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Sept 2009

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Annual Conference 2009.
To be held in the St Andrew’s Church, Glasite Hall, on SATURDAY the 17th OCTOBER 2009.  Tickets Priced £18 for FDCA Members and £20 for others. Tickets from Archives Office Archives & Record Centre, 21 City Square, Dundee DD1 3BY, Phone 01382 434494

The Theme for the Conference this year will be: -
 
“MIGRATION TO AND FROM DUNDEE”
This Conference will be on the same lines as previous ones, a full day event starting at 10 am.
The main speaker will be BILLY KAY (Writer & Broadcaster) his books include ‘ The Scottish World’ and ‘Scots - The Mither Tongue’ and many other topics concerning the Scottish Diaspora.

Other speakers include, Iain Flett, Billy Kenefick, Matthew Jarron, Jayne Allan & Bro. John.
Programme.

09.30 – 10.00 Registration and Coffee
10.00 – 10.15  Opening by the Lord Provost
10.15 – 11.15 Billy Kay “The Scottish Diaspora”
11.15 – 11.30 Interval
11.30 – 12.15   Iain Flett “Moving about the Archives”
12.30 – 14.00  Lunch
14.00 – 14.30  Billy Kenefik “The South African Labour Movement and the Scottish Radical”
14.30 – 14.50  Matthew Jarron “The Migration of Dundee Art”.
14.50 – 15.20 Br. John “Immigration and the Catholic Community in Dundee”.
15.20 – 15.50   Jayne Allan “The Family History Centre and Immigrants Histories”.
15.50 – 16.30     Questions and Summing up.
           

 

 

Film Night – 11th November 2009, Steps Theatre, Central Library, 6.15 pm

Film Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland


1

"Mighty Organ Harmonies" (Reginald Foort at the organ console, introducing songs such as "Let's all go down the Strand" and "The Sunshine of Your Smile").

2

"Bonnie Dundee", silent, including demolition of Town House "The Pillars" in 1930s.

3

"Bank Ahead", colour, sound, By request from Ian McCraw: "Bank Ahead", the floating bank in the Orkney Islands, 1963.

4

"Palace Theatre", silent, aftermath of fire, 1977.

5

"At The Rep with Alan Dunsmore", silent, 1959

6

"Tayside House", sound, 1981

7

"Progress of a Dundee Jute Mill", filmed by JRL Halley, silent, 1950

8

"Tay Bridge Disaster" amateur film by Ian Rintoul, sound, 1967

9
Dundee – Newtyle Railway” (amateur video by Mr Ron Watt, 2007)

Lunchtime Lectures 2009 – Venue: St Andrews Church, Glasite Hall, King Street, Dundee.
All Welcome: Tea, Coffee and Biscuits will be available from 12.30. Those attending are invited to make a contribution to the Funds of the FDCA.

Date
Topic
Speaker
1st Oct 2009
Innes Duffus, Archivist to the Nine Trades of Dundee
5th Nov 2009
The Work of Tayside Building Preservation Trust
Neil Grieve - Chief Executive, Tayside Building Preservation Trust
 

 

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