What we’ve done this week
This week we've been indexing Eileen Cox's research collection! It is a wealth of fantastic local research compiled over many years. This will be an invaluable resource for future research within the archive.Our next archaeology and history club workshop is with James...
What we have done this week…
Last Friday we had our "Conversation with...Paul Maclennan" who visitied our Archaeology and History Club to tell them about the Murthly Archives and some interesting snippets of information from them. This talk went fantastically and was super interesting. As you can...
What we’ve done this week…
This week has included lots of prep work for the events on Friday and Saturday evening. On Friday evening we have another Archaeology and History club event, we have Paul McLennan the Murthly Estate archivist coming to the Perth Arms as part of our " Conversation...
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This week, our Young Archaeologists had the pleasure of a visit from Dr Gavin Lindsay who taught them all about Pottery Illustration. Thanks to Perth Museum's Roman Handling Kit, the children got to work with and draw authentic Roman pottery. A huge thanks to Gavin...
What we have done this week
Autumn is here! Things are starting to get chilly here in Dunkeld and the leaves are beginning to change colour. We even had a chat about extreme winter weather in previous years at Monday memories. Does anyone remember the big freeze of 1962/63?A local woman drawing...
What we’ve done this week…
There has been lots on this week! Monday began with a visit in The Cross from a Military VS Cancer group taking part in the challenge of pulling a 1-ton Field Gun all the way from John O’Groats to Land’s End – over 1,000 miles on foot – to raise funds and awareness...
What we’ve done this week…
You guessed it, we've had another busy week! Monday memories had a productive day with two new attendees! We are always happy for new members to get involved so please contact us to join, or just come along to a session.Our Young Archaeologists' Club had been on a...
What we’ve done this week
A lovely visit we recieved from the Friends of Perth and Kinross Archive!This week we were in full swing organising our autumn and winter events!The first of our autumn/winter "Conversations with..." series of talks begin next week with Dr Allan Kennedy who is an...
What we have done this week
We had a brilliant Jacobite Festival weekend with the Sir Arthur Erskine Regiment from the 22nd to the 24th of August. Guided tours, a fantastic talk on the Taybank Terrace and a reenactment encampment in the park. We can't wait for next year's festival to do it all...