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1 Volume 39 Part 1 October 2010 Newsletter No. 85 CONTENTS Volume 39 Part 1 October 2010 Newsletter No. 85 CONTENTS Page No. Editorial Isobel Wood 2 AGM — Chairpersons Report Betty Roy 3 Obituary— Alistair Dowell Betty Roy 4 CFSS Winter Programme 2010/11 5 Dates for your Diary Forth Naturalist & Historian 6 Dollar History Society 7 The Clackmannan History Society 8 Tullibody History Group 9 Report Brought Forward from last Newsletter 22 March The Jacobites Susanne McEwan 10 40th Anniversary Celebrations Isobel Wood 13 Reports from Summer Outings & Field Trips Spring Field Trip—30th April to 3rd May—Melrose 16 Isobel Wood, Betty Roy, Brenda Jenkinson, Susanne McEwan, Violet Mangin, Nancy Henderson Wednesday Walks 19 May Argaty - Red Kite Project Marilyn Scott 28 9 June Linlithgow Loch Jack Archibald 31 23 June Ardoch Fort Isobel Wood 32 28 July Plean Country Park Jack Archibald 36 11 Aug Muckhart to Dollar via Muckhart Mill Jack Archibald 38 Saturday Outings 29 May University of Dundee Botanic Gardens & Verdant Jute Mills Isobel Wood 40 19 June Falkirk Area Castles & Towers Isobel Wood 44 24 July Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life David Bytheway 47 21 Aug Tentsmuir and St. Athernase Church Betty Roy 49 Sun. 5 Sept Doors Open Days Visits Jack Archibald 51 1 EDITORIAL Isobel Wood It is good that we have reached our 40th Anniversary and we are still going strong. As you can read in this edition of the Newsletter, we had a celebration of the Anniversary at the 40th AGM. We had a very well attended AGM, at which the Council was re-elected for a further year. We have enjoyed an excellent summer programme which has been varied, interesting and had mostly good weather despite odd glitches. I would like to thank all the people who organized our outings; everything goes smoothly on our Saturday full days and Wednesday evening outings. I planned the outing to Summerlee Industrial Museum myself: it was the first time I had done a full day outing on my own. I now realize the amount of work that goes into planning an enjoyable day out for other people. I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the newsletter so promptly. It makes my job a lot easier, and the newsletter more interesting to read when there is a variety of people who write the articles. Eddie Stewart, for the second year running, has organized for us to go to Doors Open Days events. This year we are visiting sites on our own doorstep, which is described in the newsletter. It shows how enthusiastic our members are, that they do not want to stop at the end of our summer outings programme. Betty Roy, David Hunter and myself opened the Old Kirkyard and Mar & Kellie Mausoleum with good weather on Sunday 5th September for Doors Open Days. It was a very successful day; there were people waiting to get in during the morning and people still wanted to get in as we were closing. 47 people signed in for the tour and there were other people doing the tour on their own. We now have our newsletters on the web site; Marilyn Scott has been busy putting them onto the web for you to read at http://www.cfss.org.uk. 2 CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT Presented on behalf of the Trustees of Clackmannanshire Field Studies Society on the12th April, 2010. Charity No SL008738. It is with a sense of achievement that I present the Annual Report on this the 40th Anniversary since the establishment of CFSS. We can all take pride in being members of a Society that has existed for four decades. The management are kept busy compiling the summer and winter programmes, producing a twice yearly Newsletter as well as organising the Annual Spring Field Trip. During the session the Trustees have met ten times when future programs and events are discussed. We have just completed the Winter Programme of talks. The range of topics is varied and presented by competent speakers. Written up accounts appear in the Newsletter, as do write ups of the summer walks and excursions. At this point I would like to thank Sadie Archibald and her team of Helpers for providing the refreshments after the meetings. The May Field Trip for 2009 was a return visit to the Isle of Bute, last visited in 1992. This year we will make a return visit to the Waverley Castle Hotel in Melrose. Twenty one members have signed up and on this occasion we shall visit the eastern part of the region. In June, Graham Watson of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science contacted us with a request to visit Alloa Tower as well as St. John’ s Episcopal Church and Sauchie Tower. Their thank you letter repeated their appreciation of their welcome to the county. The beginning of September is usually when we hold our annual coffee morning and the date coincides with Doors Open Day, a few of Doors Open Day visitors sampled our wares. The event raised two pence short of £400, many thanks to members and others for their support of this event, especially Bob & Alison Snaddon and their friend Ellen from Edinburgh who are no longer able to give the input as before. For the Walking Festival in September, I volunteered to lead The East & West Walks -16 attended- all seemed to enjoy the experience. I also sold copies of the book that dealt with the walks. We take an interest in Planning matters that appear in the local press. Roy Wood scans the papers for us and a protest is made to the Planning 3 Department if we feel that is necessary — e.g., the uprooting of the Lime Trees last year. More recently there is the question of more parking charges in the town centre. In the past Alloa were happy to have free parking as it was felt this encouraged visitors to the town. 2009 and 2010 marked the entry of CFSS to the Web. Originally set up by Ian Ferguson, son-in-law of Sadie & Jack Archibald, and now finalised by Marilyn Scott. To gain access key in http://www.cfss.org.uk. Personally, I have entered uncharted waters but hope members and the general public will find the Web site useful. Looking through my papers, I found a booklet published in the 197Os entitled The Gartmorn and Craigrie Lades. The author, Murray Dickie, was contacted and permission given to reprint. This will be published as a second edition. Betty Roy OBITUARY – ALISTAIR DOWELL – 1920- 2010. Alistair Dowell, a faithful attendant at the Coffee Morning, passed away on Friday, 9th April, just a few weeks off his 90th birthday. He was predeceased by his wife Mary. Mary and Alistair were participants at the Spring Field Trip. When Mary died, Alistair remained a member of the CFSS and regularly attended the Coffee Mornings. He fully appreciated and read the articles relating to our outings, meetings etc., in the Newsletter. In his private life, he was a well known cricketer and played for Clackmannan County. When cricket was no longer possible, he became a competent bowler. In his later years being able to continue to drive was a boon and allowed him to meet friends for a chat. He was a true gentleman and will be greatly missed by those who knew him. Betty Roy. 4 CFSS WINTER PROGRAMME 2010 / 2011 Meetings are held in Alloa Town Hall (Tommy Downs Room), unless otherwise stated, on Monday evenings -2nd and 4th of the month- 7:30 to 9:30 pm. Members of linked societies and other non-members are welcome, though non- members would be expected to join for subsequent visits. 2010 SEPTEMBER Sat 4th COFFEE MORNING – Moncrieff Church hall, Alloa 10am – 12 noon OCTOBER Mon 11th RUSSIAN LACQUERED BOXES. Cairns Mason , CFSS Mon 25th THE STIRLING HEADS. John Donaldson NOVEMBER Mon 8th PORT OF ALLOA CUSTOMS. Dr. Eric Graham Sat 13th 36th Man and the Landscape Symposium at Stirling University. Trees, Wood and People Information at http://www.fnh.stir.ac.uk Mon 22nd LAMB OF DUNDEE. John W Irvine FSA Scot DECEMBER Mon 13th Member’s Night 2011 JANUARY Mon 10th MINING EVIDENCES IN THE WEST OF FIFE. David Reid Mon 24th THE GREAT MICHAEL AND AIRTH. John Reid FEBRUARY Mon 14th THE YOUNGERS OF ARNSBRAE. Susan Mills, CFSS Mon 28th ROBERT BURNS. Dr. Catherine Smith, CFSS MARCH Mon 14th THE TRAVELS OF ELLA CHRISTIE AND THE CREATION OF THE JAPANESE GARDEN Sir Robert Stewart Mon 28th LOGIE KIRK PROJECT. Eleanor Young APRIL tentative industrial visit Longannet Visitor Centre MAY Mon 9th AGM Cheese & wine 5 Forth Naturalist & Historian Annual Symposium 2010 36th Man & the Landscape Trees, Woods and People Saturday 13th November 2010 PROGRAMME 9.30 Registration Lecture Theatre A3 foyer, Cottrell Building Coffee, bookstall and displays All lectures in Lecture Theatre A3 MORNING SESSION Chair: Richard Tipping, University of Stirling 10.00 Welcome and Introduction Professor Michael Thomas, University of Stirling 10.05-10.25 Learning to love them: changing attitudes over the centuries to trees and woods Christopher Smout (St. Andrews) 10.30-10.50 Woodland history around the Bealach nam Bo, Loch Katrine Coralie Mills (independent researcher) & Mairi Stewart (St. Andrews ) 10.55-11.15 State intervention in forestry – the everchanging role of the Forestry Commission in Scotland’s rural scene from 1919 to the present day Syd House (Forestry Commission) 11.20 – 11.35 Coffee break 11.35-11.55 Ancient Trees Edward Parker (The Woodland Trust) 12.00-12.20 The science behind woodland restoration Cecile Bacles (Stirling) 12.25-12.35 Launch Forth Naturalist & Historian journal vol 33 12.35 – 14.00 Lunch* Displays, bookstall, tea / coffee AFTERNOON SESSION Chair: Donald Davidson (Stirling) 14.00-14.20 The Great Trossachs Forest: why working together achieves so much more Liz Shortall (Woodland Trust/RSPB/FES/BP) 14.25-14.45 Inversnaid – from Loch side to Mountain top Fraser Lamont (RSPB) 14.50-15.10 Ecological corridors and the Central Scotland Green Network Simon Rennie (Central Scotland Green Network) 15.15 -16.00 Panel Discussion Chaired by Professor Michael Usher (Stirling) 6 Programme 2010-2011 2010 14 September Dr.
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