Monthly Meeting/Talks Archive
2009
2nd - January - Ceilidh
4th February - Donald Macdonald & Robert Beaton - Golspie's past and its people.
4th March - Members Open Evening, Donald Stewart, Allan Lannon, Shirley Sutherland and others.
1st April - Tour of Nigg, Balintore and Shandwick
6th May - Keith Russell’s slides prepared by Alan and Anne Barclay
19th August - Visit to Dunrobin for a "Mystery Tour"
2nd September - Cape Wrath to Brora - a long walk home by Nick Lindsay
7th October - Crofting in Rogart by Alistair Maciver
4th November - Days gone By by Malcolm Bremner
2nd December - Nova Scotia Connections by Father Mel Langille (rescheduled)
2010
2nd January - Ceilidh
3nd February - An evening with Donald Macdonald and Robert Beaton
3rd March - Kirkton Farm - first part of the 19th Century - Frances Douglas
7th April - Shandwick Stone and Portmahamock with Anne Barclay
21 April - Visit to Dunrobin Castle - Mystery Tour (MEMBERS ONLY)
5th May - AGM followed by The Clearances - Dr. Rod Houston
1st Sept - Mrs A. Barclay -Visit to Portmahomack
6th September Father Mel Langille -Nova Scotia Connections
3rd November - Nick Lindsay/Morag Sutherland - Review of France/Belgium Trip 2010
1st December - John Mackay and Lionel - Sutherland Lodges - North & South
2011
2nd January - Ceilidh
2nd February - R.I. Beaton -Golspie
2nd March - Robin Johnston
6th April - Malcolm Bremner, Wick Heritage Society - Cooperage
4th May - Susan Kruse, ARCH - Golspie’s Archaeology
1st June - K.F. Maclean - Local Knowledge (cancelled due to Kenny's death)
7th September - Ann Dunnet - Childhood Reminisces of Golspie
5th October - Allan Lannon - More Melvilles
2nd November - Ian Leith - The Man Who Went To Farr
7th December - Scilla Aitchison - Golspie Genealogy
2012
2nd January - Ceilidh
1st February - R.I. Beaton - Golspie
7th March - Michael Baddon - The History of a Shop
4th April - John Macdonald - Ancient Settlements
2nd May - George Murray - 70 Years of Farming
5th September - David Alston - Strathcarnaig, cleared settlement
3rd October - Tomorrow’s Heritage
7th November - Lynn Fraser - Carn Liath Broch
5th December - Jacquie Aitkin - Secret Sutherland
2013
January - Ceilidh
6th February - R. I. Beaon - Golspie
6th March - John Macdonald - More Stories
3rd April - John Mackay - Visit to Handa Island
1st May - AGM followed by
Fiona Macleod, Archivist - What's In the Archives (Inverness)
4th September - Malcolm Bremner - More Stores from O'er e Ord
2nd October - Scilla Atchison - Little Ferry
6th November - Lynsey Easton - 5th Seaforths - Highlanders' Museum
4th December - Society Members - Photographic Archives
2014
2nd January - Ceilidh
5th February - R.I. Beaton - Golspie Stories & Recollections
5th March - Society Members - Golspie's Fishing Community
2nd April - John Macdonald - Schoolmaster's Diary
7th May - AGM followed by Bruce Field - Golspie Gas Works
3rd September - Shirley Sutherland - Golspie & WW1 - Exhibition & Review
1st October - Bruce Field - The Mound Causeway and Sluices
4th November - Hamish Johnstone - Indian Regiments in Sutherland
3rd December - Rod Houston - Golspie Golf Club - 125 years
2015
2nd January - Ceilidh
4th February - John Mackay - Scenes around Sutherland
4th March - Scilla Aitchison - Littleferry, Part 2
1st April - Malcolm Bangor Jones - Exploring Golspie's History
6th May - AGM followed by Donna Heddle - From the fury of the Northmen, good Lord, deliver us?
- Re-evaluating the Norse Legacy in the North of Scotland
2nd September - Susan Kruz Women’s Suffrace in Sutherland - an Investigation!
7th October - Elizabeth Ritchie Why Did the Clearances Happen?
3rd November - TUESDAY Eric Paterson River Brora - Sea to Source
2nd December - Allan Barclay Recollections
2016
2nd January - Ceilidh
3rd February - Nick Lindsay Old Clyne School-A Serious & Amusing History
2nd March - John Mackay New Old Photos
6th April - Jacqueline Aitkin Herring Fishing in Helmsdale
4th May - AGM Speaker to be confirmed
7th September - Outing to Brora Heritage Centre (Need a lift, let us know)
5th October - Jim Leslie - The History of Highland Hospitals
2nd November - Robin Sutherland - RMS Queen Mary - Maiden Voyage
7th December - Anne Coombs - Sheilings: Their Story So Far
2017
2nd January - Ceilidh
1st February - John Macdonald - Sheep Farms of East Sutherland
1st March - John Mackay - New Old Photos
5th April - Archivist - The Work of the Highland Archive Service
3rd May - AGM - Susan Kruz - Thomas Telford in the Kyle of Sutherland
6th September - John Macdonald - Railways Revisited (archives of Richard Noakes)
4th October - Bruce Field - Diary of an Engineer
1st November - Morag Sutherland & Ellen Lindsay - Clyne War Memorial & Golspie Connections
6th December - Robin Johnston - Gardens & NS Plates of times gone by.
2018
2nd January - Ceilidh
7th February - John Mackay - New Old Photos
7th March - Scilla Aitchison - Golspie Parochial Board
4th April - Michael Shaw - Golspie Mill
2nd May - AGM and Eric Paterson - Reminiscing - The Kirk and more ...
5th September - Doreen Leith Wick Voices
3rd October - Our Photo Collections
7th November - Mike Lunan The Far North Line, then, now and …
6th December - Alan Ewing Memories of Dunrobin
2019
2nd January - Ceilidh
6th February - James Yuill Geoff
6th March - John Mackay New Old Photos
3rd April - Patrick Marriot Golspie Remembers 1914-1918
1st May - Malcolm Bangor Jones AGM and From Sutherland to Canada
2020
2nd January - Ceilidh
5th February - Alan Ewan Sutherland, a Hanoverian County and the Jacobites
4th March - John Mackay New Old Photos
1st April - Lorna Jappy North Highland Tales (Postponed)
6th May - Robin Sutherland AGM and The Train that stopped for a PHEW (Postponed)
NO FURTHER TALKS TOOK PLACE UNTIL MAY, 2023 DUE TO WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC
