Ayton Local History Society
   

            Meetings the Society has had in past years.

 

2004/2005

September 28th

Silences that Speak

Robin Sinton

 

October 26th

Border Murders

Norrie McLeish

 

November 30th

The Knights Templar

Archie Shields

 

January 18th

Berwick and its Archives

Linda Bankier

 

February 22nd

History of Borders Folk Music

Michael Yates

 

March 29th

AGM + The Bondagers

 Ian MacDougall

 

April 26th

                 Visit to Eyemouth Harbour

 

2005/2006

September 27th

The Limestone Industry of Lindisfarne

Roger Jermy

 

October 25th

The Lowland Clearances

Peter Aitchison & Andrew Cassell

 

November 29th

The History of Berwickshire’s Towns

and Villages

Elizabeth Layhe

 

January 31st

Queen Margaret’s Legacy

Rev Donald Gaddes

 

February 28th

History of the KOSB

Lt Col George Wood

 

March 28th

AGM + Coal-mining in North Northumberland

David Heywood

 

April 25th

Visit to Mellerstain House

2006/2007

September 26th

The Jim Clark Story

Ian Scott-Watson

 

October 31st

No Cheese after Dinner – the story of Berwick men captured at St Valery in 1940

Fred Kennington

 

November 28th

Maritime Berwick

Jim Walker

 

January 30th

Along the Border Line

Bryan Webster

 

February 27th

Swords, Loaves and Fishes – A History of Dunbar

Roy Pugh

 

March 27th

Working the Land, Harvesting the Forest

Walter Elliot

 

April 24th

Visit to Paxton House

 

2007/2008

September 25th

The Aytons of Ayton

Jim Eaton

 

October 30th

“Momento Mori” – Gravestone inscriptions

David Eaton

 

November 27th

The Lindsay Family - From Down Under to Ayton

Alistair Lindsay

 

January 29th

Destiny – the story of the stone

Jim Barrie

 

February 26th

Ayton of Yesteryear

Irvine Inglis

 

March 25th

Gunsgreen House

Simon Furness

 

April 29th

Visit to Abbotsford

 

2008/09 Session:  
Sept 30th  - Rev Alan Hughes - Berwick and the Coldstream Guards Connection.  
Oct 28th    -  Netta Rae - The Great North Road.  
Nov 25th   -  Hector Sutherland & George McNair - People on the road.  
Jan 27th   -  Ian Goldsack - Roman Frontier Policies in Scotland.  
Feb 24th   -  Jan Conway - A Topic from Chinese History.  
 Mar 31st  -  Michael Cook - Scottish Mercenaries during the Thirty Years War or John Knox in Berwick and Newcastle. (to be confirmed)  
Apr 28th   -  Visit to Gunsgreen House, Eyemouth (to be confirmed)

 

 

 

 
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