Monday 13 August 2012

Ayrshire Meetings 2012 - 2013

We've just received from Rob Close the diary of all history society meetings in Ayrshire from August 2012 until May 2013.


Diary of History Groups Meeting in Ayrshire 2012 – 2013

KEY
AA                          Arran Antiquarians.  Meetings in Brodick Public Hall, Brodick, at 2 p.m.

AANHS                 Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.  www.aanhs.org.uk Meetings in Town Hall, Ayr, at 7.45 p.m.

AMC                      National Trust for Scotland, Ayrshire Members Centre.   Meetings in Education Pavilion, Burns Cottage, Alloway at 7.30 p.m.

ASA                        Alloway & Southern Ayrshire Family History Society.  www.asafhs.co.uk Meetings in Alloway Church Halls, Alloway, at 7.45 p.m.

BHS                       Beith Historical Society. Meetings in Our Lady’s Hall, Crummock Street, Beith at 8.00 p.m. (* 7.30 p.m.)

CHS                       Cumbrae Historical Society.  Meetings in Newton Lounge, Newton Bar, Millport at 7 p.m.

DHS                       Dundonald Historical Society.  Meetings in Dundonald Castle Visitors Centre, Dundonald, at 7.30 p.m.

EAFHS                  East Ayrshire Family History Society.  www.eastayrshirefhs.org.uk Meetings in Gateway Centre, Foregate Square, Kilmarnock, at 7.30 p.m.

FBC                        Friends of Brodick Castle.  Meetings at Brodick Castle,  Brodick, at 2.30 p.m.

FHS Joint              Joint Meeting of Ayrshire Family History Societies.  Gateway Centre, Kilmarnock, at 7.30 p.m.

KCCS                     Kyle and Carrick Civic Society.  Meetings in Loudoun Hall, Ayr, at 7.30 p.m.

KDHG                    Kilmarnock & District History Group.  www.kilmarnockhistory.co.uk Meetings in Kilmarnock College at 7.30 p.m.

Largs HH              LDHS Hakon Hakonsson Lecture.  In Vikingar!, Largs at 8 p.m.

Largs Jt                  Joint meeting of LDHS and LNAFHS.  In St Columba’s Session House, Largs at 7.30 p.m.

LDHS                     Largs and District Historical Society.  www.largsmuseum.org.uk Meetings in Largs Museum at 7.30 p.m.

L(MS)                    LDHS, Marine Section.  Meetings in Largs Museum at 7.30 p.m.

LNAFHS               Largs & North Ayrshire Family History Society.  www.largsnafhs.org.uk Meetings in Largs Library, Allanpark Street, Largs at 7.30 p.m.

PHG                       Prestwick History Group.  Meetings in 65 Club, Main Street, Prestwick KA9 1JN, at 7.30 p.m.

SHS                        Stewarton & District Historical Society.  www.stewarton.org Meetings in John Knox Church Hall, Stewarton, at 7.30 p.m.

SWT                       Scottish Wildlife Trust: Ayrshire Members’ Centre.  Meetings in The Horizon Hotel, Esplanade, Ayr KA7 1DT, at 7.30 p.m.

TAFHS                  Troon @ Ayrshire Family History Society.  www.troonayrshirefhs.org.uk Meetings in Portland Church Hall, South Beach, Troon, at 7.30 p.m.

WKCS                    West Kilbride Civic Society.  Meetings in Community Centre, Corse Street, West Kilbride, at 7.30 p.m.





August 2012



Mon 20th
AA
Tom Rees
The Archaeology pf Kilwinning Abbey








September 2012



Mon 3rd
SHS
Nigel Willis
Glasgow Necropolis
Mon 17th
AA
Sue Furness and Fiona Jackson
The Lost Village of Morlaggan
Tues 18th
TAFHS
Robert Faulkes
Census - Past and Present
Tues 18th
ASA
Alan Sorenson
Addicted to Ancestors
Tues 18th
SWT
Eric Scott
Land of Ice and Fire
Thurs 27th
BHS
Robert Ferguson
Dalgarven Mill




October 2012



Mon 1st
SHS
Ian Matheson
The Scottish and Ayrshire Home Front in the Great War
Mon 1st
KCCS
James Brown
Pilgrims’ Way
Tues 2nd
KDHG
Alex Lochrie
Never Too Old: The French Foreign Legion
Thurs 4th
PHG
Tom F Cunningham
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West in Scotland 1891-92 and 1904
Mon 8th
CHS
Alex Hunter
The Greenock Blitz
Thurs 11th
AANHS
Gordon Riddle
Cape Verde Islands - In Search of Kestrels
Thurs 11th
EAFHS
John Hall
Personal Treasures
Mon 15th
AA
Ian Marshall
The Battle of Langside
Tues 16th
ASA
Chris Paton
Tracing Your Irish Ancestors on the Internet
Tues 16th
KDHG
Jim Steel
Laigh Kirk Session 1643 to 1900
Tues 16th
SWT
Jonny Hughes
Beyond Boundaries: The Future of Nature Conservation in Scotland
Thurs 25th
BHS
Ian MacCrorie
Calmac
Thurs 25th
AANHS
Derek Alexander
St Kilda
Tues 30th
KDHG
Ian MacDonald
Belgian Refugees in Ayrshire during World War 1




November 2012



Thurs 1st
PHG
Jean Lockley and Graham Humphreys
The Man who Made Glasgow
Mon 5th
KCCS
Tom Barclay
Kilmarnock Troon Railway
Mon 5th
SHS
Bill Fitzpatrick
The Beloved, The Damned and the The Forgotten - The Titanic, the Olympic and the Britannic
Thurs 8th
EAFHS
Frank Donnelly
Sir Alexander Fleming
Thurs 8th
AANHS
Fiona Watson
Taking Sides in the Wars of Independence
Mon 12th
CHS
Iain Wilkie
Lichens and Industry
Tues 13th
KDHG
Paula Williams
Putting Kilmarnock on the Map
Mon 19th
AA
John Inglis
Arran - Heritage and Identity
Tues 20th
ASA
Alastair Wham
Railway Ramblings
Tues 20th
SWT
Andrew Jarrott
The Habitats and Wildlife of Galloway Forest Park
Tues 20th
TAFHS
Irene O’Brien
Poor Law Archives from 1845
Thurs 22nd
AANHS
Nat Edwards
The Darien Expedition
Tues 27th
KDHG
Duncan Close
Sanquhar Post Office - The Oldest in the World




December 2012



Mon 3rd
SHS
Stuart Wilson
Kilmarnock’s Industries During World War 2
Mon 3rd
KCCS
Amy Miller
Amaz’d and Curious - New Discoveries from Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
Thurs 6th
PHG
David Rowan and Alisdair Cochrane
Sights and Sounds of Prestwick
Mon 10th
CHS
Brian Boyd
History of Kilwinning Archers
Tues 11th
KDHG
Allan Richardson
History of Beith Furniture




January 2013



Mon 7th
KCCS
Irene McMillan
Dundonald Castle
Mon 7th
SHS
Barbara Graham
Marie Curie: Her Life and Legacy
Tues 8th
KDHG
Lawrence Wyper
Make it Kilmarnock
Thurs 10th
EAFHS
Max Flemmich
Darvel Telegraph Museum
Mon 14th
CHS
Alastair Chisholm
The Bicentenary of the Comet Paddle Steamer
Tues 15th
ASA
Edwin Lawrence
All the Fun of the Fair
Tues 15th
SWT
Ian Cornforth
Bats and Windfarms - Sorting the Facts from the Turbulence
Thurs 17th
TAFHS
Chris Paton
Genealogy and Newspapers
Tues 22nd
KDHG
Annie McLauchlan
Portencross Castle
Thurs 24th
AANHS
Stephen J Reid
James VI
Thurs 31st
BHS
George Kerr
The Lure of Steam




February 2013



Mon 4th
SHS
Morag Smith
Womens’ History and Heritage at the Glasgow Womens’ Library
Mon 4th
KCCS
John Rattenbury
Clyde Lighthouses
Tues 5th
KDHG
Ian Matheson
In Search of El Dorado - the Spanish Conquistadors of the 16th Century
Thurs 7th
PHG
Alasdair J. Malcolm
Ayrshire Coastal Walk
Thurs 7th
AANHS
Karen Bowie
Ayrshire and the Making of Union, 1707
Mon 11th
CHS
Jean Leader
Lacemaking and Textiles
Tues 19th
ASA
Gordon Thomson
Ayrshire’s Railway Heritage
Tues 19th
KDHG
Jim Boyle
A History of the Royal College
Tues 19th
SWT
Roger Griffith
Galls; the Weird, the Wonderful and the Downright Peculiar
Thurs 21st
AANHS
Cjris Rollie
Robert Burns in England
Thurs 21st
TAFHS
Ian Kennedy
A Kirkcudbright Campbell in America
Thurs 28th
BHS
Hugh Kerr
Diasporama








March 2013



Mon 4th
KCCS
Euan Terras
Rights of Way
Tues 5th
KDHG
Jim Penman
The Genius of James Clark Maxwell
Thurs 7th
AANHS
Philip Robertson
Marine Archaeology
Thurs 7th
PHG
Members
Pot Pourri
Mon 11th
CHS
Jim Grant
Scottish Maritime Museum
Thurs 14th
FHS Joint
Margo Graham
100 Years of Lace
Tues 19th
KDHG
Norman Deeley
The Goatfell Murder
Tues 19th
SWT
Carol Crawford and Natalie Fleming
t.b.c.
Thurs 21st
TAFHS
Tom Barclay
The Franco-Scottish Wine Trade and Ayrshire Involvement
Thurs 28th
BHS
Elaine McFarland
John Boyd Orr: Ayrshire Man and World Citizen




April 2013



Thurs 4th
PHG
John Kellie
Ayrshire Miscellany, Part Two
Mon 8th
SHS
John Stevenson & Dan MacKay
Strang’s Foundry, Hurlford
Thurs 11th
EAFHS
Irene Hopkins
Belgian Refugees 1914-1919
Mon 15th
CHS
Robert Ferguson
The Museum of Ayrshire Country Life and Costume
Thurs 25th
BHS
David Donaldson
The Taiwan Aborigines




May 2013



Thurs 2nd
PHG
Members
Blether of 2013
Mon 13th
SHS
Joyce Brown
Hamilton Palace