Events

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.

Sally Magnusson – book talk

The Village Club 20-22 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, United Kingdom

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

£2

The Battle of Mugdock AD750 – Pictish Strathblane!

The Village Club 20-22 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, United Kingdom

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.

£2

Vintage Film Night

The Village Club 20-22 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, United Kingdom

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 […]

Bombers over Blanefield!

The Village Club 20-22 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, United Kingdom

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.

£2

A.G.M. and “Show & Tell”

The Village Club 20-22 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, United Kingdom

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.

£2

Music in the Dark

The Village Club 20-22 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, United Kingdom

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.

£3

Fabric of our Lives

The Village Club 20-22 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, United Kingdom

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.

£3

Water of Life

The Village Club 20-22 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, United Kingdom

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

£3

Vintage Film Night

The Village Club 20-22 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, United Kingdom

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.

£3

The History of Duntreath Castle and Estate

The Village Club 20-22 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, United Kingdom

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.

£3

Strathblane Rocks! and AGM

The Village Club 20-22 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, United Kingdom

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.

£3

Strathblane and the Britons, AD400-1100

Strathblane Village Club 20-22 Glasgow Road, Strathblane

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)..

£3

Carbeth and the Hutting Movement

Author and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch shares her love of the hutting movement and the special place of Carbeth in Scotland’s relationship with the great outdoors. The meeting starts at 7.30pm […]

£3