The Ukraine - The Background to the Crisis

The next meeting of the Institution will be on the 26th November at 7.30 pm in the Lecture Theatre of the Paisley Museum.

The talk will be given by Donald Cameron a past chairman of the Royal Geographical Society (Glw),

The charge for non-members is £3.00.

Healthy Ageing

The next meeting of the Institution will be on Thursday November 12. The speaker will be Phil Hanlon on healthy ageing.

Please note that this will be an afternoon meeting, and will start at 2p.m, in the lecture theatre at Paisley Museum

Meeting 22 October 2015

The next meeting will be held at Paisley Museum on 7.30 on Thursday 22 October 2015.

The speaker will be Hugh Kerr and the subject is 'Kayaking in the Islands'. A brief synopsis from Mr. Kerr follows:

First an outline of why kayaking is an ideal way to travel round the islands and a whistle-stop tour of some of the places I've been.  This is a talk accompanied by slides.  

The second part is an audio visual presentation with music and slides

Flanders Field 1914

Alexander Hall will be delivering the above lecture on Thursday 8 October at 7.30 pm in the lecture room at Paisley Museum.

He has kindly supplied  a brief summary of what the talk will cover.

The talk starts off with a few facts and figures and an overview of the scale of the war, the Scottish Regiments involved and the “pals battalions “

I will touch on the  assassination of the  Arch duke and his assassain.

The 3 battles of Ypres and Paschendale and some of the military cemeteries.

A brief mention of Scottish winners of the V C and their actions to conclude.

Flanders Field 1914

Our next talk on October 8, will be delivered by Alexander Hal on the above topic.

The meeting will commence at 7.30 pm in the lecture theatre within Paisley Museum.

Non-members are welcome and the fee is £3.00, but if you wish to join the Institution , the cost for the season is £12.00

Paisley Radical Trial 1820

This is a brief overview of Tom Dowds talk on Thursday 24th September at Paisley Museum at 7.30.

Although Paisley had not been direcctly involved in the Radical Rising in early 1820, the government was determined to root out what it regarded as trouble-makers and set up a commission to try suspects under English Law, and two Paisley Radicals were put on trial, charged with treason.  Trials in Glasgow and Stirling led to the execution of James Wilson of Strathaven, John Baird of Condorrat and Andrew Hardie of Glasgow, along with the transportation of other Radicals.  When James Spiers was arraigned in Paisley, the authorities were in for a surprise as the hand-picked jury stubbornly refused to be intimidated and bullied into finding him guilty, and the government decided to abandon all other trials throughout Scotland.

Thank you to Mr Dowds for providing this information.

Paisley Radical Trial 1820 - 24th September 2015

This lecture will be delivered by Tom Dowds, and he has kindly supplied the following synopsis.

Although Paisley had not been direcctly involved in the Radical Rising in early 1820, the government was determined to root out what it regarded as trouble-makers and set up a commission to try suspects under English Law, and two Paisley Radicals were put on trial, charged with treason.  Trials in Glasgow and Stirling led to the execution of James Wilson of Strathaven, John Baird of Condorrat and Andrew Hardie of Glasgow, along with the transportation of other Radicals.  When James Spiers was arraigned in Paisley, the authorities were in for a surprise as the hand-picked jury stubbornly refused to be intimidated and bullied into finding him guilty, and the government decided to abandon all other trials throughout Scotland.

The lecture will take place in the Paisley Museum's lecture hall. We look forward to seeing all members, old and new, guests and visitors.