Burns Doo on Saturday 31 January

Burns Doo on Saturday 31 January

24/01/2024 | Comments Off on Burns Doo on Saturday 31 January

Your Society’s annual “Burns Doo” will be held on Saturday 31 January 2026 in Beechwood Scout Hall, Newhouse, Stirling, FK7 9HQ, commencing at 11:00 AM, ending at 3pm. Lunch is provided. Price £15 payable on the day in cash. We will hear a presentation from Robert Yates and Donald Adamson on the subject of their book Coal Mines in the Sea at Culross,  John Yellowlees, on the architect James Miller, noted for his work for Caledonian Railways, Jim Mitchell on RRS Discovery, Nina Baker on Women Merchant seafarers, and Mark Watson on river restoration, among others. If you have a
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Caithness Conference June 22-27 2018

Caithness Conference June 22-27 2018

20/03/2018 | Comments Off on Caithness Conference June 22-27 2018

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

15/12/2017 | Comments Off on Industrial Heritage Conference: Caithness June 22-27, 2018

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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