Tommy Lawton: 'The Forth and Clyde Canal - Past, Present and Future': The Park Centre, 2.00 pm Wednesday 23rd March 2022

Each year, Kirkintilloch and District Society of Antiquaries hosts an event in the programme of East Dunbartonshire's Local History Week or Month. This year, 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 Park Centre, Kerr Street, Kirkintilloch on Wednesday 23rd March at 2.00 pm.

BOOKING: To book seats at this event (essential due to the venue's Covid guidelines and possible capacity resrictions), please send an email to the Antiquaries email address - kdsantiquaries'at'gmail.com with 'at' replaced by @.- giving your name and telephone number and the number of seats required. Face masks should also be worn.

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.

A vintage steam boat participating in the 10th anniversary of the reopening of
the Forth & Clyde Canal on 24 September 2011. (© I S Ruddock)

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)

Paul Bishop: Mineral transport on the Forth & Clyde Canal: Thursday 2nd March 2017

In March 2015, Paul Bishop spoke to the Society on the watermills of Milngavie and Baldernock. Since then, he has retired as Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Glasgow and become a member of the Society. This time his topic is directly linked to Kirkintilloch and District; it focuses on mineral transport on the Forth & Clyde Canal arising from its roles as a transport artery for Central Scotland, and as a convenient outlet for mined coal to be exported on account of its strategic location within the Lowland coal field.


Cadder Pit No.17 (© East Dunbartonshire Council)

Paul Bishop: "Mineral transport on the Forth & Clyde Canal": Thursday 3rd March 2016

In March 2015, Paul Bishop spoke to the Society on the watermills of Milngavie and Baldernock. Since then, he has retired as Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Glasgow and become a member of the Society. This time his topic is directly linked to Kirkintilloch and District; it focuses on mineral transport on the Forth & Clyde Canal arising from its roles as a transport artery for Central Scotland, and as a convenient outlet for mined coal to be exported due to its strategic location within the lowland coal field.

Cadder Pit No.17 (© East Dunbartonshire Council)

Ivan Ruddock

Kirkintilloch on the BBC?

The latest programme in David Hayman's series on ships and shipbuilding is "Scotland's Vital Spark: The Clyde Puffer". It will be broadcast on BBC2 Scotland on Monday 14 December 2015 at 9.00 pm and will continue to be available on BBC iPlayer until 4 January 2016. It will hopefully feature the role played by Kirkintilloch and its puffer builders.

The launch of a puffer on the Forth and Clyde canal in Kirkintilloch.

A puffer under repair in Kirkintilloch.

Ivan Ruddock

Canal Boat Cruises, Monday 18 - Friday 22 August 2014

Kirkintilloch Canal Festival Story Week from Monday 18 - Friday 22 August 2014 includes Forth & Clyde canal cruises complemented with local historical presentations. On three of the evenings, the talks will be supplemented by light refreshments from local restaurateurs. The trips run from 7.00 - 9.00 pm, departing from Southbank Marina Kirkintilloch G66 1XQ. The talks should be of interest to members of Kirkintilloch and District Society of Antiquaries and tickets can be booked online at www.kirkintillochcanalfestival.org or via the Contact Centre, tel. no. 0300 123 4510.

Programme

Monday 18 August - Don Martin - Memories of the Sixties

Tuesday 19 August - Colin Castle - Puffers, an Illustrated History

Wednesday 20 August - James Walker - The Antonine Wall in Proximity to the Canal

Thursday 21 August - Bill Black - Guns, Gazoons and other Clamjamfry

Friday 22 August - Whisky Tasting