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History talks and events 16 - 22 January 2017

10/1/2017

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