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Displaying 111 - 120 of 2412 items… Tom Bowser: A sky full of kites The speaker at the meeting … who gave a talk entitled ‘A Skyfull of Kites’, which was accompanied by some excellemt wildlife images. Tom started by explaining how his love affair with the red kite began back in 1996, when …
Meeting: Life on the rocks
… Professor Stuart K. Monro OBE, DUniv, FRSE, Scientific Director of Dynamic Earth, was invited by Dumfriesshire and … was and is Professor Monro's role model. James Hutton (1726–1797) is regarded as the father of modern Geology. He … such as wiped out Pompeii. Such happenings are still taking place: witness the devastating destruction in Christchurch, …
… The James Williams Memorial Lecture was chosen to serve as the final meeting of Dumfriesshire and Galloway … Scottish scene (although there were also plenty of amateur companies performing locally in towns and villages). There … second a frolicking farce, verging on vulgarity, might take place. The London Star Company, choosing Kirkcudbright as a …
… Members of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society enjoyed a talk on an unusual … the son of a Galloway peasant who became King of Lothian. Composed during the early years of the thirteenth century, … allows him to join them. The rest of the action takes place in Liddesdale, Lothian and the Borders, and Fergus …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series II, Volume 3
… at 1882-1883) Author: Council, The 0 Donations [1880, 8th October] Author: Council, The 1 Exhibits [1880, 8th October] … of the Glenkens Author: M'Andrew, J. 7 Cuculus Canorus [The Common Cuckoo] [Summary only] Author: Adamson, W. 10 An … reference to the British Species Author: Bennett, A. 39 Place Names of Nithsdale Author: Shaw, J. 40 The Parmeliae …
Wood Pigot personal list: Wood Personal, Annan, 1826
… The modern location of the place is given in parentheses. Benson , Mr Queensberry Arms … Dickson , Jas, Mr Note: Mr Jas Dickson's property' next to Calf Land Wynd [Solway Street] Douglas , Col. Green Croft … in north-east corner of Map. … Wood Personal, Annan, 1826 …
… The last meeting of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society for the season 2013–2014 was … Warren presented a series of excellent slides to accompany a very informative talk, thus making it difficult, … gave testimony to an adult cremation but nothing had been placed beneath to prevent the contents from escaping. The …
Meeting: Scotland's Earliest People
… meeting of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. Mr Liam Murray, President, … it was an area of known prehistoric activity. Fieldwalking commenced in ploughed fields on Howburn Farm and the finds …
Biography: Major-General James Scott-Elliot
… lost one of its more influential members. This is not the place to recite his military career, for which reference should be … month, except to say that, as might be expected of an ex commander of the 51st (Highland) Division and former colonel …