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    All meetings take place at 8pm in the Upper Loan Hall, Dreghorn Loan EH13 0DE — 2025-2026 Season — Rum, Sodomy and the Lash Jim Tildesley 19th January 2026 This talk provides a close look at life as a Royal Naval Seaman in the Eighteenth Century to sort out fact from fiction and to establish…

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    Welcome to the Colinton Local History Society’s events page. Here, you can find information about our upcoming talks and meetings and details about our annual subscription and guest membership.

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    Recent events     Pioneering Scottish Women Doctors Roger Jeffrey 5th January 2026 This talk provided a picture of the early history of women’s medical education in Edinburgh, focusing on the lives of Second-generation women medical students between 1886-1914. It touched upon some tragedies, a few early deaths, many long, productive lives, as well as some beguiling…

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