection are acquisitioned, stored and displayed. Find out more about our historic Eyemouth Fort through our brilliant 3D visual reality room and from local experts on hand to share their knowledge and inside information! www.eyemouthmuseum.org www.eyemouthfort.org


Sunday, September 25 2016, 12:00-4:00pm

Holding the Key to Scotland

Venue: Stirling Castle

Historic Environment Scotland

The year is 1651 and Stirling Castle is the focus of English military activity in Scotland after the Scots field army marched into England under Charles II. Led by General Monck, Cromwell’s army laid siege to and forced the surrender of the castle. Meet the defenders and hear the roar of their cannon. Watch the surgeon as he tries to keep people alive and experience life in the castle while it's under siege. Ticket price Entry to this event is included in the Stirling Castle admission price. Booking: [email protected], 0131 668 8885 Website: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/event/?eventId=94bef361-bef9-402a-8cd3-a5b600eb5447


Sunday, September 25 2016, 2.00 pm

Ken the Horse - Hawick's 1514 Memorial

Ian Landels

Venue: Corn Exchange & Ormiston Institute, Market Square, Melrose, TD6 9PN

Borders Family History Society

The memorial commemorates a skirmish between the youths of Hawick where they routed the the English army at Hornshole, and captured the Bishop of Hexham’s flag.


Sunday, September 25 2016, 2:00-3:30pm

Fire and brimstone

Venue: West Benhar Road car park, nr Shotts. Grid reference NS 890 636

North Lanarkshire Council Regeneration and Environmental Services

This is a quiet 2½ mile loop onto Benhar Moss to the Peden Stone local monument. Discover the mysterious memorial to Alexander ‘the prophet’ Peden, who according to tradition, preached to the local Covenanters in this area. The Peden Stone is the only cast iron Covenanters memorial in Scotland. Venue: West Benhar Road car park, nr Shotts. Grid reference NS 890 636 Special requirements: Booking is essential. The route is mostly level or undulating on tracks and grassy trails and there can be muddy puddles after heavy rain. Ticket price Free Website: http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32425


Sunday, September 25 2016, 2:00pm

Walk the Wall: From the Castlecary Roman Fort to Dullatur

Venue: Castlecary Fort Site

The Friends of Kinneil

Join archaeologist Geoff Bailey as he leads a guided walk along the line of the Antonine Wall: leaving the site of Castlecary Roman Fort, near the village of Allandale, heading towards the village of Castlecary in North Lanarkshire. The walk will go along the World Heritage Site, through the Westerwood Golf Course, and on to Dullatur. Returning by the Forth and Clyde Canal towpath. The round trip will be around 9 miles. This is a more demanding walk, over rough ground; it is not suitable for small children or those with walking difficulties. No need to book, just turn up. Meet at the Castlecary Fort Site at 2 p.m. http://www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org/heritage Ticket price Free Website: https://bigromanweek.wordpress.com/events/


Sunday, September 25 2016, 9:30am-4:30pm

Doors Open Day at John Sinclair House

Venue: John Sinclair House

Historic Environment Scotland

Come along and take advantage of our full programme of events. From a series of talks from expert staff to exhibitions and explore our resources in the Public Research Room. Ticket price Free Booking: For more information call 0131 662 1456 Website: www.historicenvironment.scot/events


Sunday, September 25 2016, All Day

Doors Open Day at the National Museums Collection Centre

Venue: National Museums Collection Centre, 242 West Granton Road, Granton

National Museum of Scotland

Go behind the scenes on a tour of our state-of-the-art collections research centre for Scottish History and Archaeology and Natural Sciences at Granton, Edinburgh. On this guided tour you’ll visit the new research facility for our Natural Sciences collection, home to over 10 million specimens, and learn about how we care for our internationally important collections. Part of Edinburgh Doors Open Day, organised by The Cockburn Association. Ticket price Booking: For times and booking details visit www.nms.ac.uk/doorsopenday Website: www.nms.ac.uk/doorsopenday


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Whittinghame in the Great War

7/6/2016

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We're now half way through the four years of centenaries of the First World War. The scale of the war is in many ways incomprehensible. Every village was affected - every village has its own war memorial. Whittingehame in East Lothian was no exception. Whittingehame's memorial was formally unveiled in 1920 by Arthur Balfour, former Prime Minister. Balfour had himself played a prominent role in the First World War, succeeding Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty on 25 May 1915, then becoming Foreign Secretary on 10 December 1916, a post he held until after the war.

Balfour had been born in Whittingehame House, the son of the local MP, so it perhaps was no surprise that he agreed to unveil the war memorial in the parish of his birth.

Recently, though, while looking through the records of Whittingehame Kirk Session, we came across war-time copies of the parish magazine. In the January 1915 issue, the parish minister gives a Roll of Honour:
Roll of Honour for Whittingehame Parish
Containing the names of all now in Military Service whose homes are in this Parish, or who enlisted while here.
I. At The Front
1. Second Lieutenant O H C Balfour, 60th Rifles; was in battles of Mons, Marne, and Aisne; wounded in the last; mentioned in Dispatches of Sir John French.
2. Matthew Symington Aitchison, Stoneypath, Royal Scots.
3. James Aitchison, Stoneypath, Seaforth Highlanders.
4. William Aitchison, Stoneypath, Seaforth Highlanders.
5. Staff Nurse Millicent Bruce Peterkin, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service.
6. Andrew Steel, Manse Cottage, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
 
II. Territorial Force
7. Colonel Edward Peterkin, VD,, Commanding 10th (Reserve) Battalion, the Royal Scots.
8. James Clark, Luggate, Lothians and Border Horse.
9. George Robertson, Luggate, Royal Scots.
III. In Lord Kitchener’s Army
10. David Stoddart, Papple, Seaforth Highlanders.
11. George White, Overfield, Seaforth Highlanders.
12. George Burgess, The Gardens, 5th Dragoon Guards.
13. Eric Griffin, Whittingehame House, 5th Dragoon Guards.
14. John Macintosh, Whittingehame House, 5th Dragoon Guards.
15. George Jeffrey, Home Farm, Seaforth Highlanders.
16. John Jarvis, Papple, Army Service Corps.
17. James Jarvis, Papple, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
18. James Gray, Home Farm, Cameron Highlanders.
19. George Horsburgh, Joiner’s Lodge, Army Service Corps.
20. Arthur Brett, The Stables, Army Service Corps.
21. James Dickson, Home Farm, Army Service Corps.
22. Thomas Brown, Stoneypath, Cameron Highlanders.
23. David Bisset, Newmains, Cameron Highlanders.
24. John Brodie, Westmains, Cameron Highlanders.
25. William Johnston, Westmains, Scots Guards.
26. James White, The Gardens, Scots Guards.
27. William Keiller, The Gardens, Scots Guards.
28. Alfred Pringle, Luggate, Royal Artillery.
29. Thomas Rutherford, 8th Royal Scots.
It's worth bearing in mind that in 1911, there were only 92 men aged 18 to 40 in the whole parish. This would seem to suggest that around one-third of the adult male population had signed up a full year before conscription was introduced by the Military Service Act 1916.

A year later, the parish magazine again contained a Roll of Honour
​Roll of Honour for Whittingehame Parish, January 1916
I. In Regular Army
1. Lieutenant Oswald Balfour, 60th Rifles. Mentioned in dispatches. Twice wounded. Now in England
Matthew Symington, Stoneypath, Royal Scots. Killed in battle 25th September 1915.
2. James Aitchison, Stoneypath, Seaforth Highlanders. Now in hospital in France.
3. William Aitchison, Stoneypath, Seaforth Highlanders. Now in France
4. Thomas Calder Kerr, Whitelaw, Sergeant, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Now in France.
5. William Inglis, Stoneypath Tower, Gordon Highlanders. Now at Aberdeen.
 
II. Territorial Force
6. James Clark, Luggate, Lothians and Border Horse. Now in France.
7. George Robertson, Luggate, Royal Scots. Now in Scotland
8. Thomas Rutherford, Home Farm, 8th Royal Scots. Now at Falkirk.
9. Alexander Punton Kerr, Whitelaw, 8th Royal Scots. Now in France.
III. In Lord Kitchener’s Army
David Stoddart, Papple, Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in battle on 25th September 1915.
10. George White, Overfield, Seaforth Highlanders. Now in hospital in France.
11. George Burgess, Whittingehame Gardens, 2nd Battalion Leicesters. Now in France. [Annotation Killed Mesopotamia Jan 1916].
12. Eric Griffin, Whittingehame House, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Now in France.
13. John Mackintosh, Whittingehame House, 1st King’s Dragoon Guards. Now in France.
14. John Jarvis, Papple, Field Ambulance, France.
15. James Jarvis, Papple, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Now in France.
16. David Jarvis, Papple, Black Watch, Nigg Camp, Ross-shire.
17. James Gray, Home Farm, Cameron Highlanders. Wounded in France. Now at Invergordon. [Annotation Killed]
18. James Dickson, Home Farm, Army Service Corps. Now in France.
19. George Horsburgh, Joiner’s Lodge, Field Ambulance Shoeing Smith. Now in France.
20. Arthur Brett, The Stables, Army Mechanical Transport. Now in France.
21. David Bisset, Newmains, Cameron Highlanders. Wounded. Now again in France.
22. John Brodie, Westmains, Cameron Highlanders. Twice wounded. Now at Invergordon.
William Johnston, Westmains, Scots Guards. Believed to have been killed in action.
23. James White, The Gardens, Scots Guards. Wounded seriously. Now in hospital in Manchester.
24. William Keiller, Whittingehame Gardens, Scots Guards. Believed to be wounded and in hospital. [Annotation Killed]
25. John Stoddart, Papple, attached to Entrenching Battalion in France.
26. Archibald Bisset, Whittingehame Mains, Cameron Highlanders. At Invergordon.
27. James Brown, Home Farm, Cameron Highlanders. At Invergordon.
28. Alexander Willsher, Whittingehame Gardens, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Marine Gardens, Edinburgh.
29. Albert Sturgeon, Whittingehame Gardens, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Marine Gardens, Edinburgh.
30. Henry Dickson, Tower Cottage, Royal Horse Guards. Regent’s Park, London.
31. Arthur Mercer, Lady Eleanor’s Cottage, Gordon Highlanders. Now at Blairgowrie.
32. James W Robertson, The Manse, 15th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Now at Gailes Camp, Ayrshire.
The number of men in service had increased a little, and five men - Matthew Symington, David Stoddart, George Burgess, James Gray, Matthew Keiller and William Johnston - had been killed and another six injured.

The toll continues to rise in the January 1917 issue of the parish magazine:
​[List of the dead]
David Stoddart, Papple.
James Gray, Home Farm.
George Burgess, The Gardens.
William Keiller, The Gardens.
Matthew Symington, Stoneypath.
William Johnston, West Mains.
Charles Fergie Russell, West Mains.
[Added in hand: James Jarvis, Papple; David Jarvis, Papple]
The following are the names of our men now in the Army, set down according to their homes.
 
From Whittingehame House, Lodges and Home Farms.
Lieutenant Oswald Balfour, 60th Rifles. Now in Greece.
George White, Overfield, Seaforth Highlanders. Now in France.
John White, Heather Lodge, 9th Royal Scots. In Yorkshire.
Arthur Mercer, Lady Eleanor’s, Gordon Highlanders. Norwich.
George Horsburgh, Joiner’s Lodge, RAMC. In France.
Arthur Brett, Whittingehame Stables, ASC, France.
Thomas Rutherford, Home Farm, Royal Scots. France.
James Dickson, Home Farm, ASC, France.
John Kerr, Home Farm, Royal Scots. France.
Thomas Macdonald, Hailes, Royal Scots. North Berwick.
Charles Sherlaw, Luggateburn, ASC. London.
 
From Papple
John Stoddart, 4th Reserve, Royal Scots. Yorkshire.
John Jarvis, ASC, Transport Section. France.
Peter Jarvis, 12th Royal Scots. France.
James Jarvis, A and S Highlanders. France. [Annotation deleted]
David Jarvis, 8th Black Watch. France. [Annotation deleted]
Victor Anderson, Scottish Rifles. Yorkshire.
 
From Whittingehame Mains
Lieutenant J F Malcolm, RFA. On way to India.
Corporal T F Malcolm, RFA. In France.
George A Malcolm, RFA. Chelmsford.
David Bisset, 3rd Seaforth Highlanders. France.
Archibald Bisset, 1st Cameron Highlanders. Ireland.
George Calder, 1st Gordon Highlanders. In hospital, Northampton.
Adam Cameron, Lovat Scouts. France.
 
From West Mains
John Russell, Royal Scots Greys. Yorkshire.
John Brodie, 5th Cameron Highlanders. In hospital, Glasgow.
 
From Luggate and Luggateburn
James Clark, Lothians and Border Horse. Greece.
John Anderson, Sergeant, 2nd Canadian Division. Now in Surrey.
George Anderson, 2nd Canadian Division. In France.
George Robertson. Royal Scots. France.
John Blair, ASC. France.
 
From Stoneypath and Stoneypath Tower
George Anderson, Royal Field Artillery. Yorkshire.
Private Inglis, Gordon Highlanders. France.
John Montgomery, Royal Scots. Queensferry.
 
From New Mains
David Bisset, 1st Cameron Highlanders. France
 
From Yarrow
John Willens, 8th Royal Scots. France.
 
From Ruchlaw
Robert Hutchison, Air Mechanical Service. London.
Robert Adamson, Ayrshire Yeomanry. Hawick.
 
From the Manse
Cadet James W Robertson, France. [Annotation Lieu].
 
Other names may be added to this list – of men who had their homes here for a time, but whose present whereabouts is not known to us – John Macintosh, Eric Griffin, William M’Lachlan, Alexander Willsher, Albert Sturgeon, John Boa, James Slight. We shall be glad to hear good news of them also. One other (James White, formerly at The Gardens) has been seriously maimed, and has been long in hospital.
By this stage, going by the 1911 population figures, roughly half of the adult males in the parish were in the armed forces. The final list is then produced in the 1918 issue of the Parish Magazine
I print a Roll of Honour for the Congregation and Parish, which is as complete and up-to-date as I can manage to make it from any information that has been given me. I look forward to making express use of it especially in our meeting for prayer on the first Sunday of 1918, as the King has suggested. First, in a special Roll by themselves, I inscribe those who have died for home and country and for the great cause of righteousness and humanity involved in this War. They were seven in number a year ago; now they are twelve. We shall not see them again in this world, but we cherish their memory; it is a very sacred memory to us; for “greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
David Stoddart, Papple.
James Gray, Home Farm.
George Burgess, The Gardens.
William Keiller, The Gardens.
Matthew Symington, Stoneypath.
William Johnston, West Mains.
Charles Fergie Russell, West Mains.
James Jarvis, Papple.
David Jarvis, Papple.
James W Robertson, The Manse.
William M’Lachlan, The Gardens.
George Calder, Whittingehame Mains.
To those above written we may add the name of Robert Smith, whose family is at Stoneypath.
 
The following are the names of our men now in Army service, set down according to their homes here:
 
From Whittingehame House, Lodges and Home Farms.
Captain Oswald Balfour, 60th Rifles. Now in Greece.
George White, Overfield, 7th Seaforths. Now in hospital at Penrith.
John White, Heather Lodge, 9th Royal Scots. Now in France.
Arthur Mercer, Lady Eleanor’s, Gordon Highlanders. Now in France.
George Horsburgh, Joiner’s Lodge, SS, RAMC. In France.
Arthur Brett, Stables, ASC. In France.
Thomas Rutherford, Home Farm, Royal Scots. In hospital in Liverpool.
James Dickson, Home Farm, ASC. France.
John Kerr, Home Farm, Royal Scots. France.
Thomas Macdonald, Hailes, Royal Scots. North Berwick.
Alexander Willsher, The Gardens, 2nd KOSB. In hospital, Manchester.
Charles Sherlaw, Luggateburn, ASC. London.
 
From Papple
John Stoddart, Royal Scots. In France.
John Jarvis, ASC, Transport Section. In France.
Peter Jarvis, 12th Royal Scots. In France.
Victor Anderson, Scottish Rifles. In Palestine.
 
From Whittingehame Mains
Lieutenant J F Malcolm, RFA. India.
Corporal T F Malcolm, RFA. Received discharge.
George A Malcolm, RFA. In France.
David Bisset, 3rd Seaforths. In France.
Archibald Bisset, 7th Cameron Highlanders. France.
Adam Cameron, Lovat Scouts. France.
 
From West Mains
John Russell, Lieutenant in Flying Corps. Reading.
John Brodie, 5th Cameron Highlanders. In Netley Hospital.
 
From Luggate
James Clark, Lothians and Border Horse. Greece.
Alexander Clark, Lieutenant in Flying Corps. England.
George Robertson. Labour Service. France.
John Blair, 7th Buffs. France.
 
From Yarrow, Stoneypath etc
George Anderson, RFA. In hospital, Cardiff.
David Bisset, 1st Cameron Highlanders. France
John Willens, 8th Royal Scots. France.
Robert Hutchison, Air Mechanical Service. England.
 
Other names may be added to this list – of men who had their homes here for a time but whose present whereabouts is not know to us, as John Mackintosh, Eric Griffin, Albert Sturgeon, John Boa, James Slight.
There is no reason to suppose that Whittingehame was in any way exceptional in this regard. It just goes to show the enormity of World War I that roughly half the men of the village saw action, of whom about a quarter were killed.
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