Renfrewshire Local History Forum

Renfrewshire Local History Forum
2022-12-08 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | D137/9, McLean Building, UWS, Storie Street, Paisley, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
AGM, Short Presentation and Christmas Night Speaker TBA

Johnstone History Society
2022-11-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Masonic Halls, 11 Collier Street, Johnstone, PA5 8SL
Witch Beliefs and Animals in Early Modern Scotland: An Un(natural) History
Dr Lizanne Henderson

Renfrewshire Local History Forum
2022-10-27 19:00 - 21:00 | D137/9, McLean Building, UWS, Storie Street, Paisley, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
Excavations of a Bronze Age Settlement at Northbar, Erskine Iraia Arabaolaza – Project Manager, GUARD Archaeology

Johnstone History Society
2022-10-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Masonic Halls, 11 Collier Street, Johnstone, PA5 8SL
Scottish Storytelling
Anne Pitcher

Johnstone History Society
2022-09-13 19:30 - 21:30 | Masonic Halls, 11 Collier Street, Johnstone, PA5 8SL
“I will undertake to plant with honest and loyall subjects”: Scots of the Southwest and the Plantations in Ulster
Alison Cathcart

Inchinnan Historical Interest Group
2020-06-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Inchinnan Parish Church, Old Greenock Road, Inchinnan, PA4 9PB
Mystery Outing

Inchinnan Historical Interest Group
2020-05-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Inchinnan Parish Church, Old Greenock Road, Inchinnan, PA4 9PB
Old Renfrewshire on Film
Richard Weeks

Renfrewshire Family History Society
2020-05-21 19:15 - 21:15 | Room L208, Room L208, Block L, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
AGM

Renfrewshire Local History Forum
2020-05-14 19:30 - 21:30 | D137/9, McLean Building, UWS, Storie Street, Paisley, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
AGM and Members Night

Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association
2020-04-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Glen Halls, Main St., Neilston, G78 3NL, United Kingdom
Love Letters from a Desert Rat
Liz McIntyre

Inchinnan Historical Interest Group
2020-04-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Inchinnan Parish Church, Old Greenock Road, Inchinnan, PA4 9PB
Glasgow Suffragettes
Sylvia Smith

Renfrewshire Family History Society
2020-04-16 19:15 - 21:15 | Room L208, Room L208, Block L, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
Thursday, 16th April 2020
May Allen, “History of Renfrew”
Note: Speaker & subject may change

Johnstone History Society
2020-04-14 19:30 - 21:30 | Masonic Halls, 11 Collier Street, Johnstone, PA5 8SL
The Paisley Civil War
Graham Fulton

Renfrewshire Local History Forum
2020-04-09 19:30 - 21:30 | D137/9, McLean Building, UWS, Storie Street, Paisley, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
Where once were houses, so shall there be again: prehistoric settlement activity at Northbar, Erskine
Dave McNicol
Guard Archaeology

Mearns History Group
2020-04-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Fairweather Halls, Barrhead Road, G77 6BB, United Kingdom
“Dams to Darnley Country Park and Industrial Heritage”
To prepare us for a summer visit perhaps, Joe shares his passion for and knowledge of the Park – habitat, animals and industrial history.
Joe Connelly
This meeting will be preceded by the AGM.

Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association
2020-03-26 19:30 - 21:30 | Glen Halls, Main St., Neilston, G78 3NL, United Kingdom
AGM
Building Caldwell House
John West

Inchinnan Historical Interest Group
2020-03-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Inchinnan Parish Church, Old Greenock Road, Inchinnan, PA4 9PB
Archaeological Finds at Northbar, Erskine
Douglas MacNicol

Renfrewshire Family History Society
2020-03-19 19:15 - 21:15 | Room L208, Room L208, Block L, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
Thursday, 19th March 2020
David Cairns, ““Windyhill – The Saving of a Mackintosh Masterpiece/gem/dwelling House”

Mearns History Group
2020-03-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Fairweather Halls, Barrhead Road, G77 6BB, United Kingdom
Film Night : “Madeleine” (1950)
**Members only**
David Lean directs this true story of a Glasgow woman accused of murdering her lover in 1857. A worthy follow up to Joy Blair’s MHG talk on the same subject.

Renfrewshire Local History Forum
2020-03-12 19:30 - 21:30 | D137/9, McLean Building, UWS, Storie Street, Paisley, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
The Govan Stones – examining, interpreting and presenting a cultural resource
Stephen T. Driscoll
Professor of Historical Archaeology, University of Glasgow

Johnstone History Society
2020-03-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Masonic Halls, 11 Collier Street, Johnstone, PA5 8SL

Mearns History Group
2020-03-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Fairweather Halls, Barrhead Road, G77 6BB, United Kingdom
“Scotland’s Lost Villages”
From abandoned mining villages to seaside communities destroyed by wind-blown sand, Dane Love takes us on a tour of some of Scotland’s lost villages.
Dane Love

Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association
2020-02-27 19:30 - 21:30 | Glen Halls, Main St., Neilston, G78 3NL, United Kingdom
Strong and Free – The Story of the Settlement Women
Alison Spurway

Inchinnan Historical Interest Group
2020-02-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Inchinnan Parish Church, Old Greenock Road, Inchinnan, PA4 9PB
AGM
Entertainment by Gordon Ross

Renfrewshire Family History Society
2020-02-20 19:15 - 21:15 | Room L208, Room L208, Block L, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
Thursday, 20th February 2020
Dan Sweeney, ““Lost Mansions & Houses in Ayrshire””

Renfrewshire Local History Forum
2020-02-13 19:30 - 21:30 | D137/9, McLean Building, UWS, Storie Street, Paisley, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
‘Ye Jacobites by name’: recent archaeological work at Glencoe and Glenshiel
Derek Alexander
Chief archaeologist, National Trust for Scotland

Johnstone History Society
2020-02-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Masonic Halls, 11 Collier Street, Johnstone, PA5 8SL
The Empire Exhibition, Glasgow, 1938
James Winnett

Mearns History Group
2020-02-04 19:30 - 21:30 | Fairweather Halls, Barrhead Road, G77 6BB, United Kingdom
“War and Diplomacy on Rome’s Northern Frontier”
Acclaimed TV presenter and premier expert on the Romans in Scotland, Fraser Hunter tells us all we need to know.
Dr Fraser Hunter

Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association
2020-01-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Glen Halls, Main St., Neilston, G78 3NL, United Kingdom
Glasgow Cathedral
Bobby Keys

Inchinnan Historical Interest Group
2020-01-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Inchinnan Parish Church, Old Greenock Road, Inchinnan, PA4 9PB
William Harley, Glasgow Philanthropist
J Blair
