One of the best stories never told when we look back in history at the campaign for equality between men and women. The Edinburgh Seven predate even the redoubtable Dr Elsie Inglis in taking on the misogyny of the establishment to prove their worth. In March 1869, a Miss Jex-Blake applied to th
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Leith located on the Firth of Forth, was for many centuries Scotland’s premier port. In 1833 it became a separate burgh with its own Town Council. It became part of the City of Edinburgh in 1920.
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Take a stroll around Scotland and you'll find a dazzling array of fortifications, from Iron Age brochs and medieval castles to modern fortresses bristling with cannons - sometimes all within sight of each other!
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This talk follows Dow from his birth in rural Perthshire, near Comrie, to Eyemouth in Berwickshire, where he worked for a leading local smuggler, then to India rising to become a Colonel in the East India Company.
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This lecture will tell the story of the emergence of Morningside from a 19th century rural hamlet to a thriving city suburb, covering the social, economic and cultural changes that have transformed the community. Bob Cunningham will discuss aspects of Morningside’s development and the War years.
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This lecture will explore history of the village of Broughton in Edinburgh over several centuries.