Programme
Perthshire Society of Natural Science
141st Winter Syllabus-Programme of Lectures
Open Meetings
Friday,17th October
The MacAlpine Memorial Lecture
“Patrick Geddes and Regional Survey”
Mr.Kenneth MacLean, Perth.
Friday,31st October
“Early Perth Public Transport Systems”
Mr.Alan Condie, Perth.
Friday,14th November
“Curation,Collection and Cultivation at
the Royal Botanical Gardens,Edinburgh”
John Mitchell, RBGE.
Friday,28th November
“Little and Large (Namibia / Botswana)”
Moira Hutchison, Redgorton.
Friday,5th December
“Return of the Beaver”
Simon Jones, Reserve Manager,Scottish
Wildlife Trust. (Joint Meeting with local
SWT groups of Perth and Perthshire)
Friday,12th December
“Canary Island Hopping”
Mr.Bob Mitchell, Elie.
2009
Friday,9th January
“Image and Sound in Harmony”
Stirling and District CC, Audio-Visual Section
Friday,23rd January
“The Southern Upland Way”
Desmond Bassett, Perth.
(Joint Meeting with Perth Mountaineering
Club)
Friday,6th February
“Tsunamis in Scotland”
Professor Alastair Dawson, Aberdeen Institute
for Coastal Science and Management,
University of Aberdeen.
Friday 20th February
“Natural History of the Falkland Islands”
Dr.Alistair Lavery, RSPB.
Friday 6th March
Members’Night
Contributions by Members on topics
of interest.
Friday,20th March
Annual General Meeting
to be followed by the
Presidential Address.
Meetings are held in Perth Museum and Art Gallery and begin at 7.30 p.m.
Dates for your Diary in 2008-2009
Friday, 24th October, 2008
“Under the Counter-Meeting the
Challenge of setting up the Shop
Exhibition in Perth Museum and
Art Gallery.”
Ms Sue Payne will give a short talk
and final look at the Exhibition.
Meet at Perth Museum, George St
at 6:30pm.
Saturday, 2nd May, 2009
Visit to the Scottish Mining Museum,
Newtongrange in the forenoon. Picnic
lunch followed by visit to Armiston
House, Midlothian for a guided tour
at 2pm.
Wednesday, 1st July, 2009
Afternoon visit to Glenfarg Water-
works with a guide.
Meet at Glenfarg at 1:30pm.
Saturday, 5th September, 2009
A Walk through Kinross.
Historical and architectural tour
of Kinross with Mrs.Mary Muirhead.
Walk begins at 2pm.
May, 2009
Perth Festival of the Arts.
Photography Exhibition by
Perthshire Photographic Society
(PSNS).
NB.Members of PSNS, relatives
and friends attend the outings
at their own risk.
Full details of Outings 2009 will be available in February 2009.
NB. Members of the PSNS, relatives and friends attend the outings at their own risk.