Heritage News & Events
Heritage Event
We are pleased to announce the following joint event for the East Renfrewshire Storytelling Festival and Local History Week 2010:
Stories from the Past: Archaeology in the National Trust for Scotland
Neilston Community Library, Tuesday 9 March 2010, 7.30pm to 9pm approx (doors open 7.15pm).
Back to speak in East Renfrewshire Libraries by popular demand, Derek Alexander has been West Region Archaeologist for the National Trust for Scotland since 2000. Brought up in Neilston, he has a particular interest in the archaeology and history of west central Scotland and will share some of his extensive knowledge of the area in this talk. Places are limited, so booking is essential.
Phone Neilston Library on 0141 577 4981 to reserve your ticket.
New Resources
The Scottish War Memorials Project aims to record and photograph all types of war memorials across Scotland, including civic, personal, regimental and church memorials. Entries can be browsed by area on the project forum website (look under 'Renfrewshire' for items relating to East Renfrewshire):
The Rise of the Cotton Factory in Eighteenth-Century Renfrewshire by Stuart M Nisbet (BAR British Series 464, 2008)
This fascinating new book is available, for reference only, at Giffnock Heritage Centre. In the late 18th century, Renfrewshire became one of the most important cotton producing regions in the British Isles and by 1795 the area contained half of the cotton spinning mills in Scotland. In his detailed study, Dr. Nisbet explores the growth of this industry and explains why this small Scottish region became one of the earliest and most important cotton manufacturing regions in Britain.
At this time the county of Renfrewshire covered the East Renfrewshire area and the study includes important local research on the cotton mills at Busby, Eaglesham, Neilston and Barrhead.
For more information, contact Heritage Services staff on 0141 577 3872 or at localstudies@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
