After the War Is Over - The Legacy of WW1

The Great War was destructive but it also generated many advances in Scotland that continue to resonate today - the birth of re-constructive medicine, the rise of social care, the emancipation of women, and the decline of the large estates as well as leaving numerous memorials that commemorate the millions of people who paid the ultimate price.

Programme

09.45-10.15 COFFEE & REGISTRATION

10.15-12.45 MORNING SESSION

Chairman’s Welcome
Professor Chris Whatley, OBE, SLHF Hon President

The Power of the Poppy
Elaine Edwards, National Museums of Scotland

Limbs, Lives and Legacy: A century of Erskine Hospital
Professor Ken Paterson, University of Glasgow

Get the Farm for the People: Post-WW1 rural land settlement schemes
Dr Annie Tindley, Newcastle University

Speculators, Lairds and Feuars: Breaking-up landed estates in the 1920s
Dr Douglas Lockhart, SLHF

12.45-14.00 LUNCH
12.50-13.15 AGM
13.15-14.00 SLIDE and FILM PRESENTATIONS

14.00-16.15 AFTERNOON SESSION

Reaping the Hard Vrocht Grun: Some aspects of the aftermath of WW1 in Aberdeenshire
Ruaraidh Wishart, Aberdeen City & Aberdeenshire Archives

A Lasting Memorial to the Fallen and a Source of Local History: Scotland’s rolls of honour
Dr Linda Riddell, SLHF

Bristling with Guns: War trophies in Perthshire and Fife 1919-1939
Dr Michael Taylor, SLHF

Branching Out: The impact and legacy of WW1 on the Scottish allotment movement
Dr Hannah Connelly, Northlight Heritage

16.30 CLOSE

Tickets

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Doris Williamson, SLHF Administrator, Box 103, 12 South Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1DD