Events Programme 2013-14
NATIONAL EVENTS
Friday 1st – Monday 4th May (c.£400)
Study Tour: North East Scotland’s hidden architecture
Join Simon Green and Adam Swan on a tour of North
Aberdeenshire, Banff & Buchan and Moray. To registered
your interest please contact the national office on 0131
557 0019 or [email protected]
Thursday 20th March
“Sir Basil Urwin Spence”, speaker to be confirmed.
As is becoming tradition, this final lecture will be
preceded by a buffet and a glass of wine, starting at 6pm.
Booking information will be circulated nearer the date.
NORTH EAST
Saturday 2nd November, 11.30am
AHSS AGM and Greyfriars trip (£8)
Riddles Court, Edinburgh
All members are warmly invited to this lively event which
will include a tour of the recently redeveloped Kirkhouse
and the historic Greyfriars complex.
Thursday 28th November, 12.30pm
Christmas Lunch (£22)
Advocate’s Library, Aberdeen
Once again, members are invited to come together and
enjoy a talk and a splendid lunch in the elegant and
convivial surroundings of the Advocate's Library. Contact
Sheila Rhind, 01330 844 734 / [email protected]
STRATHCLYDE
DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY
Tuesday 1st – Wednesday 30th October
Saving a Century Exhibition (free)
Mitchell Library, Glasgow.
Tuesday 1st October, 6pm
Lecture by Dr James Macaulay (£4, students go free)
Mitchell Library, Glasgow
Organised by the Victorian Society in association with
the Strathclyde AHSS Group.
Winter Lecture series: 2013-2014
7pm coffee, 7.30pm start
Admission £4, students free, season ticket for all five
lectures £16
Lectures are held at Adelaides, 209 Bath Street, on the
corner with Pitt Street, Glasgow. Everyone is welcome.
For further information on the lectures or any other
architectural heritage issues, please contact Audrey
Gardner at 0141 339 1205.
Thursday 24th October
“Glasgow Canals – Unlocking the Gates”,
Gordon Barr, Maryhill Burgh Halls
“Starting with Canals”,
Jenny Tonkins, Heritage Advisor at Scottish Canals.
Thursday 21st November
“Dumfries House – a New Study”,
Simon Green, RCAHMS.
Thursday 16th January
“Listing – myths, truths and the future”,
Elizabeth McCrone, Head of Listing and Designed
Landscapes at Historic Scotland.
Thursday 20th February
“Curious Interconnections of the Villas
and Mansions of Cowal”,
Michael Davis, Historian.
19th April
AGM and talk by Paul Goodwin about war memorials
Gordon Memorial Hall, Castle Douglas
For more information please contact Patricia Woodley,
[email protected] or 01644 430204.
Saturday 14th December, 12.30pm,
Christmas Lunch (£18)
Selkirk Arms
For more information, and to book your place, please
contact Sue Douglas [email protected] or
01556 680 268 or Patricia Woodley (as above).
TAYSIDE AND EAST FIFE
The Dundee Conservation Lectures: 2013-2014
6pm start, every Tuesday from mid-October
Admission free
Room 5013, Matthew Building,
Perth Road, University of Dundee
A series of lectures covering a number of conservation
issues, offering an opportunity to learn more about, and
debate, philosophical, practical, legislative and technical
matters. Details will be available at www.dundee.ac.uk/
planning/newsandevents/conservationlectures
FORTH & BORDERS
Winter Lecture Series (£5 or £2.50 for students)
6.30pm, first Monday of every month,
Riddles Court, 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh.
Monday 7th October
“Dreaming Spires: the University of Glasgow’s
Renaissance Palace in the High Street and Gothic
Citadel at Gilmorehill” by Nick Haynes, who has
recently written a history of Glasgow University.
Monday 4th November
“Blooming Sepulchres”, by Christopher Dingwall, a joint
lecture with the Garden History Society.
The titles of other lectures will be announced shortly.
At A Glance...
OCTOBER
01 ST Saving a Century
Exhibition starts
01 ST Lecture by Dr James
Macaulay
07 F&B Dreaming Spires: the
University of Glasgow’s
Renaissance Palace in the
High Street and Gothic
Citadel at Gilmorehill
24 ST Glasgow Canals – lecture
NOVEMBER
02 AHSS AGM and Greyfriars trip
04 F&B Blooming Sepulchres
21 ST Dumfries House – a New
Study lecture
28 NE Christmas Lunch
DECEMBER
14 D&G Christmas Lunch
JANUARY
16 ST Listing - myths, truths and
the future lecture
FEBRUARY
20 ST Curious Interconnectio