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Displaying 91 - 100 of 1961 itemsMeeting: Milk! From Grass to the Table
… Martin, an Ulsterman, addressed Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society on the subject of Milk! from … Northern Ireland, after graduating, with the Northern Foods Company for eight years, during the last five of which he …
Biography: Morag Williams
… primary school and Dumfries Academy. From there she went on to study history at the University of Edinburgh, graduating … the next 26 years! By 1989 she had become Dumfries and Galloway Health Board Archivist when, with support from hospital … to joke ‘I still work for the Health Board but now I don’t get paid.’ With her deep interest in local history, Morag …
Meeting: Robert Bruce: In Life and Death
… In search of Robert Bruce. Dr Martin McGregor from the History Department of the University of Glasgow presented a … Barrow recounted the Bruce story but also tried to get close to the man himself. Dr McGregor continued this … the wry humour Bruce possessed in his responses to a visiting papal legate whilst utilizing his diplomatic skills …
… Martin Robertson – Historic Dumfries Architecture Thursday 16 February 2023 … at ground level and above this would have been family accommodation. This might have been for the manager and his … 115 was altered by Boots the Chemist and Dumfries and Galloway Standard occupied the rear. It was also where Robert …
Meeting: 2 December 2016
… 70 members and guests attended the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society's annual James Williams … over concentrations of lead signals and of the 18 lead targets detected, 17 proved to be Roman lead sling bullets. Two …
… Mark trained as an electrician but had always had a fascination for clocks, and has worked for the Cumbria Clock Company for 22 years. His main interest and expertise are in … etc. He had the honour of being one of the team that restored Big Ben during the covid pandemic. The phrase “knocks …
Meeting: Two talks by members
… Dale, a retired Medical Microbiologist at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, found himself crossing a River Annan in … in November 1865 by John Jardine, born in 1807 at Spedlins Tower, Templand, the fourth son of the sixth Baronet of … it was in this report that the name ‘Annan’ was proposed, together with ‘Esk’ for a smaller river joining the Annan from …
Standard page: About DGNHAS
… "The objects of the Society shall be to collect and publish the best information on the natural … Dr J Dickson and Mr W G Gibson who had decided to ‘call together local gentlemen interested in the cultivation of … be made with Museum staff (telephone 01387 253374) before visiting. The Society's website is overseen by its …
Meeting: In Their Footsteps
… talk of the new season of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society (DGNHAS) was given by the … was realised 170 years later proves that dreams do come true, even if posthumously. The second subject is less …
… was given on 4 December 2015 by Dr Valentina Bold, Director of the Solway Centre for Environment and Culture at the University of … in 1910, which was regarded as pioneering, bringing together as it did different kinds of literary materials all …