{"id":11,"date":"2017-01-18T16:22:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T16:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/cockenzieportseton\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-10-04T17:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:49:14","slug":"events-programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/cockenzieportseton\/events-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Events Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"

2025\/26 Programme – starts 14th October 2025<\/h3>\n

Dates and confirmed speakers: talks start at 7pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Talks take place in Port Seton Bowling Club.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday 14th October 2025\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘Cockenzie & Port Seton Fishing Industry: Archie\u2019s Memories of the Sea’<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (Archie Johnson)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday 11th November<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0‘<\/span><\/span>Hand Built History \u2013 A WW1 Aircraft<\/span><\/span>‘ <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(Tim Rayner)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday 9th December<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0‘<\/span><\/span>Eco-Museum of Scottish Mining Landscapes Scotland’s first industrial eco-museum<\/span><\/span>‘ <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(Catherine Mills\/Aileen McFarlan)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday 13th January 2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘The Postie Calls: 1800 – 1945’\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>(David Haire)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday10th February\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘Walking Pilgrim Routes’\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>(Tom Brownlee )<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday 10th March\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span>‘The Italians who settled in East Lothian in the early 20th century – Friend or Foe? ‘\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(Mary Contini)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2024\/25 Programme – starts 14th January 2025<\/h3>\n

Dates and confirmed speakers: talks start at 7pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Talks take place in Port Seton Bowling Club.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Tuesday 14 January 2025\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0    'Old Picture Houses of East Lothian<\/strong>' (Dr Hanita Ritchie)<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
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    Tuesday 11th February  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 'Collegiate Churches of the Lothians<\/strong>'<\/span> (Bryan Hickman)<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
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    Tuesday 11th March  \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 'Cockenzie Harbour<\/strong><\/span>' (Ed Bethune 1722 Waggonway Project)<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
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    Tuesday 8 April    \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0             <\/span>'The Auld Kirk' - <\/span><\/strong>Angela Blakely \/ Marietta di Ciacca \r\n\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    We need some new committee members.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Some of the tasks include helping to set up the room and help with the refreshments on the night.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    If you are interested or want to speak to someone to get more information, then please get in contact with us.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    email rosemarypat@aol.com<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Thanks<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Rosemary Paterson<\/div>\n
    Cockenzie and Port Seton Local History Society<\/div>\n
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    2023\/24 Programme –<\/h3>\n
    Dates and confirmed speakers: talks start at 7pm<\/strong><\/p>\n
    Talks will take place in Port Seton Bowling Club.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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      Tuesday 12 September 2023\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (no talk)<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
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      Tuesday 10 October\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 '<\/span>The Remarkable Women of East Lothian: A History in Pictures<\/span><\/strong> (Dr Hanita Ritchie)<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
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      Tuesday 14 November\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0'<\/span>Lighthouse Lives<\/span><\/strong>' (Martine Robertson)<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
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      Tuesday 12 December\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>'Tapestries of Scotland and Beyond'<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 (Andrew Crummy)<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
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      Tuesday 9 January 2024\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 '<\/span>Bricks with a Story<\/span><\/strong>.' (Mark Cranston)<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
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      Tuesday 13 February\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>'Powerful Prestongrange: From Monks to Bricks'<\/span><\/strong> (Deborah Chalmers & Dr Hanita Ritchie)<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
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      Tuesday 12 March\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 '<\/span>Travels & Travails of the Scots Herring Girls<\/span><\/strong>' (Jill De Fresnes)<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
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      Tuesday 9th April\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 '<\/span>East Lothian at War<\/span><\/strong>' (David Haire)<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      2022\/23 Programme –<\/h3>\n
      Dates and confirmed speakers: talks start at 7pm<\/strong><\/p>\n
      Talks will take place in Port Seton Bowling Club.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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        13 September 2022 - 'Norman Churches of the Lothians' <\/strong>(Bryan Hickman)<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
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        Tuesday 11 October - 'The Salt Industry around Cockenzie, some recent thoughts and discoveries.'<\/strong> (Gareth Jones)<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
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        Tuesday 8 November - 'In Their Own Words.. Collecting Memories and Recollections'<\/strong> (short films) - (Jill De Fresnes)<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
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        Tuesday 13 December - The Past is Always With Us - Charlie Horne \u2018From fishing boats to minesweepers\u2019 <\/strong>(Martine Robertson)\r\n                      An illustrated video, with extracts from recorded archives of the life of local fisherman and D Day Veteran Charlie Horne.<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
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        Tuesday 10 January - '1722 Waggonway Trust: Update on latest excavations<\/strong>' (Ed Bethune)<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
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        Tuesday 14 February- 'The Traprain Treasure \u2013 latest research on a remarkable Roman silver hoard'<\/strong> (Dr. Fraser Hunter, National Museums Scotland)<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
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         Tuesday 14 March - '\u00a0\"Go to school or go to help your mother in the shop\"'<\/strong>  (Mary Contini)<\/pre>\n
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        2021\/22 Programme – @Port Seton Centre<\/h3>\n
        Dates and confirmed speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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        • 08 March 2022 – Robert Burns’ Links with East Lothian (Gordon Jamieson)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          2020\/21 Programme<\/h3>\n
          9 August 2020 – Unfortunatley, due to the current coronavirus pandemic, the local history talks are postponed until further notice.<\/p>\n
          2019\/20 Programme<\/h3>\n
          Dates and confirmed speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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          • 11 Sept 2019 – 30th<\/sup> Anniversary celebration + AGM<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
          • 8 Oct 2019\u00a0 \u00a0 –\u00a0 From Braegreen to the Dean: <\/b>Witches and Witchcraft in the 17th<\/sup> century<\/b><\/b> (Joyce Miller<\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n
          • 12 Nov 2019 – \u201cMary…keep an eye on the shop <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>while I help your Uncle Alex!\u201d <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/strong>(<\/span><\/span>Mary Contin<\/span><\/span>i<\/span><\/span>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
          • 11 Dec 2019 – Seasonal Cheer: How Christmas was celebrated during <\/b>WW<\/b>1 and WW2 <\/b><\/b>(Ruth Boreham<\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n
          • 14 Jan 2020 –\u00a0 Aberlady: A sense of place <\/b><\/b>(Ian Malcolm)<\/li>\n
          • 11 Feb 2020 – Cockenzie House and Gardens Revealed <\/b>(Marietta Di Ciacca)<\/li>\n
          • 10 Mar 2020 – Coal, seaweed and sand- how East Lothian became the crucible of the Scottish Glass Industry in the 17th and 18th centuries\u00a0 <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>(Helen Spencer)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
            Dates and confirmed speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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            • 11 Sept 2018 – “S<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>earch for Lost Palace of Seton”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>(<\/span><\/span>Gordon Neil, Billy Campbell & Frank Chambers<\/span><\/span>)\u00a0 \u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>AGM<\/li>\n
            • 9 Oct 2018 –\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Seton – A Missing Burgh<\/strong>(Aaron Allen<\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n
            • 13 Nov 2018 –\u00a0F<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/strong>isherman<\/b><\/strong> <\/b>to<\/b><\/strong> C<\/b><\/strong>rime<\/b><\/strong> W<\/b><\/strong>riter (part 2)\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/span>(<\/span>Peter Ritchie<\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n
            • 11 Dec 2018 – Members Christmas Social<\/strong><\/li>\n
            • 8\u00a0Jan 2019 –\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Great Tapestry of Scotland and other tapestries<\/strong>(Andrew Crummy)<\/li>\n
            • 12 Feb 2019 –\u00a0 \u00a0Life of Sir Walter Scott\u00a0<\/strong>(Hamish Reid)<\/li>\n
            • 12 Mar 2019 –\u00a0On the trail of Mary Queen of Scots\u00a0in East Lothian<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>(Fiona Edwards)<\/li>\n
            • Apr 2019 –\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Visit to place of local interest TBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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              2017\/18 Programme<\/h3>\n
              Dates and confirmed speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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              • 12 Sept 2017 – AGM and History of Hamilton House<\/strong> (Jim Nisbet)<\/li>\n
              • 10 Oct 2017 – The Siege of Haddington 1548-49<\/strong> (Gerald Urwin)<\/li>\n
              • 14 Nov 2017 – From Fisherman to Crime Writer<\/strong> (Peter Ritchie)<\/li>\n
              • 12 Dec 2017 –\u00a0Christmas Social<\/li>\n
              • 9\u00a0Jan 2018 – Fishwives’ Lives and Their Costumes<\/strong> (Olive Richardson)<\/li>\n
              • 13\u00a0Feb 2018-\u00a01722 Waggonway – Scotland’s First Railway<\/strong> (Ed Bethune)<\/li>\n
              • 13 Mar 2018 –\u00a0Oyster Fishing in the Forth<\/strong> (Archie Johnston)<\/li>\n
              • Apr 2018 – Visit to place of local interest TBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                2016\/17 Programme<\/strong><\/h3>\n
                Dates and confirmed speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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                • 13 Sept 2016 – AGM and Preston Lodge High School Films<\/li>\n
                • 11 Oct 2016 – WW2: First on Britain: The Raid on the Forth<\/li>\n
                • 8 Nov 2016 – History of Wallyford<\/li>\n
                • 13 Dec 2016 – Social Evening<\/li>\n
                • 10 Jan 2017 – East Lothian: Wartime Backwater?<\/li>\n
                • 14 Feb 2017- TBA<\/li>\n
                • 14 Mar 2017 – Battle of Pinkie<\/li>\n
                • Apr 2017 – Visit to place of local interest TBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                  2015-16 Programme<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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                  • AGM & Local History (Sept 2015)<\/li>\n
                  • Historic Tales – Tim Porteous (Oct 2015)<\/li>\n
                  • History of East Fortune Aerodrome – talk by Tony Bray (Nov 2015)<\/li>\n
                  • Social Evening – Dec 15<\/li>\n
                  • Old St Andrews Church Gullane – talk by Bill Nimmo (Jan 2016)<\/li>\n
                  • Reminiscing Night – (Feb 2016)<\/li>\n
                  • Talk on John Muir – talk by Will Collins (Mar 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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