Jill tells us of her research into two sons of the Slater family from Lerwick, their masonry work in Morningside, and the reconstruction of the Mercat Cross in 1885. #morningsidehouses #morningsidebuildders #edinburghmercatcross #springvalleygardens #robertrowandanderson.

2/2 If you want to know more about the search for the unknown sailor (now identified as William Adamson from @Leith) at Mystic River, here's the local history group's article "A Grave That Kept Its Secret for two Centuries: by Grace Cleere bit.ly/49clMKt Please share

1/2 Can you help us? A history group in New England is trying to find descendants of William Adamson, a Royal Navy sailor (HMS Terror) from Leith who died at Mystic River in 1814. He had a wife, Christian, & 2 daughters. Please share. #leithsailors #napoleonicwars #gravesecrets #hmsterror

This looks like an interesting event, with talks including OEC member Ray Perman FRSE.

A grants programme from the Business Archives Council of Scotland.

Lisa Williams gives the OEC members an update on her research, "Slavery Abolition – 19th Century French Connections." Her research was funded by the OEC. #slaveryabolition #caribbean #edinburghandfrench #edinburghantislavery #lafayette #haiti #edinburghreformers #elizabethheyrick

There are only a few days left to catch our John Kay display currently on show in the front hall at Central Library! Pop in to discover Kay’s distinctive style and satirical humour and enjoy the glimpse they offer into life in Edinburgh in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

A free online conference organised by Edinburgh World Heritage. There is a talk included from the friends of Greyfriars, Edinburgh. #edinburghburials #edinburghcemeteries #history #volunteers #graveyardrestorations #mementomori

Investigating Polish and Italian Experience in Scotland. Can you help Benjamin Harris, a PhD historian from the University of Strathclyde, with his research? Here is a link to his survey request buff.ly/MOeovfn #polish #Italian #livinginscotland

Roddy McLuskey wins at the UK finals for James Gillespie's High School. Alison Moodie from the OEC was one of the judges at the Scottish Heat of this public speaking competition. Well done, Roddy!#schoolscompetition #jamesgillespies #announcingthewinner

This studio portrait records a woman in her Leith Corporation Tramways conductress uniform, dated around 1916. Women were first employed on the tramway from late 1915, during World War One. Our #ThrowbackThursday is kindly shared by Living Memory Association on Edinburgh Collected - zurl.co/dOmGa

Old Edinburgh Reborn has a new blog. The Luckenbooths - a gem rediscovered. A project funded by the Old Edinburgh Club. #luckenbooths #stgilescathedral #williamcreech #oldtolbooth #parliamentsquare #edinburghsfirstshoppingcentre #highstreetofedinburgh

One of our talks is now on YouTube, given by Andy Arthur. #edinburghrailways #victorianedinburgh #scotlandstreettunnel #themoundtunnel #calton #waverley #haymarket #edinburghtunnels

A new walking guide of the Union Canal is now available to download from our website. #unioncanal #edinburghwalks #porthopetoun #lochrin #tollcross #fountainbridge #edinburghsindustrialpast #canalwalks

🥳Nice little email this morning that the Causewayside Lads' Club building has survived attempts by developers to demolish it and has successfully been protected by listing. More on the story of this place and its unusual founder here: threadinburgh.scot/2024/04/13/t... cc @edinburghminute.com

On this day in history. The Maiden: The first recorded execution by a guillotine-like device occurred on April 3, 1565, and it remained in use until 1710. #scottishhistory #localhistory #themaiden #scottishexecutions #16thcentury #edinburghhistory

The Friends of Greyfriars have a very different event coming up on 18th April on John Bayne's Mausoleum. Whilst tickets are currently sold out for the in-person event, you can watch on FB. You can read more about John Bayne in the Book of the Old Edinburgh Club buff.ly/YTYfzTw

More photos of the historic 'Lost Close' below 1a Parliament Square, Edinburgh #lostclosesofthehighstreet

Read about our members' visit to the historic 'Lost Close', below 1a Parliament Square. Few had heard of this discovery and were treated to a great experience by Katie Scott, Head of Events at the @CoDEHotel #lostedinburgh #historiccloses #thegreatfireof1824 #highstreetcloses

Well done to winner, Anna Comrie, for her essay: Ice Skating in Edinburgh, and to runner-up, Jennifer Findlay: John Knox’s Grave Markers, in the William Anderson Memorial Prize competition. Another OEC collaboration with Edinburgh Central Library. #essaycompetition #edinburghhistory buff.ly/qg9HDhu

The latest edition of the Book of the Old Edinburgh Club, our annual journal for members, is out now. Check out what this edition has to offer on our website. #edinburghhistory #annualjournal #oldedinburgh #joinus #localhistory

Edinburgh City of Medicine: 300 years of Edinburgh Medical School. An exhibition opens on 3rd April 2026

📣 Applications open! Women’s History Scotland Research Bursary Up to £500 is available for Masters students, doctoral researchers, ECRs, and independent historians researching women’s and gender history 🗓 Deadline 31 May 2026 Details on how to apply 🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

Happy St Patrick's Day! 🍀 Here he is in statue form, peering down from his niche on the grand façade of St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Edinburgh's Cowgate, an area of the city known from the latter half of 19th century as "Little Ireland." www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/st-pa...

SCOTLAND'S HERITAGE HUB As Scotland's oldest heritage charity, we are raising £1.5 million to secure a permanent Edinburgh home—before a January 2027 deadline. A historic building. A fixed price. A once-in-a-generation opportunity to become part of Scotland's story: www.socantscot.org/heritagehub

Remembering the Reformation: A talk by Professor Alexandra Walsham, President of the Historical Association, is a renowned expert on the Reformation in Britain and the author of a number of prize-winning works of history. Tickets are now available on Eventbrite buff.ly/pepSgVd

Our next talk from the OEC is by Ray Perman on the Geologist James Hutton. Often referred to as the 'Father of Modern Geology', he played a key role in establishing geology as a modern science. Tickets are available for non-members on Eventbrite. #edinburghgeology #salisburycraggs buff.ly/7CCgLS1

#OnThisDay in 1638, members of the Scottish nobility signed the National Covenant at the churchyard of Greyfriars Kirk, in Edinburgh. In doing so, they opposed Charles I's proposed reforms of the Church of Scotland. 📸 Getty

Here is a Youtube link to the Anselm session, don't miss a fascinating talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8z1... Do send any questions to me: [email protected] and join us on 7th to hear the answers: zoom.us/j/97546717731

In the spring edition of the Scottish Local History Forum magazine, you'll find a full story about the OEC Jean Guild Grant programme and the projects and research it has funded. #jeanguildgrants #parliamentsquare #edinburghhistory #history #stgilescathedral #grants #research buff.ly/pT4uzn1

A wonderful article by Andy Arthur about the former school known to many as 'Jimmy's.' Jimmy's: the thread about the school on St Leonard's Crag threadinburgh.scot/2026/02/25/j...

Coming up next in the AHSS Forth & Borders Group Winter Lecture Series: Architecture and Urbanism in late Georgian Edinburgh with speaker John Lowrey 🗓️ Mon 9 Mar 2026 📍 Augustine United Church, Edinburgh and via Zoom 🎟️ £6 | £2 students 🔗 Book your tickets here: buff.ly/B2tZQZ6

Our next talk from the OEC is by Ray Perman on the Geologist James Hutton. Often referred to as the 'Father of Modern Geology', he played a key role in establishing geology as a modern science. Tickets are available for non-members on Eventbrite. #edinburghgeology #salisburycraggs buff.ly/7CCgLS1

On this day in 1826, John Kay, the engraver and caricaturist of famous Edinburgh people, died. His own self-portrait shows him seated, the other is of Adam Smith. Read more about Kay in an article in the Book of the Old Edinburgh Club on our website. #edinburghengravers #history buff.ly/5N2gDRh

A great article on the history and development of table tennis in Edinburgh, by Charlie Ellis, an OEC Jean Guild Grant Awardee. He follows it from its modest interwar beginnings to its emergence as one of Scotland’s leading clubs. #edinburghsports #murrayfieldclubs #memorialclubs #tabletennis

On this day, 12th February 1624, George Heriot died. There's a short story on George and his legacy on our website for you to read. #georgeheriot #georgeheriotsschool #jinglygeordie #heriotstrust #edinburghorphans #edinburghgoldsmiths #edinburghschools oldedinburghclub.org.uk/george-herio...

A reminder that this online talk takes place on the 11th Feb if you want to join in.

Our current temporary exhibition 'A Fair Field and No Favour: The History of Women in Surgery' will close at 5pm on Sunday the 8th of March! Not able to make it along to the exhibition before it closes? You can view it digitally on Bloomberg Connects: guides.bloombergconnects.org/en-US/guide/...

A reminder of a visit to St Triduana's Chapel, Restalrig in 2025, with Jill Harrison for her project, Reviving the Trinity Stones, funded by an OEC Jean Guild Grant. #sttriduanaschapel #restalrig #revivingthetrinitystones #grants #edinburghhistory

Announcement of a new exhibition by Jean Guild Grant Awardee Jill Harrison, showcasing her work in the search for the lost stones of the former Trinity Church. Also, details of an outreach programme and a GoFundMe page to support her further work.#lostedinburgh #edinburghmuseums #events, #history

So what's Scottish about Edinburgh architecture? Our next talk is on 18th February for OEC members. Some tickets are available for non-members on Eventbrite. #edinburghbuildings #edinburgharchitecture #scottishfolklore #scottishpeople #walksandtalks

Ahead of #BurnsNight, we focus on #RobertBurns’ publisher, William Creech. Largely forgotten today, Creech was well known in late 1700s Edinburgh society. He was Lord Provost, a member of Edinburgh’s literati, and a Luckenbooth shopkeeper. Read about his life on Our Town Stories - zurl.co/zciE6

A lecture I gave on the history and social life of Wester Hailes for the Old Edinburgh Club is now available on YouTube! Keep in mind this is an *old* lecture, there’s some mistakes and the analysis has since been updated - but I’m still happy to share m.youtube.com/watch?v=y2VK...

This is exciting news for us. Our new YouTube channel is now live, and we've just posted our talks from the 2024/2025 session. Thanks to all the speakers for their permission to make their talks live for everyone to view. Check the talks out at buff.ly/DOLKg0h #edinburghhistorytalks #histoystories

Good news from Edinburgh City Council Archives: The Archives search room reopened on 20th January by appointment only, from Tuesday to Thursday, 10am - 4:30 pm. More info on their website buff.ly/mgz7Xl6 #edinburgharchives #edinburghhistory

A new booklet celebrating the history of housing provision for veterans in Edinburgh has been published, funded by a Jean Guild Grant from the Old Edinburgh Club. #veteranshousing #edinburghveterans #salvesen #edinburghhistory

A new blog from HES.

A joint online event with The Scottish History Society and the OEC. This talk by Derrick Johnstone will set out the background to the venture and address the questions: Who were the immigrants? Why did they leave Scotland? What became of them? More details on our website.#newjersey

Map Festival: This looks like a great event hosted by the National Library of Scotland @nls map room at Causewayside on February 6th. Full details on their website. #mapfestival #maps #cartography #edinburghevent

Heriot's at 400: A reminder of our first hybrid talk of 2026 on 21st January. Tickets for non-members are still available on Eventbrite. #georgeheriot #walksandtalks #edinburghhistory #history #augustinechurch buff.ly/9o8hVy5