Syllabus

PROGRAMME 2024 – 2025

2024

Wednesday 11 September: Ms Josie Campbell,  “The Work of the Archie Foundation”

Wednesday 9 October: Mr Mike Gibb,  “The Stories behind Songs of North East Scotland”

Wednesday 13 November: Dr Stuart Glover,  “Of Mice and Men : the Story of Penicillin”

 

THURSDAY 12 December: Christmas Lunch at Royal Northern & University Club

 

2025

Wednesday 8 January: Ms Fiona Musk.  “A History of Hospitals in Aberdeen”

Wednesday 12 February: Mr John Ryan,  “Gone to Blazes”

Wednesday 12 March:  Ms Elaine Lindsay.  “Something Corny”

Wednesday 9 April: Mr Jimmy McRae, “Further Adventures”

Wednesday 14 May: Mr Joe McLeod, “The History of Burnbanks Village”

 

Wednesday 11 June:  Annual General Meeting

 

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PROGRAMME 2023 – 2024

Wednesday 13 September – Mr David Parkinson, The Seven Incorporated Trades.

Wednesday 11 October – Ms Amy Maclean, Best Foot Forward!

Wednesday 15 November – Mr Alan Fisher, Writer of crime thrillers set in Scotland (under pseudonym of Harry Fisher)

Wednesday 13 December – Christmas Lunch at Royal Northern University Club

2024
Wednesday 10 January – Ms Keilidh Ewan, The River Dee Trust

Wednesday 14 February – Ms Donna Hutchison, Aberdeen Cyrenians

Wednesday 13 March – Dr Karen Foster, A trip to Bhutan – more than a holiday

Wednesday 10 April – Mr John Johnstone, Wish You’d Been There (The Beach Ballroom and Aberdeen beach)

Wednesday 8 May – Mr John Corall, A Nor’East loon on a Norwegian ‘square rigged’ tall ship

Wednesday 12 June – Annual General Meeting

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PROGRAMME 2022 – 2023

14 SEPT.    Registration with coffee.  A chance to catch up

12 OCT.     Mr Bill Diack – Parks of Aberdeen

09 NOV.     Ms Carol Kinghorn – The Role of the Lord Lieutenant

14 December – Christmas Lunch at Royal Northern University Club

2023
11 JAN.    Mr Adrian C Rowett – Aberdeen’s Street Pastors

08 FEB.    Ms Jean Moncrieff – Rugs from Nepal

08 MAR.   Mr Jimmy McRae – Adventures in Italy

12 APR.    Dr Edmund Stephens – Good models, bad models and bias

10 MAY     Dr Marion White  – Influential Women in the Aberdeen Medical Scene.

14 June – Annual General Meeting & LUNCH

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PROGRAMME 2021 – 2022  (revised 5th January 2022) NOW COMPLETED

08 SEPT 2021  Registration with coffee, a chance to catch up

13 OCT 2021 Professor David Reid – Osteoporosis Specialist and former Dean of Medicine  “Dem Bones, Dem Bones”

10 NOV 2021 Mr Colin Johnston – “The March Stones and Freedom Lands of Aberdeen” 

09 DEC 2021 (THURSDAY) Christmas Lunch at Royal Northern University Club at Noon

12 JAN 2022  CANCELLED Professor Steve Heys (former Dean of Medicine) – “From Home to Front: Reflections on those who served and those left behind in the Great War”

09 FEB 2022    Mr. Neil Cooney – “Fittie”

09 MAR 2022   Professor James Grieve (Retired Prof. of Forensic Pathology) – “Fact and Fiction in Crime”

13 APRIL 2022 Mr. Jimmy McRae (Plantsman at Mains of Drum Garden Centre) – “Travels of a Gardener”

11 MAY 2022    Mr. Charlie Hunter – “Aberdeen Mountain Rescue”

 

08 JUNE 2022 – 1200H  AGM & LUNCH  The Courtyard, at the Marcliffe Hotel, Pitfodels

 

 

 

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PROGRAMME 2020-2021 as at March 2021  (SPEAKERS CANCELLED for this syllabus)

09 SEPT 2020   Malcolm Christie CANCELLED – Colonial District Officer (Aberdeen) “The last years of the British Empire in Africa as seen through my eyes.”   All members sent details of his book should they wish to take up the offer.

10 DEC 2020      XMAS LUNCH + Entertainment RNUC Albyn Place – Wonderful time had by all 

2021

13 JAN       Jean Moncrief – Local Artist /Retired Art Teacher- “A personalised view of Venice and life there during my 8 years residency.”  CANCELLED 4th Jan following extra restrictions by Scottish Govt.

10 FEB       FINANCIAL PLANNING: Inheritance Tax, Estate Planning, Wealth Management – Mandy Knox CANCELLED

10 MAR     Bruce Keith – Bridgescapes “A personal geographical journey celebrating Scotland’s bridge-building engineering heritage”  CANCELLED – request to reschedule to 13th OCTOBER 2021

14 APR      STREETSPORT: Denis Law Legacy – David Suttie (Chief Operating Officer) & Mark (volunteer) CANCELLED

12 MAY   Bob Knight – Author, musician & songwriter of Doric and Scots songs.  Presentation of folklore short stories animated in song CANCELLED

7th JULY  – Coffee Morning – Venue Curl Aberdeen.  Vice-President organised this successful event

11th AUGUST 1200H (noon)  AGM in the Marcliffe Hotel (Business + 2 course lunch, tea/coffee)  Committee arrive 1130H.   Members to arrive after 1145H.