Dr Richard Petty is a retired Consultant Neurologist who worked in Glasgow at the then Southern General Hospital from 1990 to 2015, and from then to 2019 part-time in the department of Genetics at the Western Infirmary in Edinburgh. In this period, he developed services for muscle diseases as well as Motor Neurone Disease. In… Read more

Jimmy Watson is Chair of the Friends of Thomas Muir and the organiser of the annual Thomas Muir Festival, which celebrates the life and legacy of the Scottish political reformer Thomas Muir. Jimmy lived in Dublin for more than ten years, where he met his wife Julie. In 2007, Jimmy and Julie moved back to Glasgow to start and raise their young family.… Read more

Please see March Newsletter if you wish to have a chat about any IT issues you may have or just come along at 10:00, before the monthly meeting for advice. Read more

Bowing to Tradition, the Unexpected Sides to Japanese Society From the country that gave us ‘high tech’ it comes as a surprise to find that many aspects of Japanese society defy modernity. Farming with hand tools, villages of thatch and deeply held superstitious beliefs about foxes; there is much more to Japan than mega cities,… Read more

Don't miss our annual extravaganza with plenty of food to tempt all and sundry at this time of year and, at the same time, being regaled by some first class entertainment. Seating, as usual, will be limited so keep an eye out for booking process to be issued soon. Read more

Our guest speaker this morning is Robert Wilson talking to us about ‘The history of passports.’ Robert is a former civil servant who worked in the Home Office for 37 years. Initially he worked in the Immigration Department in Croydon and then moved to the Passport Office meaning that he spent his entire career dealing… Read more

Our Speaker in March is Ajay Close. She is going to talk to us about her latest book – What Doesn’t Kill Us. Ajay Close’s pacy, page-turning novels explore relationships under pressure. What Doesn’t Kill Us, based on the Yorkshire Ripper murders and the feminist fightback across the north of England, was named Fiction Book… Read more

A talk by David Vennard David claims to be from a quaint village on the Clyde called Partick. He has a degree in Human Resources and worked for over 30 years in Management Services Manager with Renfrewshire Council. He was lucky enough to retire at 50 and since then has been following his passion of… Read more

A talk by Dawn Vallance the Principal Librarian at the Library. The Mitchell Library was founded by Stephen Mitchell (1789-1874), Glasgow philanthropist and is one of Europe's largest public libraries with a n extensive collection of books, maps, drawings and photographs. Read more

Brian Hannan is giving a talk about the fabulous movies from that era of film making. Brian is a published author and devoted to films of the 1960s plus a few other treats; he provides reviews of films from that era on his website The Magnificent 60s. For movie fans and the very few who… Read more