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January Lecture

9/1/2025

Dear Members and Guests

Happy New year!

Our next lecture will take place on Thursday 30th January, starting at 7:30pm in the Stirling Smith Museum.
Dr Murray Cook will present a talk titled 'Stirling's Dead Centre: Tales of the Old Town Cemetery'.
Dr Cook is currently working with the society on a book about the cemeteries in the town and anyone who has attended his guided walks in the graveyards will know that we are in for a very interesting evening. Doors open at 7pm and admission for non members is £3. For further information and membership enquiries - email: [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you there.

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Forth Naturalist and Historian 2024

8/11/2024

The latest edition of Forth Naturalist and Historian is now out.
items of historical interest include:
Murray Cook, New Archaeological Discoveries in Stirlingshire, 2023.
Rachel Purse, McLuckie and Walker: the Men who Built Stirling.
J A Smith, The Story of Airthrey Loch
Paul Sorowka, Paul Sandby and Stirling

As usual, the journal also includes the annual bird and weather reports and a number of interesting wildlife papers.
To purchase copies, contact www.fnh.stir.ac-uk [email protected]

November 2024 Meeting

8/11/2024

Our next meeting will be held on Thursday 28th November in the Smith museum at 7.30pm.
This month the speaker is the Rev. Gary McIntyre,minister of St. Ninians Old Parish Church. The talk is entitled "St. Ninians Old Parish and Church" and aims to explore its large and interesting history and the need to make it known locally and beyond.
Doors open at 7pm. Admission for non members £3.
Members, students and under 18s free - but we do ask you to join.


Charity NO SCO 38247
Stirling Local History Society
Meeting: Thursday 28th November 2024 at 7.30pm
Guest Speaker : Rev. Gary McIntyre
St. Ninian’s Old Parish and Church

                                                               St. Ninians Tower
             in the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
Dumbarton Road, Stirling, FK8 2RQ

All Welcome : Members free, visitors £3.00
For further details - [email protected]

Meeting October 2024 re Steuarthall

23/10/2024

Our October meeting will be on Thursday 31st October at the Smith Museum and Art Gallery at 19.30.
The speaker will be Graham Fraser who will talk about Steuarthall, a former tower house near Fallin.
As usual, we ask visitors to contribute £3; members free.
You can download more details here and here.

Friends of King's Park AGM 9th Oct

2/10/2024

friends of King's Park are holding their AGM on Wednesday 9 Oct in the Smith Art Gallery and Museum, to be followed by a talk by Stuart Campbell about the history of the park. You can download further details, including agenda etc here..

Forth Naturalist and Historian Conference

28/9/2024

The annual Forth Natiuralist Conference will be held, this year, at Stirling University on 1st to 3rd November.
This event marks the 900th anniversary of the accession of David 1 as King of Scots in 1124 and also links to the anniversary of the burgh of Stirling.
You can download the details and booking form by clicking here.

lecture - Jenny Wormald Lecture

24/9/2024

The Scottish Historical Review Trust will host the second annual Jenny Wormald lecture on Friday, 18 October 2024. Dr Fiona Watson's lecture is entitled 'Taming the Land? Power, Exploitation and Awe in Medieval Scotland'.

The lecture is at 5.15pm, online and in person, where there will also be a wine reception. The event is free and all are welcome.
You can get further details here.
https://scottishhistoricalreview.org/the-jenny-wormald-lecture

New Season - September 2024 meeting

16/8/2024

The new season starts on 26 September at 7.30 pm in the Smith Art Gallery and Museum.

The speaker will be Josh Smith on The Politics of Reading and the Leighton LIbrary, 1800-1830.

The Leighton Library is one of our most distinctive (and oldest) public institutions and its extensive records have been dilligently researched in recent years, each tranche of work revealing new insights.

You can pay your annual membership fee at the door on entry. We ask for £3 per person for visitors but students and people under 18 are free (though we do ask them to register as members).

Stirling University Covid 19 Oral History Project - event on 3 June

21/5/2024

The History Department at Stirling University are holding an event on 3 June to mark the launch of a film about the Oral History of the pandemic. The event is free and starts at 5pm but booking (via Eventbrite) is required.
Get further details at;

https://www.macrobertartscentre.org/shows/615627ARRKPHDQRGSKDRCHDMNJDLSBGGV

Meeting 28 March - Stirling Street Poetry

7/3/2024

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.