In the light of the most recent guidance that older people should self-isolate and unnecessary social interaction should be avoided, the Society's contribution to EDLC's Local History Month on Wednesday 18th March has unfortunately had to be cancelled. It is hoped that this talk on the Forth and Clyde Canal will be given on another occasion.
Showing posts with label East Dunbartonshire Local History Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label East Dunbartonshire Local History Week. Show all posts
Tommy Lawton: The Forth and Clyde Canal - Past, Present and Future: Auld Kirk Museum, Barony Chambers, 2.00 pm Wednesday 18th March 2020
Each year the Society hosts an event in the programme of East Dunbartonshire's Local History Week or Month. In 2020, Tommy Lawton of the Forth and Clyde Society will present "The Forth and Clyde Canal - Past, Present and Future'. The meeting will be held in The Barony Chambers at Kirkintilloch's Auld Kirk Museum on Wednesday 18th March at 2.00 pm and members and non-members of the Society are all welcome.
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| A vintage steam boat participating in the 10th anniversary of the reopening of the Forth & Clyde Canal on 24 September 2011. (© I S Ruddock) |
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| A one third scale replica of a Clyde puffer seen near Kirkintilloch during the 10th anniversary of the reopening of the Forth & Clyde Canal on 24 September 2011. (© I S Ruddock) |
Edward Z. Smith: A Waterside Miscellany: Auld Kirk Museum, Barony Chambers, 2.00 pm Wednesday 6th March 2019
Each year the Society hosts an event in the programme of East Dunbartonshire's Local History Week. In 2019, local man and photographer Edward Z. Smith will present "A Waterside Miscellany". The meeting will be held in The Barony Chambers at Kirkintilloch's Auld Kirk Museum on Wednesday 6th March at 2.00 pm and members and non-members are all welcome.
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| Stepping stones near Waterside. (© E.Z. Smith) |
Phone boxes, pillar boxes and others - the Lion Foundry's contribution to the visual world: Auld Kirk Museum, Barony Chambers, 2.00 pm Wednesday 7th March 2018
Each year the Society hosts an event in the programme of East Dunbartonshire's Local History Week. In 2018 it will be "Phone boxes, pillar boxes and others: the Lion Foundry's contribution to the visual world". It will be presented in The Barony Chambers at Kirkintilloch's Auld Kirk Museum on Wednesday 7th March at 2.00 pm. The presentation will aim to show the impact that the Lion Foundry has had on streetscapes in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. The full Local History Week programme can be downloaded here.
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| Lion Foundry products in Kirkintilloch's Peel Park. (© I.S.Ruddock) |
Jim Walker: The Roman Army and Bar Hill Fort: Barony Chambers, Auld Lirk Museum, 2.00 pm Wednesday 8th March 2017
The Roman Army advanced into central Scotland in AD140 and built a frontier we know today as the Antonine Wall. The frontier was built between the Firths of Forth and Clyde, over a two year period and covered a distance of 40 Roman miles. Bar Hill Fort was the highest on the frontier line and was located strategically above the Kelvin Valley. In this illustrated talk - Kirkintilloch and District Society of Antiquaries contribution to East Dunbartonshire's Local History Week - archaeologist Jim Walker will look at Bar Hill and some of its neighbouring forts on the Antonine Wall. He will also look at what life was like for the soldiers who served here during the 20 year life span of the frontier.
The full programme for Local History Week (4-11 March 2017) can be downloaded here.
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| Bar Hill Fort, Croy. (© Undiscovered Scotland) |
Ivan Ruddock: "Alexander Bain; the real father of television?": Wednesday 9th March 2016, 2.00 pm
This year's Local History Week in East Dunbartonshire (5-12 March) with its theme of "Celebrate Engineering and Technology" is an appropriate occasion to look at the life and career of Alexander Bain, the nineteenth century clockmaker, telegraph engineer and inventor. Ivan Ruddock will explore the claims that he contributed significantly to the development of television. Bain, who is buried in Kirkitilloch's Auld Ailse Cemetery, was recently awarded a Technology and Engineering Emmy by the United States National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of his invention of scanning for image transmission. The Emmy was accepted by East Dunbartonshire Council and arrived in Kirkintilloch in early February where it go on public display in the Auld Kirk Museum. BBC Scotland coverage of the award can be seen by clicking here and here.
The event will be on Wednesday 9th March 2016 in the Barony Chambers, Auld Kirk Museum, Kirkintilloch at 2.00 pm.
Ivan Ruddock
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| The Emmy (© National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences) |
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| Alexander Bain in 1876 (© IET) |
Ivan Ruddock
Local History Week 2015
This year’s East Dunbartonshire Local History Week will be held from Saturday 7th March until Saturday 14th March. As usual the Antiquaries will contribute their own event. This will be a talk on ‘Rita – the Muse: the Origins of Japanese Whisky’ by Peter McCormack and Janice Miller of East Dunbartonshire Leisure & Culture, at the Barony Chambers (adjacent to the Auld Kirk Museum) at 2.30pm on Wednesday 11th March. It will tell the romantic story of how Kirkintilloch woman Rita Cowan became involved in the export of a staple Scottish industry to Japan. A good attendance is expected and seating is limited, so members are advised to come early.
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| Rita Taketsuru (Cowan) |
David Forsyth: 'Common Cause: Commonwealth Scots in the era of the Great War': 4th March 2014
David Forsyth of the National Museums of Scotland will give a talk entitled 'Common Cause: Commonwealth Scots in the Era of the Great War' as the Society's contribution to Local History Week (1-8 March 2014). The meeting will be held in the Barony Chambers, Kirkintilloch beside the Auld Kirk Museum on Tuesday 4th March, 2.30pm-4pm.
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