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2007-8 Lectures
Previous lectures:

Drove roads

Sciberscross

Art & Landscapes

Land Boundaries

Volunteer Troops

Crofting

The Society organises 6 evening lectures during the winter months and these are held in the Brora Community Centre, at the rear of Brora Primary School. All talks begin at 7.30pm and most are held on a Thursday.

This season’s programme is as follows:

  • Thursday, September 20th 2007
    Bordering on the Ridiculous - a boundary dispute between Sutherland estates. Illustrated lecture by Nick Lindsay.

  • Thursday, October 18th 2007
    The Victorian Volunteers - Michael Simpson (Golspie)

  • Thursday, November 15th 2007
    Pre-clearance Farm Maps - Nick Lindsay

  • Thursday, February 21st 2008
    Talbot House - 1915 to ?: a Haven in Hell (World War I) - Morag Sutherland (Brora)

  • Thursday, March 20th 2008 (AGM)
    Community Archaeology on Scottish Coasts: a case study on Brora Back Beach - Jacquie Aitken

  • Thursday, April 17th 2008
    Learning to Forget: thoughts on the body, memory and transmission - Clare Pencak

  • Thursday, June 19th 2008
    Highland Lives, memories and reminiscences