Talks Programme 2022-23

All meetings are on Thursday evenings at 7.30 in Cromarty West Church Hall.   Attendance is free for members of the Society.  Non-members pay £3 and will be made very welcome.  Children under 16 are admitted free of charge.

You can join the Society at any of our meetings — membership costs £10.

Date	Title	Speaker
15th Sep	William and Murdoch Paterson — Engineers of Highland Railways	Anne‐Mary Paterson
20th Oct	The Herring Gutters of N E Scotland 1840‐1950 — A coastal history	Anne Coombs
17th Nov	Cromarty Town Council — and the end of local democracy	Sandy Thomson
15th Dec	From Pupil to Teacher — One Cromarty girl’s journey in the first decade of the 20th century Followed by festive mulled wine and mince pies	Paul Monk
19th Jan	James Braidwood, father of the modern fire service — A true Scottish hero	Diana Hamilton‐Jones
16th Feb	General Richard O’Connor of Rosemarkie — A hero of two world wars	Roger Young
16th Mar	Where Angels Fear to Tread — Setting an historical novel in your own backyard	Shona MacLean
20th Apr	AGM followed by The Story of Cromarty in 6 maps — A designed landscape of national importance	Liz Broumley and Pat Haynes