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 |
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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 |