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Brechin Civic Trust News
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6th May, 2009 |
Statement issued by the City of Brechin
Civic Trust in response to an article in the ‘Brechin
Advertiser’ in July 2009. (Click
here to read)
A spokesman for the City of Brechin Civic Trust,
responding to last week’s article which mentioned the
bursary provided by the Trust, requested that it be made
clear that bursary awards do not finance trips abroad.
The ALLAN W. McMANN BURSARY was set up by the Civic Trust in
2007, with the full co-operation of Mr. Steve Dempsey of Brechin
High School, following a substantial legacy left by Mr. McMann.
The intention is to support a Brechin High School pupil for
the duration of an undergraduate course at university and to
encourage young people to take an active interest in the history
and built heritage of Brechin. Each year the successful student
would be offered an annual award of £500, given in two
instalments, for up to four years.
This is the second year that the award has been made but
in addition, on this occasion, the Civic Trust has offered
to purchase the paintings which were part of the submissions
made by the applicants.
Future applicants should bear in mind that submissions
need not be in the form of a painting but can be an essay or
work in some other format. Whatever the medium chosen the
subject must refer to the history or built heritage of
Brechin. This can be a specific event or building or a more
general piece of research.
Last week’s report is a welcome illustration of what
Brechin Civic Trust is trying to do: promote the history and
heritage of our town
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6th May, 2009 |
Archaeologist, Moira Grieg will be giving a presentation on the Scottish
Stone Masons' Marks Project.
The 6th session in a series of talks will be held at the
THI
Office at 32 Panmure Street, starting at 3pm on
Wednesday 6th of
May.
The talks have been organised as part of the
Brechin
Townscape Heritage Initiative project, in
conjunction with the Brechin Civic Trust and
Friends of the Townhouse Museum.
Moira Greig,
Aberdeenshire Archaeological Service, will be giving
a presentation on
Scottish Stone Masons’ marks project. Masons’ marks
are signatures cut into stone wherever the masons’
worked and they hold valuable clues to the construction
of buildings from the Middle Ages to the 18th century,
as well as to the craftsmen who worked on the buildings.
This is a project supported by
Historic Scotland covering the regions of
Aberdeenshire, Moray and Angus and it will produce a
database of all the marks in the area with the help of
local heritage and history societies. The aim is to
discover more about a group of people of which little is
written about.
A number of masons’ marks
have already been recorded in Brechin, including the Cathedral
and the Townhouse Museum. Elsewhere in Angus, a record has been
made of the marks found on the A listed structure Northwater
Bridge, Montrose, where 283 marks were discovered on one span
and 362 on another, equating to 16 different masons.
The talk is free of charge
and will last approximately 45 minutes. As space is limited, you
are advised to book a place beforehand by calling Sarah Kettles,
the THI Project Manager on 01356 623488.
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11th Mar, 2009 |
Archaeologist, George Haggarty will be giving a talk on Scottish Ceramics.
The 8th talk in a series of afternoon and
evening sessions will be held at the Old Registrar’s
Office, starting at 4pm on Wednesday 11th of
March.
The talks have been organised as part of the
Brechin
Townscape Heritage Initiative project, in
conjunction with the Brechin Civic Trust and
Friends of the Townhouse Museum. Archaeologist, George Haggarty
will be giving a talk on Scottish Ceramics.
George Haggarty is one of UK's leading experts on
medieval and post medieval pottery and is a research
associate of the
National Museums of Scotland.
The talk is free, and admission will be on a first come
first served basis. Please call Sarah Kettles, THI
Project Manager on 01356 623488 for further details or
to reserve a place.
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14th Jan, 2009 |
Talk by David Easton, of the Royal Commission on Ancient and
Historical Monuments of Scotland :
The fourth lecture in a series of talks will be held at the
THI Office at 32 Panmure Street on Wednesday 14th
January at 3pm.The talks have been organised as part of the
Brechin
Townscape Heritage Initiative project, in conjunction with the
Brechin Civic Trust and
Friends of the Townhouse Museum.
David Easton, of the
Royal Commission on Ancient and
Historical Monuments of Scotland will be giving a talk titled
‘Angus airfield and other military matters’. The Royal
Commission is based in Edinburgh and is responsible for
recording, interpreting and collecting information about the
built environment. This is then made freely available to the
public.
The talk is free of charge and will last approximately 45
minutes. As space is limited, you are advised to book a place
beforehand by calling Sarah Kettles, the THI Project Manager on
01356 623488 (after the 5th of January).
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