Leith Jacobites, James Nicolson and the ’45 Rebellion.
While researching James Nicolson a Coffee House owner on the Shore and later a follower of Bonnie Prince Charlie, Steven discovered links to other Leithers who supporrted the Jacobites cause and what made them become involved.
It should be an interesting night.
Our speaker, Steven is from Edinburgh and works for Historic Environment Scotland and has a background in architectural conservation.
All welcome, £2 at the door for non members or free to members
The society will hold its AGM in Leith Community Centre on Tuesday, 20th May at 7pm.
Please join us to find out more about our exciting programme from September 2025 to May 2026. The society can do more if people join us by becoming a member.
We desperately need someone to join the committee who has IT skills to update our old website or help create a new one and help with our Facebook presence.
I hope to meet you all next Tuesday.
LLHS PROGRAMME 2025:26, LLHS AGM 20:05:2025,LLHS CHAIR REPORT 2025
Best wishes
Jim Scanlon
Chair, LLHS
Please join us at the next meeting of the Leith Local History Society, on TUESDAY 15th April AT 7pm in Leith Community Education Centre, to hear this fascinating presentation:
SS Explorer
Dr Meredith Greiling, Curator at National Museum of Scotland will share her knowledge of the SS Explorer launched in Aberdeen in 1955. The ship was the first purpose built steam driven fisheries research vessel and now on the at risk historic ships register and moored in Leith Docks.
You can I find out more at ssexplorer.org
All welcome, £2 or free to members
Do come along to the next meeting of the Leith Local History Society, on TUESDAY 18th February AT 7pm in Leith Community Education Centre, to hear this fascinating presentation:
Archaeology of Leith Fort and the Leith Gas works on Constitution Street
Steven Watt from AOC Archaeology will explain some of the finds found during excavations on both sites.
All welcome, £2 or free to members
Do come along to the next meeting of the Leith Local History Society, on TUESDAY 21st January AT 7pm in Leith Community Education Centre, to hear this fascinating presentation:
Leith Races presented by well known historian, Andy Arthur.
All welcome, £2 or free to members
Due to unforeseen circumstances there will be no meeting tonight in Leith Community Centre of Leith Local History Society.
I’m sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
We wish you all a peaceful and enjoyable festive holiday and hope you will join us in January.
Best wishes
Jim Scanlon
Chair
There is another new application going in to Planning, to develop land within Leith docks. This proposal is to build a manufacuring facility for offshore wind turbine blades, a laydown area, and all associated and ancillary development on land to the east of of Imperial Dock.
Click here to download flier
The developers are obliged to consult with the local community, and are holding a drop-in public event on Tuesday 6th August between 3pm and 7pm, at the Ocean Terminal (ground floor, beside Costa Coffee).
Do please go along to find out what is planned, and make your views known!
Bruce Keith joins us again for his talk, Scotland Beneath the Surface
Everything underground! Souterrains, manmade tunnels from castles and for roads and railways, pumped storage schemes, mines for coal and shale, quarries and more…
The talk is at Leith Community Education Centre, New Kirkgate, Leith (up the stair from the shops) on Tuesday 19 March 2024, at 7.00 pm. Admission is £2∙00, or free for members
Location filming will take place in Links Gardens/Links Place for a chilling new detective series called Dept Q.
The crew will be filming scenes between 4pm and 10pm on Monday 11th March and this will lead to some road closures during these hours to allow the action to take place.
Location equipment and crew will be on site from 9am to set up.
The map link below shows where road closures will take place from 6pm to 10pm.
If you would normally be planning to drive through the area at that time of day then plan an alternative route.
Dept Q is based on the crime novels of the Danish author, Jussi Adler-Olsen which have sold many millions of copies. The books have been made into successful television adaptations and films ( In Danish). This new production which moves the location of Dept Q to Scotland stars some well known actors and could be very successful.
I’ve just finished the first book in English which introduces you to the characters.
The book was first published in 2008 and then made into a movie.
Lets wish them great success with this new take on the novels.
