2023-24
Thursday 5 October 2023 John Jackson – ‘For the benefit of all – Scotland’s first public lending library’
Thursday 2 November 2023 Bruce Keith – ‘Are we nearly there yet? – milestones in Scotland’
Thursday 7 December 2023 Al Fleming and Linda McIntosh – ‘The 1941 German air crash at Lennoxtown, 7th May 1941’
Thursday 11 January 2024 Don Martin – ‘Local history in folk song’
Thursday 1 February 2024 Nina Baker – ‘The history of rope-making in Scotland’
Thursday 15 February 2024 Members’ Night – ‘A new lease of life’
Thursday 7 March 2024 James Mearns – ‘What the Romans did for Glasgow Archaeological Society’
Thursday 2 November 2023 Bruce Keith – ‘Are we nearly there yet? – milestones in Scotland’
Thursday 7 December 2023 Al Fleming and Linda McIntosh – ‘The 1941 German air crash at Lennoxtown, 7th May 1941’
Thursday 11 January 2024 Don Martin – ‘Local history in folk song’
Thursday 1 February 2024 Nina Baker – ‘The history of rope-making in Scotland’
Thursday 15 February 2024 Members’ Night – ‘A new lease of life’
Thursday 7 March 2024 James Mearns – ‘What the Romans did for Glasgow Archaeological Society’
Wednesday 20th March 2024 Don Martin, Murray Reid, Ivan Ruddock - 'The Old Aisle Cemetery - some people of note' - 2pm; the Society's contribution to East Dunbartonshire's Local History Month
Thursday 25 April 2024 Annual General Meeting and David Garbutt – ‘The Forme of Cury – King Richard II’s cookbook’
2022-23
Thursday 6 October 2022 – ‘Some early local residents’ - Niall LoganThursday 3 November 2022 – ‘David Gray - the evidence’ - David McVey
Thursday 1 December 2022 – ‘Scottish drove roads’ - Paul Carter
Thursday 12 January 2023 – ‘The history of Mavis Valley – a mining village near Bishopbriggs’ - Carol Primrose
Thursday 12 January 2023 – ‘The history of Mavis Valley – a mining village near Bishopbriggs’ - Carol Primrose
Thursday 2 February 2023 – ‘Records and research using the Commonwealth War Graves Commission archive’ - Grant Pinkerton (CWGC)
Thursday 16 February 2023 Members Night – ‘A serendipitous discovery’
Thursday 2 March 2023 – ‘It started with Rob Roy: film making in the Trossachs, 1911 – 1953’ - James Kennedy
Thursday 23rd March 2023 - 'Alexander 'Greek' Thomson' - Scott Abercrombie, Chair of the Alexander Thomson Society, 2pm; the Society's contribution to East Dunbartonshire's Local History Month
Thursday 20 April 2023 Annual General Meeting and ‘Every contact leaves a trace, part 2’ - Louise Nixon
2021-22
In tribute to the Society’s late member and near centenarian, Miss Susan Ross, the 2021-22 programme was designed as a celebration of women with talks by women or on women’s history and achievements.
Live-streamed by video conferencing and subsequently available on the Society's YouTube channel.
Thursday 7 October 2021 - 'Daughters of Vulcan': Women and the Glasgow Hammermen - Dr Nina Baker
Thursday 4 November 2021 – ‘Find the Ladies': Women Donors to Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum - Dr Frances Dryburgh
Thursday 2 December 2021 - 'Scotland's Suffragettes' - Les Jenkins
Thursday 6 January 2022 - 'Brushing With Other People’s Local History' - Dr Elizabeth Swain
Thursday 3 February 2022 – 'Every Contact Leaves a Trace' - Louise Nixon - not available on YouTube
Thursday 17 February 2022 Members Night - 'An Inspiring Female Role Model'
Held in The Park Centre, Kerr Street, Kirkintilloch.
Thursday 3 March 2022 - 'An Appreciation of Beatrice Clugston' - a joint meeting with Soroptimist International - available on YouTube
Wednesday 23 March 2022 at 2.00 pm - 'Forth & Clyde Canal' - Tommy Lawton of the F & C Canal Society; the Antiquaries contributon to East Dunbartonshire's 2022 Local History Month.
Thursday 21 April 2022 - Annual General Meeting
2020-21
'Virtual' meetings in the form of pre-recorded talks viewable on the Society's YouTube channel :
October 2020 - What Lies Beneath - Murray Reid
November 2020 - Archibald Scott Couper: Kirkintilloch's Forgotten Pioneer of Chemistry - Ivan Ruddock
December 2020 - The Peel of Kirkintilloch - Don Martin
January 2021 - Scotswomen Working in Engineering - Nina Baker
February 2021 - The Stained Glass of Douglas Hamilton and the Stephen Adam Stained Glass Studio - Jeff Hopewell
February 2021 - Members' Night: 'The Place In Scotland That I Most Want To Return To Post-Covid'
March 2021 - Kirkintilloch and the Flax and Linen Industries - Paul Bishop
Thursday 9 September 2021 - Combined 2019-20 and 2020-21 Combined Annual General Meetings by Zoom
2019-20
Thursday 3 October 2019 - The Railways of Kirkintilloch - Part 2 - Don MartinThursday 10 October 2019 - Visit to the Trades Hall, Glasgow, 2.00 pm
Thursday 7 November 2019 - The Wriggly Kelvin and Rivers as Borders - Prof Paul Bishop
Thursday 5 December 2019 - Maryhill Revisited - William B Black
Thursday 9 January 2020 - The Lion Foundry Archives - Janice Miller
Thursday 6 February 2020 - From Romans to Rabbits - the Cawder Estate - Carol Primrose
Thursday 20 February 2020 - Members' Night - A Favourite or Significant Book
Thursday 5 March 2020 - The Spanish Influenza Pandemic in Scotland - James Kennedy
Wednesday 18 March 2020 - Forth and Clyde Canal: Past, Present and Future - Tommy Lawton: Auld Kirk Museum, Barony Chambers, 2.00 pm; the Society's contribution to East Dunbartonshire's Local History Week - Cancelled
Thursday 9 April 2020 - Annual General Meeting - Postponed
Saturday 6 June 2020 - Summer Outing - Cancelled
Thursday 4 October 2018 - The Railways of Kirkintilloch - Don Martin
Thursday 1 November 2018 - Lennoxtown Friendly Victualling Society - Janice Miller
Thursday 6 December 2018 - Scotland from the Air - Edward Z Smith
Thursday 10 January 2019 - Arran in Books: From the 18th Century to the Present - John Jackson
Thursday 7 February 2019 - "The New Road": Neil Munro and history - David McVey
Thursday 21 February 2019 - Members' Night - "A visitor to Scotland"
Wednesday 6 March 2019 - A Waterside Miscellany - Edward Z. Smith: Auld Kirk Museum, Barony Chambers, 2.00 pm; the Society's contribution to East Dunbartonshire's Local History Week
Thursday 7 March 2019 - Duping the Luftwaffe: Bomber Decoys of World War II - Prof. Niall Logan
Thursday 11 April 2019 - Annual General Meeting
Saturday 1 June 2019 - Summer Outing
Thursday 7 February 2019 - "The New Road": Neil Munro and history - David McVey
Thursday 21 February 2019 - Members' Night - "A visitor to Scotland"
Wednesday 6 March 2019 - A Waterside Miscellany - Edward Z. Smith: Auld Kirk Museum, Barony Chambers, 2.00 pm; the Society's contribution to East Dunbartonshire's Local History Week
Thursday 7 March 2019 - Duping the Luftwaffe: Bomber Decoys of World War II - Prof. Niall Logan
Thursday 11 April 2019 - Annual General Meeting
Saturday 1 June 2019 - Summer Outing
2017-18
Thursday 5 October 2017 - Hidden histories: the material culture of Jacobitism - David Forsyth
Thursday 2 November 2017 - Canvas, casts and charcoal: the restoration of the Mackintosh Building at Glasgow School of Art - Elizabeth Davidson
Thursday 7 December 2017 - The Argyll gunpowder industry - William B Black
Thursday 11 January 2018 - Lacing the river: Glasgow Harbour during the 1960s - Don Martin
Thursday 1 February 2018 - Kirkintilloch during and after the last ice age - Professor Paul Bishop
Thursday 15 February 2018 - Members' Night - members' collections
Thursday 8 March 2018 - Editing Robert Burns for the 21st century - Professor Gerard Carruthers:
Wednesday 7 March 2018 - Local History Week: Phone boxes, pillar boxes and others - the Lion Foundry's contribution to the visual world: Auld Kirk Museum, Barony Chambers, 2.00 pm
Thursday 12 April 2018 - Annual General Meeting
Thursday 2 November 2017 - Canvas, casts and charcoal: the restoration of the Mackintosh Building at Glasgow School of Art - Elizabeth Davidson
Thursday 7 December 2017 - The Argyll gunpowder industry - William B Black
Thursday 11 January 2018 - Lacing the river: Glasgow Harbour during the 1960s - Don Martin
Thursday 1 February 2018 - Kirkintilloch during and after the last ice age - Professor Paul Bishop
Thursday 15 February 2018 - Members' Night - members' collections
Thursday 8 March 2018 - Editing Robert Burns for the 21st century - Professor Gerard Carruthers:
Wednesday 7 March 2018 - Local History Week: Phone boxes, pillar boxes and others - the Lion Foundry's contribution to the visual world: Auld Kirk Museum, Barony Chambers, 2.00 pm
Thursday 12 April 2018 - Annual General Meeting
Saturday 2 June 2018 - Summer Outing - Carnegie Library & Galleries and the Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum, Dunfermline
2016-17
Thursday 6 October 2016 - Boundary Stones of Baldernock Parish - Niall Logan
Thursday 3 November 2016 - Tom Johnston in Kirkintilloch - Don Martin
Thursday 1 December 2016 - Tomatoes, Tulips and Chrysanths at Temple Farm, near Allander Toll - Reid Harrison and Paul Bishop
Thursday 12 January 2017 - The Clyde Harbour Tunnel - Brian Skillen
Thursday 2 February 2017 - The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow: History & Collections - Ross McGregor
Thursday 16 February 2017 - Members' Night - "A significant photograph"
Thursday 2 March 2017 - Mineral transport on the Forth & Clyde Canal - Paul Bishop
Thursday 20 April 2017 - Annual General Meeting
Saturday 3 June 2017 - Summer Outing - Hamilton Mausoleum and Hamilton Museum
2015-16
Thursday 1 October 2015 - Thomas Muir 250: celebrating a local hero - Jimmy Watson & Don Martin
Thursday 5 November 2015 - The Thirty-Nine Steps: 100 years on - David McVey
Thursday 3 December 2015 - The Carbeth Hutters - John Hood
Thursday 7 January 2016 - Frae a' the Airts - William B Black
Thursday 4 February 2016 - The Kilsyth Quilt - Anne Russell and the Garrell Vale Optimists Group
Thursday 18 February 2016 - Members' Night - "A place to remember"
Thursday 3 March 2016 - Mineral transport on the Forth & Clyde Canal - Paul Bishop - postponed
Wednesday 9 March 2016 - Alexander Bain: the real father of television? - Ivan Ruddock: 2.00 pm, Barony Chambers, Kirkintilloch; the Society's contribution to Local History Week
Thursday 7 April 2106 - Extraordinary General Meeting - The Society's constitution
Thursday 21 April 2016 - Annual General Meeting
Saturday 4 June 2016 - Summer Outing - Holmwood House, Eaglesham and the National Museum of Rural Life, Kittockside
2014-15
Friday 10 October 2014 - Cancelled
Friday 7 November 2014 - Scottish clergy and Bannockburn - Tom Dowds
Friday 21 November 2014 - Kirkintilloch and Lenzie fifty years ago - Don Martin
Friday 5 December 2014 - The Templeton Mill collapse - William B Black
Friday 16 January 2015 - Send back the money - a Scottish slavery issue - Iain Whyte - Postponed
Friday 13 February 2015 - The Glasgow Humane Society - David Graham
Friday 27 February 2015 - Members’ Night - "My favourite object"
Wednesday 11 March 2015 - Rita– the Muse: the Origins of Japanese Whisky - Barony Chambers at 2.30pm
Friday 13 March 2015 - Water mills of Milngavie and Baldernock - Paul Bishop
Friday 27 March 2015 - Send back the money - a Scottish slavery issue - Iain Whyte - Rescheduled
Friday 17 April 2015 - Annual General Meeting
Saturday 6 June 2015 - Summer Outing - Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway, the Kelpies and Hopetoun House
2013-14
Friday 11 October 2013 - Dr Andrew Marshal of Kirkintilloch - Don Martin
Friday 8 November 2013 - The history of coffee and coffee houses - John Hood
Friday 6 December 2013 - Building the Great Canal - William B Black
Friday 17 January 2014 - Kilsyth around the Cross - John Gordon
Friday 14 February 2014 - Gruinard Island - David Graham
Friday 28 February 2014 - Members' Night - "My favourite sporting memory"
Friday 14 March 2014 - Sir Walter Scott: the history man - David McVey
Friday 11 April 2014 - Annual General Meeting
Saturday 7 June 2014 - Summer Outing
Friday 8 November 2013 - The history of coffee and coffee houses - John Hood
Friday 6 December 2013 - Building the Great Canal - William B Black
Friday 17 January 2014 - Kilsyth around the Cross - John Gordon
Friday 14 February 2014 - Gruinard Island - David Graham
Friday 28 February 2014 - Members' Night - "My favourite sporting memory"
Friday 14 March 2014 - Sir Walter Scott: the history man - David McVey
Friday 11 April 2014 - Annual General Meeting
Saturday 7 June 2014 - Summer Outing
