Directory of Speakers

The Scottish Local History Forum and its Member Organisations have speakers from time to time. Below is a list of Speakers of whom we are currently aware which may be of interest. Please contact the Speaker direct regarding availability and references, if required.
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Speaker Email Home location Dates available
Vincent Gillen vpgillen@gmail.com Greenock
  • Pretty flexible on this
  • Sugar, Ships & Slavery - the growth of Greenock
  • The Greenock Blitz
  • French Naval Forces in Greenock in WW2
  • Greenock & the Irish Connection
  • Inverclyde in WW2
  • the 5th Argylls in WW1
  • The Greenock Stowaways
  • The Woman's Realm
Lorraine Murray Lorraineq47@gmail.com Glasgow
  • Evenings or Weekends
  • Scottish Witchcraft
Lara Haggerty Info@innerpeffraylibrary.co.uk Crieff
  • Year round
  • Introduction to Innerpeffray library
  • Garden of History
  • Past times
Dr Phil Back phil@philback.co.uk York (but frequently travel to Scotland)
  • Any
  • Origins of Scotland’s Country Parks
  • Origins of individual country parks
  • Elisabeth Beazley
  • Protest at Pollok
  • The rise and decline of Tourism at Rumbling Bridge
  • Rumbling Bridge: A hamlet through time
  • A difference of view - countryside policy
  • NTS: Conservation, recreation, or both?
Dr Ian Maclellan imaclellan@yahoo.com Glasgow
  • 1st Nov to 18 Dec 2026
  • 6 Jan to 31 March 2027
  • Please contact for dates outside these ranges
  • Hunting and Game Control in Early Modern Breadalbane
  • Hunting and Poaching in Early Modern Scotland
  • The Mamlorn Forest Dispute, 1730-1744
Craig Statham craigstatham1969@gmail.com Newbattle
  • All
  • The Polish Army in Scotland