Talks

Anita Manning : West End Antiques Unusually the hall had a slightly festive atmosphere before Anita Manning, Great Western Auctions, started her talk. A reflection, perhaps, of the number of members’ wives who came along to hear our local BBC

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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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