Breadalbane Heritage Society

As our replacement for the normal winter season of public meetings held in the Breadalbane Campus in Aberfeldy, we are continuing with our successful foray into presenting a winter season of Zoom meetings and talks in 2021.

In September, Colin Liddell gave a talk on ‘Pitlochry in 3s’; in October, Lesley Whitwood asked the question ‘Where have all the churches gone?’ and last month, Helen Stewart presented a talk on ‘Researching your Family History in Scotland’.  These were all well attended with between 45 and 60 people viewing each of these online presentations.

We are continuing this series of Zoom talks with:

• a Quiz Night on Friday, 15^th January.  This will be a fun and informative evening to brighten up January blues, including questions on the history, archaeology, antiquities, folklore and natural history of Breadalbane and beyond, providing opportunities to gain more knowledge of these topics;
• on Friday, 19^th February, a talk on ‘The Roman Army in Perthshire’ will be presented by Jim Walker.  Jim presented an excellent talk on the Antonine Wall to the Society last year and is now returning to tell us about camps, forts, fortlets and signal stations established and used by the Roman army in Perthshire during the 1^st and 2^nd centuries A.D.
• ‘Aberfeldy Past and Present’, a talk by Tommy Pringle on Friday, 19^th March.  Tommy will be presenting a series of photographs taken over the last 150 years showing changes to buildings in Aberfeldy starting in Kenmore Street and working along to the Distillery.  This follows on from a series of photos taken by Alan Proud.

These talks are free to attend.  To register your interest, or if you have any queries on the above, please send an email to Ian Stewart at bhsaberfeldy@gmail.com.  A few days before each meeting, Ian will email you the Zoom joining details.