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We meet on the first Monday of the month at 7.30 p.m.
in the smaller hall of the Bearsden Community Hub,
66 Drymen Road, Bearsden, G61 3QT, just above Bearsden Cross.
This map shows the Hub and
the main car parks in the area.
Membership is £15 per annum, and visitors are
welcome (£5 per talk & 50 pence for juniors).
Tea is served before 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 5th October
Monday 2nd November
Recently discovered documents shed new light on the events following the secret
flight of Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, to Scotland in May 1941.
This took place a few weeks after the destruction of Clydebank in one of the
most devastating attacks of World War Two.
Details of his plan, his interrogation and medical treatment at Buchanan Castle,
transport to the Tower of London, trial at Nuremberg and incarceration at
Spandau before his suicide in 1987 remains one of the most bizarre stories
of the twentieth century.
Monday 7th December
Steven will explain who King James VI and I was and why he was so important,
not just to Scottish but to British History, as the first king of a united
British Isles in 1603. In the first half of the talk Steven will look at
major debates about his reign in Scotland between 1567 and 1603. In the
second half, Steven will share a range of new details about James' royal court
and household from manuscripts he is working with, chief among the Accounts
of the Lord High Treasurer, one of the two major financial officers of
the crown. These accounts are completely unpublished for James' adult
reign, but reveal much about how and where he liked to spend his time and
money, how he rewarded his favourites, and how the royal court worked on
a day-to-day basis.
Monday 4th January
Monday 1st February
Monday 1st March
Monday 5th April
26th April ?