Renfrewshire Local History Forum

Mearns History Group
2020-03-03 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | 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

Johnstone History Society
2020-01-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Masonic Halls, 11 Collier Street, Johnstone, PA5 8SL
Social Evening

Mearns History Group
2020-01-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Fairweather Halls, Barrhead Road, G77 6BB, United Kingdom
Film Night : “Sunshine on Leith” (2013)
**Members only**
To cheer us up in the cold mid-winter this glorious feel-good film of the year stars the music of The Proclaimers.

Renfrewshire Family History Society
2020-01-16 19:15 - 21:15 | Room L208, Room L208, Block L, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
Thursday, 16th January 2020
David Roberts (speaker may alter)

Johnstone History Society
2020-01-14 19:30 - 21:30 | Masonic Halls, 11 Collier Street, Johnstone, PA5 8SL
The Ladies A, B and C
Lil Brookes

Mearns History Group
2020-01-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Fairweather Halls, Barrhead Road, G77 6BB, United Kingdom
“Robert Burns and the Suffragettes: Bicycles and Bombs”
The background, characters and motivations in the attempts by Suffragettes to blow up Burns Cottage in 1919.
Melvin Gibson

Renfrewshire Local History Forum
2019-12-12 19:30 - 21:30 | D137/9, McLean Building, UWS, Storie Street, Paisley, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
The Summer Sheilings
Anne Macdonald
ACFA

Renfrewshire Family History Society
2019-12-12 19:15 - 21:15 | Room L208, Room L208, Block L, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
Thursday, 12th December 2019
Members Evening – A fun night for all

Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association
2019-12-12 08:00 - 17:00
Outing

Johnstone History Society
2019-12-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Masonic Halls, 11 Collier Street, Johnstone, PA5 8SL
The Linwood Line
Dr Valerie Wright and Joe Reilly

Mearns History Group
2019-12-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Fairweather Halls, Barrhead Road, G77 6BB, United Kingdom
“Morrison, Waldon, McKelvie and a Bridie”
Author of many books and articles on the theatre, MHG member Graeme Smith gives us the lowdown on the Citizens Theatre, formerly The Royal Princess’s Theatre started in 1878.
Graeme Smith

Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association
2019-11-28 19:30 - 21:30 | Glen Halls, Main St., Neilston, G78 3NL, United Kingdom
Jane Haining
Elizabeth Dickson

Inchinnan Historical Interest Group
2019-11-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Inchinnan Parish Church, Old Greenock Road, Inchinnan, PA4 9PB
Lismore History
Douglas Breingan

Lochwinnoch Historical Society
2019-11-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Guild Room, Lochwinnoch Parish Church, Church St, Lochwinnoch, PA12 4HE, United Kingdom
The Story of Tobacco Worldwide and Locally
James Friend

Renfrewshire Family History Society
2019-11-21 19:15 - 21:15 | Room L208, Room L208, Block L, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
Thursday, 21st November 2019
Alan Morrison (author), Ramblings on “Come Oan Get Aff?!”

Mearns History Group
2019-11-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Fairweather Halls, Barrhead Road, G77 6BB, United Kingdom
Film Night:”The Battle of the Sexes” (1959)
**Members only**
In this comedy Peter Sellers plays a mild-mannered accountant in the House of McPherson in Edinburgh. When polite attempts fail to halt a restructure by an efficiency expert Sellers decides to do away with her.

Renfrewshire Local History Forum
2019-11-14 19:30 - 21:30 | D137/9, McLean Building, UWS, Storie Street, Paisley, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
The Clan Macfarlane Arrochar project: three rare late medieval buildings on Loch Lomond
Heather James
Calluna Archaeology

Johnstone History Society
2019-11-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Masonic Halls, 11 Collier Street, Johnstone, PA5 8SL
Love Letters from a Desert Rat
Liz McIntyre Allan

Mearns History Group
2019-11-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Fairweather Halls, Barrhead Road, G77 6BB, United Kingdom
“Cunard, the Clyde and the QE2”
On the 50th anniversary of the launching of the QE2 local author Ian Johnston returns to MHG to reacquaint us with the glory that was Clyde shipbuilding.
Ian Johnston

Barrhead & Neilston Historical Association
2019-10-31 19:30 - 21:30 | Glen Halls, Main St., Neilston, G78 3NL, United Kingdom
Brief History of the Telephone
Keith Lomax

Inchinnan Historical Interest Group
2019-10-31 19:00 - 21:00 | Inchinnan Parish Church, Old Greenock Road, Inchinnan, PA4 9PB
Using Digital Applications to Conserve our Cultural Heritage
Clara Sanchez

Lochwinnoch Historical Society
2019-10-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Guild Room, Lochwinnoch Parish Church, Church St, Lochwinnoch, PA12 4HE, United Kingdom
The Kitchen Front – Health & Nutrition during WWII
Valerie Reilly
