The Old Edinburgh Club Archives

Historical dates of note in August

Phyllis Stephen - August 1, 2024 8:21 am 0

Looking back at historical dates in August with The Old Edinburgh Club 1 August In 1821, Sir James Gowans, architect and builder, who lived the...

Looking back through the years with The Old Edinburgh Club

Phyllis Stephen - February 1, 2024 3:30 pm 0

Notable dates in February include mention of Muriel Spark, Charles II, the Theatre Royal and George Heriot. DayEvent(s)1st:In 1918, Dame Muriel Spark (author of...

Halloween tale from The Old Edinburgh Club

Phyllis Stephen - October 29, 2023 8:31 pm 0

An exciting discovery has been made during the Old Edinburgh Club's (OEC) digitisation project at The Edinburgh Central Library. This excerpt, taken from ‘My...

The Old Edinburgh Club looks back at October in history

admin - September 30, 2023 8:46 am 0

Each month The Old Edinburgh Club reminds us of notable events which have happened in the capital over the centuries. Here is their list...

Looking back at historical events in Edinburgh in June

admin - June 1, 2023 7:02 am 0

Each month Jerry Ozaniec, Membership Secretary of the Old Edinburgh Club compiles a list of the notable dates in history. There are quite a...

Apply now for grants to fund history projects and research

Phyllis Stephen - April 20, 2023 7:08 am 0

The Old Edinburgh Club, the city’s history society, is to begin a programme of small grants for projects and research which expand what we...

Old Edinburgh Club has completed its digitisation project

admin - December 12, 2022 5:41 pm 0

The Old Edinburgh Club (OEC) has completed a project to digitise nearly 70 articles first published between 1991 and 2008. These authoritative articles appeared...

The Old Edinburgh Club – a series of winter talks

Phyllis Stephen - November 4, 2022 7:53 am 0

The Old Edinburgh Club is the city's local history society, concerned with all aspects of the city’s history and development. The Old Edinburgh Club...

Wednesday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today

Rosemary Kaye - January 14, 2015 6:43 am 0

Greyfriars Bobby's Headstone Service and Reception: following the sound of the 1 o'clock gun, local schoolchildren will lay flowers on the Skye Terrier's grave. Also...

What’s On In Edinburgh this week

Rosemary Kaye - January 11, 2015 11:37 pm 0

MONDAY 12TH JANUARY 2015 Timmy Time Programme 15: Timmy Finds Aliens, and other stories. Join Timmy and his friends for three fun adventures in this...