Events

SLHF Conferences attract a variety of interested parties and are held in locations around Scotland. The AGM and a conference are held in the autumn and we also aim to hold a spring activity, such as workshop, fair or conference.

Recent Conference Subjects

Local History in the 5-14 Curriculum | Scottish Interiors | Scots Abroad | Sources for Scottish Local History | Maps for Local History | Scottish Childhoods | The Scottish Landed Estate | Scottish Burghs | The Statistical Accounts of Scotland | Scotland and Slavery | Perspectives on the Past | Scotland's Horticultural Heritage | A Zest for Information!: Sir John Sinclair's contribution to Scottish Local History | Travellers, Turnpikes & Tar: 1000 years of Scotland's Roads | For Reliefe of the Pure & Impotent: welfare in Scotland before the welfare state | Salt, Sun & Shivering: Scots at the Seaside 1750-2000 | Trades & Crafts in Scotland, medieval to modern | Crime & Punishment | Down to the Sea in Ships | Safe as Houses - Scotland's defensive buildings through time | Fairs, Fetes & Festivals | After the War Is Over - The Legacy of WW1

Volunteers to help with Forum activities, and suggestions for topics and venues for future events are always welcome.

Upcoming Events

Use the search boxes below to search titles by keyword or search by town/city: or you can sort by clicking on Location or Member Organisation. You can also view by month on the Calendar.

Start Date Title Location Member Organisation
3 Feb 2020 - 19:30 Bridgescapes, an illustrated talk Glasgow Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society
5 Feb 2020 - 19:30 Old Glasgow Through the Lens Stirling Loch Ard Local History Group
10 Feb 2020 - 19:30 HMS Trarlair & Memories of Hawkscraig Admiralty Experimental Establishment Aberdour 1915-1918 Dalkeith
10 Feb 2020 - 19:30 HMS Tarlair & Memories of Hawkcraig Admiralty Experimental Establishment Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
12 Feb 2020 - 19:30 Music in the Stewartry Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright History Society
20 Feb 2020 - 19:30 Dunfermline: WW1 through to 1918 Election Dunfermline Dunfermline Historical Society
21 Feb 2020 - 19:30 Programme Aberfeldy Breadalbane Heritage Society ( SCO 49382)
2 Mar 2020 - 19:30 The Darien Scheme Glasgow Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society
4 Mar 2020 - 19:30 Carron Iron Works 1759-1982 Stirling Loch Ard Local History Group
9 Mar 2020 - 19:30 The Briggers Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
19 Mar 2020 - 19:30 History Meets Fiction in Border Brothers Dunfermline Dunfermline Historical Society
20 Mar 2020 - 19:30 Programme Aberfeldy Breadalbane Heritage Society ( SCO 49382)
1 Apr 2020 - 19:30 The Bonhill man who Invented Ice. Stirling Loch Ard Local History Group
6 Apr 2020 - 19:30 Excavating the Galloway Hoard Glasgow Milngavie and Bearsden Historical Society
13 Apr 2020 - 19:30 Witchcraft Dalkeith Dalkeith History Society
16 Apr 2020 - 19:30 Bonnie Prince Charlie Dunfermline Dunfermline Historical Society
21 May 2020 - 19:30 Woodlands and Warfare in Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Dunfermline Historical Society
16 Oct 2020 - 19:30 Programme Aberfeldy Breadalbane Heritage Society ( SCO 49382)