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Displaying 71 - 80 of 1961 itemsMeeting: The Scottish Regional Chair
… Regional Chair was the subject of the latest talk delivered to Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. Dave … a change of direction led him into studying the design and composition of Scottish furniture, especially the chair, …
Meeting: Indigo — a Blue to Dye For
… Indigo, a Blue to Dye For was the topic of Valerie Reilly's talk to Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. Having served … shipping trade, promoted by the English East India Company, founded in 1600, grew up. Asian indigo-dyed …
Biography: Patrick Crichton
… Patrick Crichton, M.A., F.S.A.Scot. Patrick Crichton was born in the … of Guinness Overseas Ltd., and remained with this company for eleven years. Early retirement brought him to … for which he served as Treasurer. Patrick was erudite, energetic and endowed with a sometime anarchic but never unkind …
Meeting: Scotland's Earliest People
… the AGM and inaugural meeting of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. Mr Liam Murray, President, … broken and separated during ploughing, but pieced back together they formed a tanged projectile point, a diagnostic …
… Over 80 members and guests attended the Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society's meeting on 10 February to … This would have created an impressive façade. The trackway to the entrance could be traced — a unique survival in a …
… Mark Nixon, an independent historian from Blackford, Perthshire, was invited to give a … results with particular relation to Dumfriesshire and Galloway. This was held at a well attended meeting in the Baptist … with sticks and stones. An armed guard was required to get the couple safely to the railway station and away to …
Meeting: The Chelsea Physic Garden
… Allen Paterson, Curator of Chelsea Physic Garden from 1973 to1981 and later … on The Chelsea Physic Garden by Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society. The importance … travel to the site. Famous people over the centuries have visited: one such was the diarist, John Evelyn, in 1680 and …
Meeting: Robert Burns in England
… Chris Rollie, RSPB Area Manager for Dumfries and Galloway and Robert Burns enthusiast, was invited to address the Society on Robert Burns in England , the … of the poet's birth. The poet paid two brief earlier visits across the border into England. On the third occasion …
… At the Annual General Meeting of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society the retiring President, Liam … square miles, territories which were subsequently to become Zimbabwe and Zambia. He made one final trip to Southern …
… The speaker at the meeting of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society (DGNHAS) on 16 November 2018 … painstakingly restored the castle, converting it into a comfortable home, while retaining many of the original …