Note that there may be a small charge for some of these events, and some may be for members only. We will be publishing lists of upcoming talks and events regularly - if you are organising a talk or event relating to Scottish genealogy or history, please let us know and we will be happy to add your events to our list.
Monday, February 27 2017, 7.30 pm
Continuing the work of Geddes: approaches for the development of Edinburgh’s Old Town
Nicholas Hotham
Venue: Millennium Room, Cramond Kirk Hall
Nicholas Hotham, Head of Advocacy and Outreach, Edinburgh World Heritage
Monday, February 27 2017, 7.30 pm
Perth Silver
Amy Waugh, Perth Museum and Art Gallery
Venue: Stanley Village Hall
West Stormont Historical Society
Tuesday, February 28 2017, 7.30 pm
Scottish Lace
Brian Hill
Venue: Kilmarnock College, Hill Street, Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock & District History Group
£2 donation for non-members
Wednesday, March 1 2017, 5 pm - 6 pm
Hogbacks and Hammerheads: Enigmas of the Viking Age
Jamie Barnes (PhD Student, Archaeology, Glasgow)
Venue: Gregory Building (109), University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
Further information from Dr Colleen Batey colleen.batey@glasgow.ac.uk
Thursday, March 2 2017, 2 pm - 3 pm
‘For King and Country’: Records of Military Service Appeal Tribunals, 1916-1918
Bruno Longmore (Head of Government Records, NRS)
Venue: New Register House, Princes Street, Edinburgh
Just over a hundred years ago, Britain's Liberal Government introduced military conscription under the Military Service Act, 1916. Uniquely among combatants in the First World War, the men of Britain could apply for exemption. The Military Service Appeal Tribunal records for Lothian and Peebles 1916-1918 survive and are held in NRS. Bruno Longmore highlights the reasons why conscription was introduced, who was conscripted, why men appealed and what these records tell us about Scotland during WW1. New Register House
Thursday, March 2 2017, 6.15 pm AGM, 7.30 pm talk
AGM & Refreshments then talk on Norham
Martha Andrews
Coldstream and District Local History Society
Thursday, March 2 2017, 7 pm
On the trail of Erskine Beveridge & his photography
Lesley Ferguson
Venue: The 252 Memorial Hall, Betson Street, Markinch
Free to members and £2 for non members
Friday, March 3 2017, 11.00 am
Listen Up! HMS Tarlair and Memories of the Hawkcraig Admiralty Experimental Establishment Station, Aberdour, Fife, 1915-1918
Diana Maxwell
Venue: National Mining Memorial Centre, Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, Dalkeith EH22 4QN
National Mining Museum Scotland
Saturday, March 4 2017
Inspired by the Castle: Poetic Promenade at Craignethan
Venue: Craignethan
Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership
Join us on a journey from the Clyde Valley up to Craignethan Castle and enjoy the literature of local and visiting writers such as Sir Walter Scott and Janet Hamilton, who were inspired by the landscape and the castle.
Each takes around two hours and is FREE although booking is essential at www.cavlp.eventbrite.co.uk. - See more at: http://www.clydeandavonvalley.org/news-hub/item/frame-the-landscape-with-cavlp-heritage#sthash.cjqI0gic.dpuf
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