Discover events in Dumfries & Galloway – South West Scotland

The Fourth 50th Anniversary Talk – ‘Lowland Highlanders’

Wanlockhead Community Centre Goldscaur Row, Wanlockhead, Scotland, United Kingdom

Part of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Museum of Lead Mining. Talk - '"John has published two collections of his photographs, capturing images of local landscape of the Peace Lines of Belfast and the social, natural and manmade landscape of the Firth of Forth. His latest publication focuses on Scotland's highest communities […]

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Third 50th Anniversary Talk – ‘ ‘Dead Lead:- Lead, the funeral furnishing trade 1600-2000’’

Wanlockhead Community Centre Goldscaur Row, Wanlockhead, Scotland, United Kingdom

Part of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Museum of Lead Mining. 'Lead has paid an important part in high-status burials in England since Roman times. In the seventeenth-century, when the landed gentry took advantage of lax faculty jurisdiction to create burial vaults beneath parish churches, the funeral furnishing trade turned to lead […]

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The First 50th Anniversary Talk – ‘Lead Goes Gold – Count 50’

Wanlockhead Community Centre Goldscaur Row, Wanlockhead, Scotland, United Kingdom

The first of five talks to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Museum of Lead Mining. Would you know there were so many topics covered in the Miners' Library Collection? "A cheerful Anniversary introduction to the Museum of Lead Mining. From carob seeds to crowns and book bindings. From kibbles to barouches, toothpaste and canaries. […]

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Intro to Techscaler (Wanlockhead)

Wanlockhead Community Centre Goldscaur Row, Wanlockhead, Scotland, United Kingdom

What is Techscaler? Techscaler is a Scottish Government funded programme, delivered by CodeBase, and offers tailored support for everyone in Scotland who wants to build a startup, whether they are considering a career in startups or are developing, building and scaling an idea. We offer Community and Member access to world-class education, a peer-led online […]

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