Peter Hughes Talk
Dr Peter Hughes, OBE : Reflections on Burns Peter opened by saying that he had been invited to introduce a little of himself before embarking on his talk on Burns. He told us about his childhood in Lanarkshire and remarked
Bob Bain Talk
The Old Glasgow Empire : Bob Bain Bob Bain, Secretary of the Scottish Music Hall and Variety Theatre Society, took us down memory lane as he outlined the history of the Glasgow Empire. He told us that his Society had
Dr Mike Cantlay
Dr Mike Cantlay is currently serving as Chair of Scottish Funding Council which is charged with funding Scotland‘s further and higher education institutions and Scottish Natural Heritage which is responsible for the management of Scotland’s natural environment. He was Chair
Dr. Peter Hughes
Dr. Peter T Hughes OBE, FREng, FRSE has had a remarkably high profile industrial career in engineering and steel and was awarded an OBE for his services to the UK Steel Industry in 1993. Engineering is still very much in
Rev Jane Howitt talk
Christmas Address : Rev Jane Howitt The Rev Jane Howitt engaged totally with her audience as she unravelled situations which went to the very core of what Christianity means. She spoke movingly of people of different faiths really going out
Alan McNiven talk
Paisley’s Bid for the UK City of Culture 2021 : Alan McNiven Alan McNiven, Chief Executive of Renfrewshire’s Third Sector Initiative ‘Engage Renfrewshire’ said he found it difficult to be magnanimous towards Coventry, the City which won the UK City
St. Rollox
IT’S a Wednesday morning in Sighthill, Glasgow, and St Rollox Church is buzzing. A second-hand shop selling everything from clothes, shoes and toys to domestic appliances and textiles is doing a roaring trade, while in another room 20 women are
Bob Bain
It was in 1963 that the curtains finally came down on the Glasgow Empire. Around that time saw the demise also of the variety shows which had been so much a feature of many other theatres across Scotland. Bob Bain
KELVIN HALL VISIT
KELVIN PROBUS CLUB VISIT TO THE KELVIN HALL Glasgow Museum Stores, NLS Moving Image Archive and the Hunterian Collection Study Centre Thursday 1st February 2018 This is a private guided tour starting at 11am and lasting about
Niall Murphy talk
Niall Murphy : Statues on George Square Members expecting a brief history of the statues on George Square received a fascinating tale of the origins of the Square and its ups and downs since 1781. Niall’s story started in 2012