Milngavie Heritage Centre

Professor Paul Bishop will be giving a talk on 'Dougalston: A Tobacco Lord's Estate' on Monday, 10th October 2016, in the Heritage Centre in Milngavie Town Hall. The meeting will start at 07.30 pm. Entry is free.

The following information may be of interest. 

The latest in a series of special events that are exploring the impact of the First World War on East Dunbartonshire is taking place in Milngavie.  

The fun, free event, which will take place in Milngavie Town Hall on Saturday 13 February between 12pm and 4pm, is part of the East Dunbartonshire's War project and will feature a number of interesting activities for people of all ages. It follows on from previous successful events held in Bishopbriggs, Kirkintilloch, Bearsden and Lennoxtown last year.

Visitors will be also able to experience what life was like for children during the War with an arts and crafts workshop, dressing up and other fun activities such as the 1914 photo corner. You can take part in a First World War Photoshop activity at the pop-up Fab Lab while the living history group The Gordon Highlanders 1914-18 will bring history to life for visitors as they recreate as accurately as possible what life was like for soldiers during the First World War.
Experts from the Scottish Military Research Group will be on hand to help people learn more about research as well as their wartime memorabilia such as medals, postcards and photographs while there will be stories from the Archives on display. 

You can join in with a drama workshop or sit down and listen to some storytelling from the First World War. You can also learn what life like in the trenches and on the home front from a series of informative displays. 

The East Dunbartonshire's War project is generously supported by the Scottish Government Public Library Improvement Fund and East Dunbartonshire Council. Entry is free and free refreshments will be provided.  

Keep up-to-date with East Dunbartonshire's War and find out about future events by following us on Facebook -www.facebook.com/EastDunbartonshiresWar 

Forthcoming meetings

Wednesday 7th May 2014
Milngavie Community Council will be holding their AGM within the Fraser Centre.  A notice will be placed in the local paper advising of time and in the notice board within the precinct.  This is an opportunity for residents to go along and raise any issues that they would wish the Community Council to address.  Thomas Glen from East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture Trust will be providing an update on the Allander Sports Centre.  Start time will either be 7 or 7.30 p.m.
see also the Milngavie Herald

Wednesday 14th May 2014
Cala have changed the date of their consultation on Craigton Woods from 13th to 14th May 2014 still in the Lesser Hall within Milngavie Town Hall between 12 - 6 p.m.

Friday 16th May 2014
Milngavie Heritage Centre will be holding their AGM in the Centre within Milngavie Town Hall at 7.30 p.m.

Heritage Week

As part of the Local History Week, Milngavie Heritage Centre will be holding an exhibition within the Heritage Centre which is now located within the former District Court Room at the Town Hall. Following on from the success of their last Heritage Week, the theme for this exhibition is Sport.

There will be an opening ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday 3 March 2012 and the Centre will be open from 3-10 March except Sunday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.

There will also be two additional talks on Monday 5 March and Wednesday 7 March both at 7.30 p.m. The Monday night presentation will be a general one on sport within the area. The Wednesday night will be a short presentation and question and answer session on the West Highland Way. Mr Tom Hunter who originally started the West Highland Way over 30 years ago will be in attendance. This is a good opportunity to ask questions or learn a bit about the Way.

For more information about this and other events in the Local History week, please see the publicity material produced by the council.

Heritage Week, 27 August to 3 September 2011

Milngavie Heritage Centre Group is holding a Heritage Week from 27th August to 3rd September 2011. The venue will be the former Court Room attached to Milngavie Town Hall. It will be open from 9.30 a.m. till 4 p.m. each day during the week except Sunday, and there will be an official opening ceremony at 10.30 a.m. on Saturday 27th August 2011. There will be displays and a competition.

The Heritage Group would like to establish a permanent site for a Milngavie Heritage Centre and have identified the former Court Room as a possibility. However, more importantly, they would like to build a collection of information and pictures regarding the local and surrounding areas. If anyone has information or pictures which they can either copy and bring along, or bring them along and have them copied on the spot and returned, please do so. The group would be delighted to receive them.

Douglas Academy local history group will also be in attendance. They hope to get people to sign up for their "oral history" project, and they, too, would love to hear from people, so come along and support this worthy project.

For further information, see the Milngavie Heritage Centre website.

Milngavie Heritage Centre website

The Milngavie Heritage Centre now has a website at
www.milngavieheritage.org.

The Heritage Centre Group will be holding their AGM on Thursday 19th May 2011 at 7 p.m. within the former District Court Room attached to the Town Hall. A warm invitation is extended to all within the community.

They are now looking to increase their committee and create a proper membership of all those interested in Heritage matters within Milngavie and Bearsden and the surrounding area. It is felt that, with current Council cutbacks, valuable information could otherwise be lost.

Looking further ahead, once a centre is established, volunteers will be required to help with manning it. This could be a very rewarding job as there will be the opportunity to meet many interesting people.