The speaker will be Dr Valentina Bold on Stirling Street Poetry
Admission is free for membes, under 18 and student; visitors £3.
Details and Flyer.
Our next meetiing will be on Thursday 28 March 2024 at 19.30 in the Stirliing Smith Museum and Art Gallery.
The speaker will be Dr Valentina Bold on Stirling Street Poetry Admission is free for membes, under 18 and student; visitors £3. Details and Flyer.
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Our next meeting will be on Thursday 29th February 2024 at 7.30pm in the Smith Museym.
Professor Richard Oram will talk on The Early Burgh of Stirling This meeting marks the 900th Anniversary of the burgh. Members admission free; visitors £3 but students and under 18s Free Our season will continue with a meeting on Thursday 25 Jan. The speaker will be Craig Mair on Robert Burns in Stirling 1787.
As usual there will be an opportunity for questions and discussion. The meeting starts at 19.30 in the Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Dumbarton Road, Stirling. The premises are fully accessible via a ramp on the east side of the building. Admission is free for members, visitors £3. Membership is free for under 18s and for full-time students. All welcome. Further detalls on flyer here. . We have had an enquiry about George Kilgour, thought to be born in Logie in 1845 and died in Cardiff in 1931; he had been master of a ship called The Berwickshire.
See the attached outline. If anyone has further information, the enquirer would be gratefult to hear. This annual event is at Stirling University on Saturday 11th November 2023.
This year's theme is 'Aspects of Extractive Industries –History, Impact and Recovery'. There is a wide diversity of papers through the day covering historical, archaeological, environmental and wildlife issues related to the theme - something for everyone. Whilst the speakers are often specialists, the target audience is the wider public with a more general interest. The new edition of the journal ('Forth Naturalist and Historian') will be launched. Click here for further details and to link to the Booking Form. You are invited to a public lecture at Sttirling University (Room CC3.04) by Prof Erica Fudge).
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On Tuesday 14 Nov we will hold at joint meeting with the Stirling Field and Archaeological Society in the Smith Museum (19.30-2130).
The speaker will be Dr Martin Goldberg, curator of medieval history and archaeology at Natonal Museum of Scotland and lead investigator since the discovery of the hoard in 2014. Though not the largest Viking find, the range of its contents, drawn from all parts of the known world, makes it one of hte most interesting to be found for a long time. Research is ongoing but the talk will describe the current state of knowledge. We hope that our members and others will support this important and fascinating event. https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/scottish-history-and-archaeology/galloway-hoard/ The final meeting of this season will be on 27 April 2023 in the Smith Art Gallery and Museum at 7.30p.
There is no membership fee this year and no charge for visitors - but donations are not refused. The meeting will start with a (short) AGM. The speaker will be Andy McEwan on the ever-popular topic of Stirling's Railways. See the attached flyer. The March meeting will take place on Thursday, 30 March in the Smith Art Gallery and Museum at 7.30 pm The Speaker will be Tara Leishman and the topic Legacies of Slavery in Stirlingshire and Perthshire. The meeting starts at 7.30 pm and will finish before 9pm. All are welcome. There is no admission fee this year - but donations are not refused. Attached is a flyer for the meeting. Meeting: Thursday 23 rd February 2023 at 7.30pm
Guest Speaker : Chris Calder and Dave Walsh, and the topic 'Bridge of Allan Well House restoration project'. All are welcome. There is no membership fee or admission charge this year - though donations are not refused. Following some issues earlier in the season, the sound system has been updated and is much better. The flyer with further details is attached here. |
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