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