Talks Programme 2024‐25

All meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm, with the exception of November and January. All meetings are in the Victoria Hall.

Date	Title	Speaker
17th Sep	The Hospitals of Ross and Cromarty —  Their Origin and Development	Jim and Steve Leslie
15th Oct	High Pasture Cave —  Ritual, Identity and Memory in the Iron Age of Skye	Steve Birch
26th Nov	Dingwall and the British Empire —  The Sun Never Sets over the Dingwallian Diaspora	Jonathan McColl
17th Dec	The History of Medicine —  The Ancient Origins of Modern Clinical Practice Followed by festive mulled wine and mince pies	Andrew Newton
30th Jan 2pm	The Countess of Sutherland’s Shopping List	Scilla Aitchison
19th Feb	Only the Brave Sail from Here —  The Vikings in Northern Scotland	Professor Donna Heddle
18th Mar	Alexander Ross (1834-1925) —  The Lasting Legacy of a Highland Architect	Calum MacLean
15th Apr	AGM followed by Romancing the Stone —  Marriage Lintels and Date Stones Close to You	Dr Jim Mackay

2024/25 Annual Membership of the Cromarty History Society is £15. There is a fee of £5 per meeting for non‐members. Under 16s admitted free. The Society promotes the knowledge of the history of the town and parish of Cromarty and is the Friends organisation for the Cromarty Courthouse Museum.