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The Society is pleased to announce that Mansfield Street Research Centre will be open on Thursdays and Saturdays from 2pm till 4pm. There is no requirement to book in advance unless you wish to secure a PC, in which case, phone 0141 339 8303 during opening hours. If the society is told by NHS Scotland […]
The Society is pleased to announce that Mansfield Street Research Centre will be open on Thursdays as well as Saturdays from 2pm till 4pm until further notice. The session must be booked in advance by phoning the centre on 0141 339 8303 during opening hours. The Centre will be manned on Thursdays and Saturdays between […]
The latest journal is now available to members by post and online in the members’ area
One year ago, Kilmaronock Old Kirk was purchased by a local community trust which is exploring the history of graveyard with the help of Archaeology Scotland’s Adopt a Monument team.
There are a number of 17th and 18th century grave slabs as well as one pre-reformation slab with carvings of a cross and sword
The Society is pleased to announce that Mansfield Street Research Centre will reopen again on Saturdays from 2pm till 4pm until further notice. The session must be booked in advance by phoning the centre on 0141 339 8303 during opening hours. The Centre will be manned on Saturdays between 2pm and 4pm to take advance […]
The Home for Deserted Mothers, modelled on London’s Corum Hospital. It was aimed at first-time mothers with a single illegitimate child born in the workhouse.
James Brown Thomson died on 1st October 1898, a very wealthy man.
The Industrial Revolution turned Scotland into a divided country, with agricultural districts to the north and south of the increasingly industrialised Central Belt that ran from Glasgow to Edinburgh and where, by 1900, most of the population were living. Already in the nineteenth century, urban overcrowding was a serious problem, with a dilapidated housing stock, […]
Knitting reached Scotland in the 18th century. Originally a male dominated occupation, it was taken up in succeeding centuries by men, women and children.