{"id":7,"date":"2014-04-22T20:16:10","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T20:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kincardinehistory.com\/wp\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-10-05T13:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T12:42:07","slug":"syllabus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kincardinehistory.com\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Here is our syllabus of talks for the 2025\/26 season. If you or anyone you know have a talk you think may be of interest to our group please contact <a style=\"color: blue;\" href=\"mailto:info@kincardinehistory.co.uk\">Kincardine Local History Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Meetings are held from 2-4pm once a month throughout the\u00a0<span class=\"GramE\">winter<\/span> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/QEAkxV7npAG5wazM8\">Small Church Hall, Kirk Street, Kincardine, FK10 4PT<\/a>. Visitors are always very welcome.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">8th October 2025:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;The Dambusters&#8217; Air Raid&#8221; by Roy Johnstone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">12th November 2025:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;World War I Thro&#8217; Falkirk Archives&#8221; by Geoff Bailey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">10th December 2025:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Gothenburg Pubs&#8221; by Craig Mair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">14th January 2026:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Old Kincarine Postcards&#8221; by Willie Anderson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">11th February 2026:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;History of the Highland Games&#8221; by Craig Dunbar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">11th March 2026:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;The Driving Force &#8211; Part 1&#8221; by Willie McKie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">26th March 2026:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;A.G.M.\/&#8221;The Driving Force &#8211; Part 2&#8221; by Willie McKie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For questions regarding membership or the syllabus please contact:\u00a0<a style=\"color: blue;\" href=\"mailto:info@kincardinehistory.co.uk\">Kincardine Local History Group<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Here is the syllabus for the 2024\/25 season for reference:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">9th October 2024:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Abdication Crisis of 1936 and the Real Wallis Simpson&#8221; by Roy Johnstone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">13th November 2024:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Women at War&#8221; by Geoff Bailey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">11th December 2024:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;A Journey of a Lifetime&#8221; by Ewa McDonald<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">8th January 2025:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Commonwealth War Graves Commission&#8221; by Jim Leggat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">12th February 2025:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Mary Queen of Scots&#8221; by Ian Scott<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">12th March 2025:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Building the Channel Tunnel&#8221; (DVD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">27th March 2025:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;A.G.M.\/What&#8217;s in a Name&#8221; by Bruce Keith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For questions regarding membership or the syllabus please contact:\u00a0<a style=\"color: blue;\" href=\"mailto:info@kincardinehistory.co.uk\">Kincardine Local History Group<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the syllabus for the 2023\/24 season for reference:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">11th October 2023:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Life In Scotland In The Good Old Days&#8221; by Roy Johnstone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">8th November 2023:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Dunfermline Opera House&#8221; by Willie McKie (DVD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">13th December 2023:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;The Redding Pit Disaster&#8221; by Ian Scott<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">10th January 2024:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Pylon Construction&#8221; by Ally Stocks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">14th February 2024:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Castle Rankine Prisoner-Of-War Camp&#8221; by Geoff Bailey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">13th March 2024:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Underground Scotland&#8221; by Bruce Keith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">27th March 2024:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;A.G.M.\/Signs&#8221; by Eddie Taylor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For questions regarding membership or the syllabus please contact:\u00a0<a style=\"color: blue;\" href=\"mailto:info@kincardinehistory.co.uk\">Kincardine Local History Group<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the syllabus for the 2022\/23 season for reference:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">12th October 2022:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Cuban Missile Crisis&#8221; by Roy Johnstone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">9th November 2022:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Scottish Milestones&#8221; by Bruce Keith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">14th December 2022:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Changing Face of Dunfermline&#8221; by Willie McKie (DVD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">11th January 2023:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Arial View&#8221; by Ally Stocks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">8th February 2023:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Stirling &#8211; Town to Castle&#8221; by Ian Scott<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">8th March 2023:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Shipbuilding in the Falkirk District&#8221; by Geoff Bailey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">22nd March 2023:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;A.G.M.\/Scottish Vintage Bus Museum&#8221; by Eddie Taylor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For questions regarding membership or the syllabus please contact:\u00a0<a style=\"color: blue;\" href=\"mailto:info@kincardinehistory.co.uk\">Kincardine Local History Group<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the syllabus for the 2020\/21 season for reference:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">13th October 2021:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;The Battle of the Somme&#8221; 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Fall Of Napoleon&#8221; by\u00a0Roy Johnstone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">14th November 2018:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Life On Alloa Inch Farm&#8221; by Margaret MacGregor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">5th December 2018:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;On My Way Home From Work&#8221; by Derek Quinn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">9th January 2019:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;The Camino de Santiago &#8211; A Walk In Galicia&#8221; by Jack Bairner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">13th February 2019:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;The Allandale Pipers&#8221; by\u00a0John Reid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">13th March 2019:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;On The Buses&#8221; by\u00a0Geoff Bailey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">27th March 2019:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;A.G.M.\/Great Dorset Steam Fair&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For questions regarding membership or the syllabus please contact:\u00a0<a style=\"color: blue;\" href=\"mailto:info@kincardinehistory.co.uk\">Kincardine Local History Group<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the syllabus for the 2017\/18 season for reference:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">11th October 2017:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;The Rise of Hitler&#8221; by\u00a0Roy Johnstone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">8th November 2017:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Logie the first 1000 years&#8221; by Eleanor Young<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">6th December 2017:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Indian Peter&#8221; by Alec Shuttleworth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">10th January 2018:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;The Mercat Cross&#8221; by\u00a0Ally Stocks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">14th February 2018:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Outlander&#8221; by\u00a0Gerry McMullan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">14th March 2018:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;The Carron Line&#8221; by\u00a0Geoff Bailey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">28th March 2018:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;Member&#8217;s Afternoon\u00a0&amp; A.G.M.&#8221; &#8211; A relaxed and informal\u00a0opportunity for members to show slides from their own collections<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the syllabus for the 2016\/17 season for reference:<\/p>\n<h2>12th October 2016:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The Assassination Of President Kennedy&#8221; by\u00a0Roy Johnstone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>9th November 2016:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The Harry Lauder Story&#8221; by\u00a0Ian Tennent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>7th December 2016:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The Story Of The Forth&#8221; by\u00a0John Reid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>11th January 2017:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Construction Of Longannet Power Station&#8221; by\u00a0Ally Stocks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>8th February 2017:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Outlander&#8221; by\u00a0Gerry McMullan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>8th March 2017:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The Circular Tram Route&#8221; by\u00a0Geoff Bailey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>22nd March 2017:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Member&#8217;s Afternoon\u00a0&amp; A.G.M.&#8221; &#8211; A relaxed and informal\u00a0opportunity for members to show slides from their own collections<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the syllabus for the 2015\/16 season for reference:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000;\">14th October 2015:<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<li>&#8220;The History of deer and man in Britain&#8221; 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