Welcome to a busy year for Balfron Heritage Group. Our first talk of this session will be on Thursday 13th February with speaker Paul Wilson from Gartmore Heritage.
This Christmas that’s aboot tae comeMay Santa Claus climb down yer lumAnd whether yer a laird or peasantWe hope he’ll leave a lovely present!(Poem style after Robert Burns [… WELL after Robert Burns!!]) We also hope you’ll take part in our exciting 2025 celebrations for Alexander “Greek” Thomson’s 150th anniversary.
Written by Jim Thomson for the recent joint BHG/Balfron Tea & Tunes Christmassy event, it was proposed that a copy should be put onto this page. It can be sung to any easy tune you please! [On the day, we used Alistair McDonald’s “Glesca Cat” tune.]
After the success of last Saturday’s book signing, THE BALFRON HERITAGE will be on sale at Balfron Library for a limited time. £12 cash/cheque only at the Library. For UK deliveries, please contact Pat at balfronheritage@gmail.com for prices and bank details for bank transfers.
Jim Thomson will be signing the newly-published 3rd edition of his book (£12) at the Balfron Heritage Christmas Sale this coming Saturday (30th) from 10am – 12. Cash/chques only, please, for the book or for other souvenirs.
BECOMING STRATHCLYDE : Central Scotland in the Viking Age! Adrian Maldonado of National Museums of Scotland (Galloway Hoard Research)