Directory of Speakers

The Scottish Local History Forum and its Member Organisations have speakers from time to time. Below is a list of Speakers of whom we are currently aware which may be of interest. Please contact the Speaker direct regarding availability and references, if required.
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Speaker Email Home location Dates available
Iain Ross Wallace irwallace@hotmail.com Central Scotland, but happy to travel
  • From 31 Oct 2026
  • Battle of Langside
  • Aqua, aqua, ubique - Water management at Roman sites in Scotland
  • Leaving a Mark on History
  • The ship with three names
Iain Hutchison iainhutchison.scotland@gmail.com Erskine
  • Please email me for availability
  • Powburn Toll to Bothwell Brig
  • Child Health in Scotland
Helen S Williams scotlandsprintingheritage@gmail.com Edinburgh
  • By arrangement
  • Scotland's local printing industry
Helen Kay hkayinedinburgh@hotmail.com Edinburgh
  • any after 22 September
  • Chrystal Macmillan, 1872-1937 Campaigner for Equality, Justice and Peace
Helen Graham helenegraham57@gmail.com Edinburgh
  • By arrangement
  • Longniddry's Victorian Superstar
  • Who Was The Real Mackay?
Gilbert Maurice McIlwrick mcilwrick@one-name.org Edinburgh
  • The Secret Tunnels of Edinburgh
  • The First Printer in Edinburgh
Dr Phil Back phil@philback.co.uk York (but frequently travel to Scotland)
  • Any
  • Origins of Scotland’s Country Parks
  • Origins of individual country parks
  • Elisabeth Beazley
  • Protest at Pollok
  • The rise and decline of Tourism at Rumbling Bridge
  • Rumbling Bridge: A hamlet through time
  • A difference of view - countryside policy
  • NTS: Conservation, recreation, or both?
Dr Ian Maclellan imaclellan@yahoo.com Glasgow
  • 1st Nov to 18 Dec 2026
  • 6 Jan to 31 March 2027
  • Please contact for dates outside these ranges
  • Hunting and Game Control in Early Modern Breadalbane
  • Hunting and Poaching in Early Modern Scotland
  • The Mamlorn Forest Dispute, 1730-1744
Douglas Lockhart d.lockhart362@btinternet.com Ayr
  • all dates except December-February
  • The bazaar age, c.1820-1939
  • George Robertson (1783-1845), land surveyor, estate factor and farmer
Derrick Johnstone derrick.johnstone@glasgow.ac.uk Edinburgh
  • Flexible
  • East Jersey Bound: Scots emigrants to America in the 1680s

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