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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 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

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

Ian M Dale was born in Aberdeen in the year WW2 ended.  His family later moved to Glasgow and he was educated at Allan Glen’s School and Glasgow University.  Ian graduated with a B.Sc. in Pure Chemistry (1967) and gained

I have enjoyed a varied professional career, at least geographically speaking, having worked in Scotland, England, Australia, USA, Botswana, Kenya and Somalia. Most of the time has been spent in general practice, although there were significant spells in occupational health