“Whose Festival is it Anyway?” The 2020 Cockburn Annual Lecture

Monday 30th November 2020 at 7pm

The 2020 Annual Cockburn Lecture will examine the future of Edinburgh’s Festivals

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St Margaret’s Catholic Church South Queensferry

Hope View, Loch Road, South Queensferry, EH30 9LS
Email: stmdod@gmail.com

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We will be open to in-person Doors Open Days visitors on Saturday 25th September from 10.30am until 4.00pm. Guided tours will be available throughout the day.

All applicable COVID restrictions and guidelines will be in place. Please put on a face-mask and sanitise your hands before entering the church.

 

 

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Edinburgh and East Lothian Doors Open Days is supported by:

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Parish Church of St Cuthbert

5 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH1 2EP
Email: office@stcuthberts-edinburgh.uk

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30 Years of Opening Doors!

27th September 2020 at 1pm

A Cockburn Conversation with Oliver Barratt about his time at the Cockburn Association

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John Muir’s Birthplace Museum

126 High Street, Dunbar, EH42 1JJ
Phone: 01368 865899
Email: museumseast@eastlothian.gov.uk

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Our museum will be open Sat 25th September from 10am – 5pm and Sun 26th September from 1pm – 5pm. Our temporary exhibition will be John Muir, Earth, planet, Universe, examining how John Muir’s Legacy can inform the current fight against climate change.

Take part in children’s activities exploring the world of weights and measures which John would have grown us using in his father’s grain shop.

Booking in advance is advised, call 01368 865899 or email museumseast@eastlothian.gov.uk to book a time slot and guarantee entry.

 

 

 

 

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Gosford Estate Forest

Gosford, by Longniddry, East Lothian, EH32 0RG

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National Records of Scotland

HM General Register House, 2 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3YY
Email: education@nrscotland.gov.uk

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Edinburgh’s Colony Housing 1860-1910 – Fresh insights from Professor Richard Rodger

Sunday 27th September at 4pm

We’ll be hosting a talk from Professor Richard Rodger, offering fresh insights on Edinburgh’s Colony Housing. He will explore the origins and achievements of a group of working men and women who formed a Cooperative Company in an effort to counteract the disadvantages of living in the congested areas of Victorian Edinburgh. Their achievement was to build over 2300 houses, …

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Preston Tower

Prestonpans, EH32 9GZ
Phone: 01620 827 827
Email: psg-ap@eastlothian.gov.uk

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Doors Open Days activities will take place in the gardens around Preston Tower and Doocot on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th September from 11am to 3pm.

Come along to the Tower gardens to join in with any of the activities, music, talks and find out more about the proposed developments. No booking required.

The weekend includes:

  • A stonemasonry workshop with local stonemason Gardner Molloy (both days).
  • Scottish Castles storytelling and a children’s craft activity with community librarian Mark Jamieson (Saturday).
  • Live acoustic music from local musicians Gary Coupland and Anna Scott  (Sunday) 
  • Updates on the ongoing project to repair Preston Tower and Doocot from architect Natasha Huq (Sunday) and from heritage consultant Lyndsey Clark (heritage consultant) and interpretation designer Stephen Kirkpatrick (both days).
  • Giant Jenga for everyone to play with and build a tower. 
  • A photographic display showing internal, external and aerial views of Preston Tower as well as new plans to improve access to the adjacent garden.
  • Tower gardens ideas prints – what would you like to see at the end of the new path in the garden.
  • A video collage of the on-going project at Preston Tower Garden, showing internal images, views from the tower and drone footage around the tower.
  • East Lothian Playrangers activities (Sunday)

Please note that access inside Preston Tower and Doocot will not be available to the public at this time, but come and hear about the plans in progress to secure access to both in the near future.

Prestonpans train station (on the North Berwick line) is just a five minute walk away and the No.26 (Clerwood-Tranent) Lothian bus service stops even closer still just outside Hamilton House on West Loan.

If you plan to come by car, please park in the nearby Prestonpans Community Centre car park (see map below).

 

 

 

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Edinburgh Open Workshop

39-41 Assembly Street, Leith, Edinburgh,, EH6 7BQ
Phone: 0131 5556866
Email: hello@edinburghopenworkshop.co.uk

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