Burns Doo on Saturday 3 February

Burns Doo on Saturday 3 February

January 24, 2024 | No Comments

Your Society’s annual “Burns Doo” will be held on Saturday 3 February 2024 in Beechwood Scout Hall, Newhouse, Stirling, FK7 9HQ, commencing at 11:00 AM, ending at 3pm. Lunch is provided. Price £10 payable on the day in cash. We will hear short talks from Miles Oglethorpe on Giant Cantilever Cranes of the Clyde, Nina Baker CBE on rope-making in Scotland and Jim Mitchell on his recent work for the Northern Lighthouse Board. If you have a presentation to share please email mark.watson@hes.scot and bring it on a memory stick. We will also address financial aspects of last year’s AGM.
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SIHS is back!

SIHS is back!

November 27, 2023 | No Comments

SIHS held its AGM in person on 21 November 2023 in Perth Lower City Mills to review the activity of the society during the early waves of the CoVid-19 pandemic, and to look ahead to a more active 2024. This will begin with our famous Burns Doo -the opportunity to hear and present short talks on Saturday 3 February 2024 in Stirling. Contact Mark.Watson (at) hes.scot if you would like to offer a powerpoint or show and tell, of 15-20 minutes. We are very sorry to report the passing of our last chair, Bob McWilliam in October 2022. We are
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Caithness Conference June 22-27 2018

Caithness Conference June 22-27 2018

March 20, 2018 | No Comments

Our Industrial Archaeology conference took place in Caithness in June 2018 in partnership with Historic Scotland Engine Shed  and SVBWG . The full information and programme is at SIHS events The lecture day was Saturday 23 June, International Women in Engineering Day, (Saturday Wick programme ) followed by a series of visits in Orkney and Caithness, that were officially badged as marking “European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018”, the common theme in June being urban infrastructure. Caithness is known for the quality of its planned towns, particularly those linked to the fishing industry like Lybster and Pulteneytown. This scene is the smaller Sandside harbour on the North
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Industrial Heritage Conference: Caithness June 22-27, 2018

Industrial Heritage Conference: Caithness June 22-27, 2018

December 15, 2017 | 1 Comment

Wick-IA2018-booking-form Wick 2018 tour programme A conference on industrial archaeology took place in the North Highlands on 22-27 June 2018. For the outline programme please click at the second heading above. The Scottish Industrial Heritage Society and the Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group are among the partners in delivering the conference. We have been working towards this with local providers and local and national heritage groups for several years. Booking details are at the link above. For those that required it, we arranged coach transport from Inverness to Wick and back, besides tours in Caithness and a day in Orkney. You can now pay by cheque
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