Wednesday 18th November, 2pm, Park Centre – Barrie Stewart and Phil Wadsley, Birdston, Capieston and Hole Farms and Farmers
The next meeting of the Antiquaries will be on Wednesday 18th November at 2:00 pm in the Park Centre, 45 Kerr Street, Kirkintilloch, G66 1LF. Barrie Stewart and Phil Wadsley will give a talk on Birdston, Capieston and Hole Farms and Farmers.
Many members will be familiar with Birdston, even if it is only by passing through it when going to Milton of Campsie, but probably have never thought about the history of this small community on their doorstep.
The Kelvin valley and its natural floodplain consists of rich soil suited for farming and the type of farming on each farm was largely controlled by the landowners. However, the success of farms anywhere depends on the farmer and this talk explores who these farmers were at Birdston, Hole and Capieston over the centuries. They all had different talents but their main focus was to ensure that their farm remained profitable.
Barrie has a BSc (Hons) Glasgow, Dip Ed (Glasgow) and an MEd (Aberdeen) MReach (Aberdeen). Whilst bringing up a family she still squeezed in a teaching qualification and taught chemistry for 40 years Her family lived in Birdston from about 1860 until the late 1970s so were in close connection with Birdston.
Phil, is originally from England but his family moved to Scotland, from the Wirral, when he was quite young, so he had all his formal school education in Scotland, living around all the history, Stone Age, Romans, Wallace, Bruce, James Watt, Kelvin etc. After school he worked in television down south before moving back to Scotland to work for the BBC. Now retired, he is very involved with Campsie Local History Group, KDSA etc.
