AGM 2025

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WW2 group

The AGM of Strathblane Heritage Society will take place at the Village Club, Strathblane on Monday 17th March at 7:30 pm.

We will be sharing our activities of 2024 to 2025 with our current membership of 112. We have begun fundraising for a Heritage Trail and more details will be presented at the meeting.

The AGM will be immediately followed by a presentation from the 7 members of our WW2 research group who will report on the the little-known lives and war service of the seven local men who were killed in WW2.

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