Dr Patrick Harkness is from Ballyclog, in Co. Tyrone. Patrick obtained a MEng degree in Aeronautical Engineering from The Queen’s University of Belfast in 2003 and a PhD in space debris mitigation from Cranfield University in 2007. He is now
Improving the economic and environmental sustainability of a Scottish Hill Farm This talk by Dr John Holland was well outside the normal familiarity of most of our urban members. He was telling us about the Scotland’s Rural College’s hill farm
Ewen was brought up on a small holding near Milton of Campsie. He started work as an apprentice gardener in Glasgow’s Parks Department in 1970. He worked mainly in Bellahouston Park, Rosshall Park and the Botanic Gardens at this time.
Introduction to Genealogy Graham introduced his subject by defining the difference between genealogy and family history. In brief, genealogy is the skeleton, the bones of Family History on which the flesh is added. A simple and clear cut definition as
Graham has a background as a professional librarian, with a lifelong interest in family history. He has been a tutor on the University of Strathclyde’s Postgraduate Programme in Genealogical Studies since it commenced in 2007 and is the author of
John is an upland ecologist based at SRUC’s Hill and Mountain Research Centre at Kirkton and Auchtertyre Farms, near Crianlarich in Perthshire. After gaining a BSc Honours degree in Botany and Geography from Durham University in 1989, John worked for
John left the Royal Navy 8 years ago and runs his own Tourist Guiding company under the name of Exclusive Scottish Visits. He travels all over Scotland with guests from all over the world, when Covid permits, and has become
Trident in a MAD World Commander John Harbour RN Retired, hit the ground running with his talk on the UK’s ‘Continuous at Sea Deterrent’ (CASD); ie our nuclear submarine Trident defence force. To give authority to his talk, John briefly
How to Murder Your ………..- A Short History of Poisoning Ian started on a musical note by reminiscing on Tom Lehrer’s 1950s song ‘Poisoning pigeons in the Park’, an anarchic ditty familiar to our generation. However, he quickly moved on
A Spell in Somalia Full of dry wit, Bob Scott’s talk proved to be a fascinating insight into living as a doctor in a war torn country in Africa. He set the scene by giving a potted history of Somalia
