Colinton Local History Society
Dates for Your Diary 2023/2024
All meetings will take place at 8pm in Dreghorn Loan Hall, excepting those indicated * which will be via Zoom and will start at 19:30.
The annual subscription is £15 (£25 for a couple). Guest membership is £5 per session.
Date | Subject | Speaker |
2 October 2023 | Hugh Miller: A review | Kath Hay |
16 October 2023 | The Fresh Air of the Summer Morning - the story of Duncan Napier the herbalist | Eric Melvin |
6 November 2023 | Are we nearly there yet? The story of milestones | Bruce Keith |
20 November 2023* | Disaster at Darien; its devastating effect on Edinburgh and Scotland | Jim Davieson |
4 December 2023* | Drovers and Drove roads in south Scotland | Willie Waugh |
18 December 2023 | Christmas Social | |
15 January 2024 | Understanding Edinburgh's gravestones - their history and meaning, mystery and beauty | Mark Hatton |
5 February 2024 | The Museum of Flight ' The work of the conservators' | Thilo Burgel |
19 February 2024 | The Galloway Hoard | David Bartholomew |
4 March 2024 | The Shetland Bus; where did it travel to? what was the timetable & who were the passengers? | Kath Hay |
18 March 2024 | Challenges to the Conservation of the designed Landscape at Newhailes | Colin Wren |
1 April 2024* | Annual General Meeting |
Colinton Local History Society is grateful to Pentlands Neigbourhood Partnership for its assistance towards funding the Society's website and archive projects
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