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History talks and events 9-15 October 2017

3/10/2017

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Upcoming family history talks and events in Scotland, 9 - 15 October 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.

Tuesday, October 10 2017, 1 pm - 1.10 pm

The Food of Empire: A Scot’s Role in Propagating Slave Food

Marenka Thompson-Odlum, University of Glasgow

Venue: Hunterian Museum Gilbert Scott building University of Glasgow G12 8QQ

Black History Month

Marenka Thompson-Odlum uses the image of one of our Walter Hood Fitch watercolours to tell the history of bread fruit and its role in the slave trade. www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian /visit/insighttalks/


Tuesday, October 10 2017, 10:15 - 11:45

U3A Family History Group

Open Session

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

Aberdeenshire Libraries


Tuesday, October 10 2017, 12.30pm - 2.00pm

Heads up at Provand’s Lordship: Old Glasgow and the slave trade

Dr Anthony Lewis

Venue: St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, 2 Castle Street Glasgow G4 0RH

Black History Month

This talk by Scottish History Curator Dr. Anthony Lewis will look at stone sculptures, decorative art work and paintings at Provand’s Lordship signifying Glasgow’s historic connections of the transatlantic trade with tobacco, sugar and slavery from the late 1600s onwards. Free Event www.glasgowmuseums.com


Tuesday, October 10 2017, 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm

Medieval

Steve Boardman; Dauvit Broun, Stephen Driscoll, Thomas Clancy

Venue: Kelvin Hall, Glasgow

Historical Conversations

This free public programme of talks, interviews and panel discussions (organised by Dr Catriona Macdonald, Scottish History and Dr Stephen Mullen, History, University of Glasgow) hosted in the Kelvin Hall in academic term 2017-18 (in partnership with The Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies, The Hunterian, UofG Library, Archives and Special Collections) explores the remarkable transformation of Scottish history over the course of the last fifty years; the current challenges faced by the discipline; and leading practitioners’ hopes for the future. The range of speakers in the programme lends this initiative authority and remarkable range: there’s something here for all lovers of Scottish history, and an opportunity to get to know a little better the writers behind the books that have shaped how we understand our past. Indeed, all events will be recorded and hosted online by the University library, establishing a fantastic resource for scholars in the future.


Tuesday, October 10 2017, 7.30 pm

TBA

Martin Pucci

Venue: Buchan Hotel, Ellon

Ellon and District Heritage Society

Entrance £3


Tuesday, October 10 2017, 7.30 pm

Italians in Fife

Norma Alari

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

Fife Family History Society

Tea/coffee and biscuits included. Members entry free - Non members very welcome entry £2 for refreshments. Phone Dave Reid on 01333 350557 for any queries re talks.


Tuesday, October 10 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Southern Necropolis

Colin Mackie

Venue: Masonic Halls, Collier Street, Johnstone

Johnstone Historical Society


Wednesday, October 11 2017, 10 am - 11 am

Standing Stones of Stenness Walk

Venue: Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge

Historic Environment Scotland

Join the Orkney Ranger Service for a free guided tour of our oldest stone circle, and explore the fascinating links with the nearby Neolithic village of Barnhouse.


Wednesday, October 11 2017, 6.30 pm, refreshments available from 6 pm

The British Association's 1867 meeting in Dundee viewed through the prism of legacy

Eddie Small, University of Dundee

Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee

Abertay Historical Society

Free but donations requested from non-members.


Wednesday, October 11 2017, 7 pm

The Death and Life of the Great Lafayette

Ian Robertson & Gordon Rutter

Venue: Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

The Old Edinburgh Club

Free to members, £5 for guests. Disabled access and hearing loop


Wednesday, October 11 2017, 7.30 pm

How to trace your family history: Tracing Quaker ancestors

Paul Burton

Venue: Smith Museum and Art Gallery

Central Scotland Family History Society


Wednesday, October 11 2017, 7.45 pm

Knights Templar

Robbie Fisher

Venue: RAF Club, Ardgowan Square, Greenock

Inverclyde Historical Society


Thursday, October 12 2017, 7 pm

The 1911 census

Ken Nisbet

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

Lanarkshire Family History Society


Thursday, October 12 2017, 7 pm - 9 pm

Carrick Coast - Old Railway, Ayr to Girvan

Robert Smillie

Venue: Johnnie Walker Bond, Strand Street Kilmarnock

East Ayrshire Family History Society


Thursday, October 12 2017, 7.30 pm

The Deeside Line

Mike Cooper

Venue: MacRobert Hall, The Square, Tarland

Cromar History Group

Mike Cooper is the former picture archivist for the Great North of Scotland Railway Association and is author of the book “The Great North of Scotland Railway -Then and Now”. He will take us on a virtual tour along the railway line from Aberdeen to Ballater.


Thursday, October 12 2017, 7.30 pm

The Botany of Ailsa Craig

Bernard Zonfrillo, Honorary Lecturer, University of Glasgow

Venue: Blue Room, Town Hall, Ayr

Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society


Thursday, October 12 2017, 7.30 pm

Working for a living. Terms and conditions from Palmerston to Lloyd George

Andrew Ramage

Venue: Dirleton Kirk Hall

Gullane and Dirleton History Society

An old family diary led to fascinating insights into living and working conditions in the late 1800s


Thursday, October 12 2017, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm

Fife Airfields

Group Captain Jim Leggat

Venue: Elie Church Hall

Elie & Earlsferry History Society

Group Captain Jim Leggat is an authority on former airfields in general and those in Fife in particular. Jim, who lives in Dunfermline, will be including some interesting stories about the many former airfields in the East Neuk.


Friday, October 13 2017, 1 pm - 3 pm

Slavery and Scotland: Through the lens of Material Culture

Venue: Gallery of Modern Art, 1 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow G1 3AH

Black History Month

The talk will explore Scotland’s history with slavery through the material culture of Glasgow’s Museums. These objects’ direct and indirect links to the slave trade will also illuminate Scotland’s role in Empire. Free event with registration Register at tinyurl.com/crereventbrite


Friday, October 13 2017, 2 pm - 2.45 pm

May her life be perfect

Venue: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8AG

Black History Month

May her life be perfect Ankhesnefer lived in Thebes during ancient Egyptian times. Her name means “may her life be perfect”, yet she died of a sword wound to the head. How did she end up in Glasgow? This tour is aimed at adults, but families with children are welcome to attend. Free event www.glasgowmuseums.com


Friday, October 13 2017, 4 pm

‘The Battle of the Forests: The little-known story of the Canadian Forestry Corps in the Scottish Highlands during World War II’

Melynda Jarratt (Fredericton, New Brunswick)

Venue: G.14, Doorway 4, Old Medical School

University of Edinburgh

Scottish history research seminar. See here for more details.


Saturday, October 14 2017, 1 pm

Uncovered Stories

Venue: Culloden Battlefield

National Trust for Scotland

Walk around and discover what was left behind on the moor and the stories they can tell us. This tour will look at the facinating archaeology on the field. All children must be accompanied by an adult. This tour will last approx. 60 minutes. Adult £5, child £4.50, family £12.50


Saturday, October 14 2017, 1 pm - 2.30 pm

Salvona the Lion Tamer 100 Years On

Venue: Highland Archive Centre, Bught Park, Inverness

Highland Archive Service

Ambrose Salvona, a lion tamer, spent the last years of his life in Inverness. When he died in the Inverness Poorhouse in 1917, his friends organised a march from Inverness Castle to Tomnahurich Cemetery. The march was accompanied by the Salvation Army Band and advertised in the Inverness Courier. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of his death, the Highland Archive Centre is proud to host an afternoon of talks about his fascinating life and family. Free event but bookins are required - to book please telephone 01463 256444 or email [email protected]


Saturday, October 14 2017, 10 am - 4 pm

Tomb Readers: Throwing New Light on Worn Inscriptions with Digital Photography

Venue: St Patrick’s Churchyard, Dalzell Estate

Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership

Learn how to use Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to take photos capturing a surface’s shape and colour in three dimensions and see the carvings in more detail than has been seen for many years.
http://www.clydeandavonvalley.org/component/zoo/item/treasured-remains-to-bring-historic-graveyards-to-life


Saturday, October 14 2017, 11 am

Market Knowe guided walk

Venue: Meet at Huntly Wood carpark

Abertay Historical Society

Free but donations requested from non-members.


Saturday, October 14 2017, 2 pm - 4 pm

Bring along a brick wall

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

Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society


Saturday, October 14 2017, 2 pm - 4 pm

George Square - Slavery & Abolition

Dr Michael Morris

Venue: Meet outside Glasgow City Chambers George Square, Glasgow G2 1DU

Black History Month

Glasgow’s George Square was laid out in 1781 and the statues, erected between 1819 and 1902, are designed to celebrate scientists, writers, military figures, politicians and royals. But these sculptures and monuments largely tell a sanitised story of Empire - whether a clean story of trade from the Clyde, or an orderly procession of colonised peoples paying tribute to a monarch. Dr. Michael Morris’s walk and talk looks to highlight a more difficult context and to provide a counter-narrative to this cleaned up history. Join him as he reveals a hidden history of Scotland’s complicated involvement in slavery associated with each and every one of the statues on display. Free event with registration Register at tinyurl.com/crereventbrite


Sunday, October 15 2017, 1 pm - 3 pm

CRER Walking Tour

Venue: Starting point at Glasgow Cathedral Just off Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0QZ

Black History Month

Join us on an historical journey through Glasgow’s mercantile past and examine the connections with slavery, tobacco and the abolition movement. See the reality of Glasgow’s role in the enslavement of human beings.The tour will be led by Adebusola Debora Ramsay and Marenka Thompson-Odlum.


Sunday, October 15 2017, 10 am - 4 pm

Tomb Readers: Throwing New Light on Worn Inscriptions with Digital Photography

Venue: St Patrick’s Churchyard, Dalzell Estate

Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership

Learn how to use Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to take photos capturing a surface’s shape and colour in three dimensions and see the carvings in more detail than has been seen for many years.
http://www.clydeandavonvalley.org/component/zoo/item/treasured-remains-to-bring-historic-graveyards-to-life


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