John’s career has been in town planning, starting with Glasgow City Council as senior planning officer for the west end and city centre. He then moved to the private sector, advising developers, housebuilders, institutions and architects on all aspects of
Sir Kenneth Calman was Scotland’s first professor of oncology and is the only person to have ever been appointed Chief Medical Officer of both Scotland and England. He subsequently became Vice Chancellor of Durham University and was a recent Chancellor
Des McNulty Des was instrumental to the establishment of Policy Scotland. He joined the University of Glasgow in 2012 to support knowledge exchange within the School of Social and Political Sciences, and was Deputy Director of Policy Scotland until October 2021. He
Graeme is a passionate ambassador for his City and was happy to explain a rich part of the City’s 19th Century development. Much was driven by the entrepreneurism of a few men aided (and abetted?) by Glasgow Town Council. He
Graeme is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified with a firm now known as Ernst & Young. His career has been mainly involved in economic development, the building of New Towns and in urban renewal. His late wife Jean was a
Peter Ireland’s talk was based on extracts from his grandfather’s memoire of his military service as a private in Burma, India and South Africa. An unusual thing for a private to do. He found references to places he’d never heard
Reece Leonard, falconer has worked with Owl Magic for the last 9 to 10 years. The business was originally set up by David Morrison, a retired fireman in Kelburn Park. However, always a shoestring business, Owl Magic went bankrupt during
Africa Mercy Mary, a volunteer nurse on the Africa Mercy, a hospital ship, gave a superb talk. She spoke of her experiences working on the ship during its two year stay in Madagascar. To set the scene Mary started with
Peter Ireland, grandson of Pte Peter Ireland, was a teacher of Classics at McLaren High School, Callander. His main interest is Ancient Art. However, Peter is also a passionate traveller and has travelled extensively, mainly in classical lands. As a
Abstract. Mercy Ships is the charity that operates the Africa Mercy, a hospital ship. It is the largest floating non military hospital in the world. Mary’s talk will be about her experiences there. She will show photographs of her work
