LIVELY MINDS AT THE CROSS

Every first and third Tuesday of the month, Noon to 1.30pm, Main Hall at the Cross (Albyn Place, previously Queen's Cross Church)

Lively Minds provides a programme of events involving presentations from invited speakers from a diverse range of subjects and topics, all presented in an accessible and engaging manner.

Meetings take place in the Main Hall at Fountainhall at the Cross (previously Queen's Cross Church) and it is open to everyone. We start with a sandwich lunch and tea/coffee at noon followed by one hour presentation from around 12.30 pm until 1.30pm. £5 entry which includes lunch.

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NEXT MEETING:

Burnbanks Village

with Joe McLeod

Due to unexpected circumstances, there has been a change of speaker for the Lively Minds meeting on Tuesday 3 December.  Nonetheless, Lively Minds group is delighted to welcome Joe McLeod to the meeting on Tuesday 3 December.  

About the talk...

Burnbanks Village near Aberdeen has been in existence for over 200 years but from the 1950s onwards it lay in various stages of dereliction and was finally abandoned in 1980 leaving roofless shells and shattered ruins. It was resurrected in 1992 with a full rebuild and currently has twenty-two houses.

Our speaker today Joe McLeod has lived in Burnbanks since the rebuild and researched the village unearthing stories of shipwrecks, crimes, cholera outbreaks, train accidents and war casualties. Alongside the darker history of the village there are many human stories of families living healthy happy lives.

In 2021 he published a local history book on Burnbanks Village which will have his history teachers from school spinning in their graves as he failed Higher History spectacularly. Perhaps the time is right to resit that exam.

Join us at noon in the main hall at Fountainhall at the Cross (Albyn Place) for a sandwich lunch before the talk.

PLEASE CONFIRM ATTENDANCE IN ADVANCE
BY E-MAILING ALLAN PATERSON
( e-mail: allanp.silvercity@yahoo.co.uk )

This will greatly assist with catering for the event.
Sandwich lunch will be served. £5

SEE YOU ALL SOON!