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We meet on the first (occasionally second) Monday of the month at 7.30 p.m.
in the Upper Hall (there is a lift), Bearsden Community Hub,
66 Drymen Road, Bearsden, G61 3QT (near Bearsden Cross).
This map shows the Hub and
the main car parks in the area.
Membership is £15 per annum, and visitors are
welcome (£4 per talk & 50 pence for juniors).
Tea is served after the talk and there is an opportunity to chat and socialise.
You can print an application form
here.
For further information please contact us at enquiries@mbhistorical.org
Monday 3rd October
James Duncan was a businessman and sugar refiner who became a philanthropist
and art collector. His house and grounds became Benmore Botanic Garden.
Monday 7th November
A cache of Viking-age gold and silver was unearthed in 2014 and was the
richest collection ever found in Britain. It is of international
significance.
Monday 5th December
This talk is about the direct ancestral line of Theodore Roosevelt and
Eleanor Roosevelt originating in Baldernock in the 17th century, and the
story's connection with the disastrous Darien Expedition of 1698-99, the
American War of Independence, the American Civil War and the Panama Canal...
Monday 9th January
Monday 6th February
Why is there such world wide interest in Burns, why are there Burns Suppers in
over 200 countries throughout the world and why is he the only figure in
world literature who is treated this way?
Monday 6th March
Monday 3th April
Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson (1817-1875) and Owen Jones (1809-1874), were
architects and designers based in Glasgow and London respectively. Almost
direct contemporaries, they were known for their innovative adaptations of
the styles of ancient foreign cultures – primarily the Grecian for ‘Greek’
Thomson, and the Islamic for Jones. Both were enthusiastic historians of
design but, unlike many Victorian Revivalist architects, they did not merely
copy the forms of the past, but developed their own architectural language
fit for the modern age. They experimented with new materials, like cast iron
and plate glass, and created uniquely dramatic, colourful interiors. They
designed the types of buildings required by the commercial Victorian age:
villas, tenements, warehouses, bazaars, exhibition halls. Yet both men were
idealists, with a profound belief in the importance of architecture and
design for society.
24th April
Short talks to be arranged.