Our next talk is on 8 February 2018 at 7.30 in the Lecture Room of Paisley museum. The speaker is Jim Thomson on Tam O'Shanter. The talk will explain the origins of the poem, how the poem fits in terms of social history, who the characters were and a light hearted exploration with the audience of the lost language the poem contains.
Non-members welcome at a cost of £3.00
The speaker has provided the following biography.
A
native of East Ayrshire he joined the Police in 1973. He served in a variety of roles in uniform
and CID rising through the ranks to Superintendent where he held the posts of
Head of Operational Policing at South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire. He has obtained several professional
qualifications and is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. He retired from the police in February 2004.
On
retirement he started a management and HR consultancy company.
Away
from work his main pastime relates to the life and works of Robert Burns. He is Past President of New Cumnock Burns
Club, Past President of Kilmarnock Howff Burns Club and an Honorary President
of Greenock Burns Club. He is also Past
President of the Ayrshire Association of Burns Clubs, a member of the Robert
Burns Guild of Speakers and is a Past President of the Robert Burns World Federation. In 2010 he published the book In and Out of
Tam o’ Shanter, The Story of a Tale which examines and explains that great epic
poem.
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