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Chimneys down the Esk

PENICUIK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Meetings take place in the Cowan Hall, Penicuik Town Hall at 7.30pm

Syllabus 2024-25

Monday, 30th September 2024
'A Night at the Pictures' (Edinburgh's picture houses and the stars of the day)
Robert McCulloch

Monday, 28th October 2024
'The Women's Land Army'
Ruth Boreham, Scottish Book Trust

Monday, 25th November 2024
'General Register House and the Records of the Nation, an Introduction'
Jocelyn Grant, Archivist, National Records of Scotland

Monday, 27th January 2025
'The Battles of Bonnie Prince Charlie'
Dr Arran Johnston, Director, Scottish Battlefields Trust

Monday, 24th February 2025
'Beeslack Estate'
Humphrey Errington

Monday, 31st March 2025
AGM followed by
'A Brief History of Piping in Scotland, mainly the Lowland Bagpipes, and
Pipers in Penicuik and Surrounding Areas'
Keith Sanger

Monday, 28th April 2025
'The Rise and Decline of Coal Mining in Scotland and the Arrival of the
Twin Tub Washing Machine'
James Waugh'

Annual membership £10

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