Talks : 2022-2023
Meetings are held in Morningside Parish Church Hall,
at the corner of Cluny Gardens/Braid Road
on the first Tuesday of each month between October and April
Refreshments are available from 6.45 p.m., with the talk beginning at 7.15
Visitors are warmly welcomed
(a contribution of £3.00 per person is requested)
4 October 2022 The Charles Smith Lecture The Cold Hand of Charity : Tales from the Edinburgh Poorhouse
Speaker : Alastair MacDonald
1 November Charles Piazzi and the One O’clock Gun
Speaker : Andy Lawrence
6 December Annual General Meeting
Chipping Away at Hugh
Speaker : Kath Hay
10 January 2023 Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner : Famous Visitors to Edinburgh in the Enlightenment
Speaker : Sheila Zsatkowski
7 February Down Memory Lane : TV Programmes We Used To Watch
Speaker : Roy Johnstone
7 Mar Robert Louis Stevenson’s Road to Swanston and the Pentland Hills
Speaker : Mike Lewis
4 Ap The Trinity Collegiate Church and Hospita
Speaker : Jill Harrison
Talks : 2022-2023
Meetings are held in Morningside Parish Church Hall, at the corner of Cluny Gardens/Braid Road
on the first Tuesday of each month between October and April
Refreshments are available from 6.45 p.m., with the talk beginning at 7.15
Visitors are warmly welcomed
(a contribution of £3.00 per person is requested)
October
2022 The Charles Smith L4 ecture
The Cold Hand of Charity : Tales from the Edinburgh Poorhouse
Speaker : Alastair MacDonald
1 November Charles Piazzi and the One O’clock Gun
Speaker : Andy Lawrence
6 December Annual General Meeting
Chipping Away at Hugh
Speaker : Kath Hay
10 January 2023 Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner : Famous Visitors
to Edinburgh in the Enlightment
Speaker : Sheila Zsatkowski
7 February Down Memory Lane : TV Programmes We Used
To Watch
Speaker : Roy Johnstone
7 March Robert Louis Stevenson’s Road to Swanston
and the Pentland Hills
Speaker : Mike Lewis
4 April The Trinity Collegiate Church and Hospital
Speaker : Jill Harrison
Talks : 2022-2023
Meetings are held in Morningside Parish Church Hall, at the corner of Cluny Gardens/Braid Road
on the first Tuesday of each month between October and April
Refreshments are available from 6.45 p.m., with the talk beginning at 7.15
Visitors are warmly welcomed
(a contribution of £3.00 per person is requested)
October
2022 The Charles Smith L4 ecture
The Cold Hand of Charity : Tales from the Edinburgh Poorhouse
Speaker : Alastair MacDonald
1 November Charles Piazzi and the One O’clock Gun
Speaker : Andy Lawrence
6 December Annual General Meeting
Chipping Away at Hugh
Speaker : Kath Hay
10 January 2023 Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner : Famous Visitors
to Edinburgh in the Enlightment
Speaker : Sheila Zsatkowski
7 February Down Memory Lane : TV Programmes We Used
To Watch
Speaker : Roy Johnstone
7 March Robert Louis Stevenson’s Road to Swanston
and the Pentland Hills
Speaker : Mike Lewis
4 April The Trinity Collegiate Church and Hospital
Speaker : Jill Harrison
Talks : 2022-2023
Meetings are held in Morningside Parish Church Hall, at the corner of Cluny Gardens/Braid Road
on the first Tuesday of each month between October and April
Refreshments are available from 6.45 p.m., with the talk beginning at 7.15
Visitors are warmly welcomed
(a contribution of £3.00 per person is requested)
October
2022 The Charles Smith L4 ecture
The Cold Hand of Charity : Tales from the Edinburgh Poorhouse
Speaker : Alastair MacDonald
1 November Charles Piazzi and the One O’clock Gun
Speaker : Andy Lawrence
6 December Annual General Meeting
Chipping Away at Hugh
Speaker : Kath Hay
10 January 2023 Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner : Famous Visitors
to Edinburgh in the Enlightment
Speaker : Sheila Zsatkowski
7 February Down Memory Lane : TV Programmes We Used
To Watch
Speaker : Roy Johnstone
7 March Robert Louis Stevenson’s Road to Swanston
and the Pentland Hills
Speaker : Mike Lewis
4 April The Trinity Collegiate Church and Hospital
Speaker : Jill Harrison
Current Visits
PLEASE NOTE
due to Covid-19
our Summer 2020 programme of visits has been cancelled
What Annual Membership Includes
The annual membership subscription is currently £12 and is due on 1 October each year.
This section of the website provides information on what entitlements are available to MHA members. These include:
• You can attend all seven monthly MHA lectures and events which take over the period from October to April without charge. Generally the winter history lecture lasts approximately one hour. These lectures are currently held in Morningside Parish Church starting at 7.15. Refreshments and biscuits are available from 6.45.
• You are free to come along to five Summer Visits. There is a small nominal charge for attending each visit: this varies from location to location to cover guide and admission expenses.
• The MHA currently have a number of research projects being carried out and you are welcome to join these.
• You are entitled to vote at the Annual AGM in December and to receive a copy of the Annual Report
• If you are interested in taking an active part in the management of the MHA you can join the MHA Management Committee.