2011 – 2012 Programme

Meetings take place in Kilmaronock Millennium Hall, Lower Hall at 7.30 pm

Wednesday 5 October 2011

Historic landscapes around Loch Lomond
The Age of Improvement: changes in settlement and in the farming landscape 1750-1850

Steve Boyle Community Liaison Manager of RCAHMS. Recently closely involved in the development of Scotland’s Rural Past project which aims to engage people in their local heritage.

Wednesday  2  November 2011

High Morlaggan: Stories from the ruins
The stories of the settlement near Arrochar and the people who used to live there, as well as the story of its rediscovery by the local community

Fiona Jackson & Sue Furness of the Morlaggan Rural Settlement Group. Their common interests in walking and archaeology initiated the project almost eight years ago.

Wednesday 7 December 2011

The natural heritage of the wildlife “hot spot” of the National Park
The purposes and the importance of the Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve

Tim Jacobs of Scottish Natural Heritage. Reserve Manager of the Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve and responsible for the consultation on proposals for a five year plan for the Endrick Mouth part of the reserve.

(preceded by the AGM)

Wednesday  1 February 2012

John Beveridge helped save the Waverley back in 1974 and founded the charity the Loch Lomond Steamship Company, established to take ownership of the Maid, in 1995.

(This is a change to the previously advertised programme)

Wednesday  7 March 2012

Local connections
A special evening of songs and photographs from these parts

Ken Campbell & Linsey Aitken
Live performance of songs and music associated with the local area. Ken & Linsey are accomplished singers and instrumentalists and have separately been members of many musical line ups. They now play together in Ken Campbell’s Ideal Band.

Both have lengthy associations with Gartocharn. Ken now lives by the lochside down at Aber and Linsey still has a house at Boturich although living near Stirling at the moment for work reasons. At one time Linsey sang with the B Flats.

Les Davidson
A short presentation of photographs from around Loch Lomond. Les is a prizewinning local photographer whose photographs have appeared on the village website and were featured in last year’s Dumpling Times calendar. This will be a short presentation of some of his early work and will include an instrumental soundtrack.

Les was brought up across the Loch at Auchendennan and now lives within a stone’s throw of the Millennium Hall. His photographs are testimony to a lifetime love of the Loch.