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02 May 2015
Starts: 10:30
Ends: 16:00
The Scottish Place-name Society Conference will take place in Inverness on 2nd May at the Spectrum Centre. Further details and bookings from their website. Please note that places must be booked to ensure adequate catering.
10.30–11.00 Registration and coffee
11.00–11.10 Welcome
Session 1.
11.10–11.50 Peadar Morgan: Stands Alba where it did?: Who were the Scots of the Albannach-names in Scotland?
11.50–12.30 Iain MacIlleChiar: From the Cruach to the Caledonii - The place-names of Rannoch.
12.30–1.30 Buffet lunch
1.30–14.10 AGM (non-members welcome to attend, but cannot vote)
Session 2.
14.10–14.50 Alasdair Whyte: Settlement-names in Torosay (Killean) Parish, Mull: some observations.
14.50–15.20 Alison Grant: Scots names in Inverness: a ‘lowland’ tongue in a ‘highland’ town.
15.20–15.50 Jacob King: Gaelic bùrn as a Generic Element in the North East of Scotland.
Please book as early as possible, so that we can get the catering number right!
If you would like to attend please complete the form below with your name and details and send with a cheque for £20 per person (full-time students £10), which includes coffee and buffet lunch, payable to SPNS, to:
SPNS Conference,
c/o Ellen Bramwell,
University of Glasgow,
12 University Gardens,
G12 8QH
preferably by April 25th – although later bookings can usually be accepted, by contacting her on ellen.bramwell@glasgow.ac.uk
PS – cheques MUST be separate from any membership subscriptions you may be paying. Do NOT send conference cheques to the Treasurer.
Directions: The Spectrum Centre is at 1 Margaret Street, Inverness, right beside the bus station in the city centre, and a short walk from the railway station.
(Acknowledgements of bookings will not be sent.) (Retain this part for venue location, etc.)
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02 May 2015
Starts: 10:00
Historylinks Museum is having a free Open Day on Saturday 2nd May from 10.00am - 4.00pm and 7pm – 9pm.
Members of the Museum Committee will be around all day to talk about what we have been doing and while we have ideas for the future we would love to hear what you think.
The Open Day will also be the launch of our new community project on the shops that were here in the High Street and Castle Street in the 1940s that we hope will be a fascinating glimpse of the way we were in living memory.
Finally there will be plenty for children to do so bring along your children and grandchildren – we will have craft activities during the day and there are a number of quizzes and puzzles around the Museum.