Strathblane Heritage organises six events every winter, on the third Monday of September, October, November, January, February and March, all at 7.30pm in our lovely Village Club at 20-22 Glasgow Road Blanefield – https://villageclub1911.org/
All are welcome: membership costs just £10 a year entitling you to free access to all events. To join Strathblane Heritage, just come along to one of our events clutching a £10 note! Guests are equally welcome upon payment of a £3 admission fee. Please note that the club’s seated capacity is 90 people and it’s advisable to arrive in good time to be sure of a seat.
The normal format is for a speaker or speakers to make a presentation of an hour, followed by Q&A and then tea and biccies. Our topics vary considerably, as you can see from this list of future and past event presentations – but they must all have in common that they shed a light on meaningful events in our parish, and are entertainingly presented.
It is almost time for the first talk of the new session of Strathblane Heritage Society. All details of this much looked forward to talk are on the poster. A warm welcome awaits all. The Committee
A wee reminder of the Strathblane Heritage meeting on Monday night. Please come along to learn of our long past history. Doors open 7 o’clock. A warm welcome awaits.
Not long until our first meeting of this our 30th. anniversary year, can you believe it?!! We look forward to welcoming you next Monday. As we are planning a Heritage Society website we would be most grateful for donations towards what will be a very useful tool. See you Monday, doors open 7 o’clock for […]
Please come along, two weeks tonight, to hear a talk, the subject of which most of us will know nothing!! Meeting starts 7.30, doors open 7.00, come early! We look forward to welcoming you.
A.G.M. of Strathblane Heritage coming up. Don’t be put off coming!! Lots of other stuff! Meeting starts 7.30, doors open 7.00 A warm welcome awaits.
Author and presenter Sally Magnusson introduces her latest novel, an exploration of the challenges of unlooked-for love in later life, set against the backdrop of the brutal Highland Clearances.
Pat Thomson of Balfron Heritage Society presents the inside story of the industrial revolution that swept through the villages of the Blane and Endrick valleys in the 18th and 19th centuries with the arrival of cotton-bleaching and printing works – including our own Blanefield Printworks.
Roger Doubal and Katy Lamb of Loch Ard Local History Group reveal the astonishing Victorian engineering feat that is the Loch Katrine Water Pipeline, which of course passes underneath our village
Following our highly successful film night last January, we return to the National Library of Scotland’s Moving Image Archive at the Kelvin Hall for a selection of historical films that tell some stories of Scottish childhood in the past.
Duntreath has been in the hands of the Edmonstone family since 1434. Eddie Edmonstone will give an illustrated talk about its fluctuating fortunes, links to royalty and some of the colourful characters in his family tree.
Following the society’s Annual General Meeting, Alan McKirdy, author of the Landscapes in Stone series of books, tells the incredible story of Scotland’s geology – and the remarkable volcanic processes that led to the formation of the Blane Valley as we know it today.
Author Tim Clarkson illuminates what we once called the Dark Ages, when the Clyde Britons fought to defend their lands against marauding Picts and other foes and the Blane Valley was on the front line. The meeting starts at 7.30pm (doors open 7pm)..
