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Granton History Group

• Meetings:
• 2005:
• Model Exhibition March 2005
• 2006:
• Exhibition January 2006
• Ron Brown – Local Worthies – July 2006
• Spitfire Evening with Jim Prettyman and Willie Henderson – August 2006
• Ian Lutton – The Old Local Shops – September 2006
• David King – Trams, discussion – October 2006
• Informal meeting – November 2006
• 2007:
• Ian Smith, Trawler Skipper – February 2007
• David King – Railways – March 2007
• Four Part Meeting – April 2007
• Place names – notes on Gaelic origins by Archy Macpherson
• Andrew Boath – Introduction and Historical Walk – September 2007
• David King – Granton Gas Works – October 2007
• May Stobie and Willie Henderson – World War II Evening – November 2007
• 2008:
• Captain Nick Bates talk on the QE2 – January 2008-
• Graham Toward Boatyards talk February 2008
• Jim Prettyman Mosquito talk – March 2008
• Peter Stubbs talk on photography etc – April 2008
• Visits to Forthview School May and June 2008
• Jessie Denholm – 19th century Trinity – September 2008
• Exhibition October 2008
• Annie Garven and Nikki MacLeod – Wildlife of Wardie Bay – November 2008
• 2009:
• Andy Steel talk on Edinburgh Cable Tramcars – January 2009
• Peter Stubbs talk on EdinPhoto website – February 2009
• Clifford Lutton Talk on medical services before the NHS – March 2009
• Sheila Watt Talk on Granton Harbour and Beyond – April 2009
• Exhibition in Granton Youth Centre – September 2009
• May Stobie talk on Shopping in Granton – September 2009
• Ian Lutton talk: Wardie Bay wildlife walk – October 2009
• Recognition of Founder Members – November 2009
• David King talk: Turbulayr Products Ltd – November 2009
• 2010:
• Andrew Boath talk: Adventures from Wardie Bay and beyond – January 2010
• Photographs of Andrew Boath’s adventures
• Jessie Denholm talk: Researching Granton War Memorial – February 2010
• David Colvin – founder member – April 2010
• David King talk: The storms of October 1898 – September 2010
• Exhibition in Old Chain Pier – October 2010
• Bill Simpson talk: 603 Squadron and the Battle of Britain – October 2010
• Joyce Wallace talk: Victorian Recollections – November 2010
• Recollections
• Angie Watson’s recollections of the QE2
• May Stobie’s wartime recollections
• Captain W Lyle Hume’s recollections of a school trip to the Empire Exhibition in 1938

Granton History Group introductory pages

• Introduction (menu page)
• Introduction to Granton History
• Historical Walk
• Churches – Introduction
• Schools – Introduction
• Trams – Introduction
• Railways – Introduction
• World War II Part 1
• World War II Part 2
• Ferries – Introduction
• Cruises – Introduction
• Industry – Introduction