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Urban Vernacular Architecture

18/11/2019

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The comparison between the publication of papers and the traditional description of the  bus service (none for ages then three come along at once) has probably been made before - but 'Here we go again', with three in a row.

I have been a member of the Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group for many years, have published several papers in the Journal (Vernacular Builiding) and am now Honorary President. Last year's conference was on the theme of The Urban Vernacular and that gave the opportunity to update my thinking on the evolution of houses in Early Modern Stirling and elsewhere (a theme I also covered in my recent presentation at Stirling Local History Society).
So, this morning, Volume 42 of Vernacular Building (2019) plopped onto the porch floor with the paper 'Archival Evidence and Urban Vernacular Houses' on pages 7-18 over my name.
With its theme of the Urban Vernacular, there are several other related papers, including one by the inimitable Geoffrey Stell on Early Flatting.

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Stirling Field and Archaeological Society - new paper

10/11/2019

 
Anyone with an interest in Stirling's past will have come across the Proceedings of the Stirling Field and Archaeological Society, covering the years 1878-1939. After dithering over it for many years, I have finally put together an outline history, looking at the membership, activities, aims and achievements of the society, using the Proceedings themselves but also the manuscript minutes and some more general sources. The paper has now been published in Forth Naturalist and Historian, volume 42, page 100-117 [note that due to an error in putting the journal together, the references are paginated 'out of sequence' as pages 117/1 - to 117/4].
I think the article gives a fair overview and raises quite a few interesting points about the group as well as highlighting some of the people involved (some very distinquished people) and the overall significance of what was published.
The paper joins the Contents and Index of the Proceedings, which have been available online on the Forth Naturalist and Historian  website at www.fnh.stir.ac.uk/ for some time.


Also relevant is the Recollections of Dr Galbraith, an active member and contributor to the Proceedings, which can be found on the Stirling Local History Society website.


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