Glenkens News

Five Heritage Hubs assemble for a mega-Saturday celebrating Galloway’s past

Saturday 16th September is a special day for anyone interested in the local heritage and history of Galloway, with five heritage offerings in the Ken/Dee valley coming together to celebrate a community-led approach to local history and records.

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Dalry Town Hall, Dalry Glenkens Hub Dalry Town Hall, Dalry Glenkens Hub

Using Historic Maps to travel through ecological time

This event on 18th September, delivered in partnership between the Galloway Glens Scheme and Dumfries Archival Mapping Project (DAMP), explores what pre-ordnance survey maps can tell us about what habitats used to be where and when, using four expert speakers to consider ‘Woodlands’, ‘Bogs’, Moths’ and ‘Meadows’ in Galloway in the 1700s.

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Dalry, Dalry Kirk Glenkens Hub Dalry, Dalry Kirk Glenkens Hub

World premier of historic Easter performance

An Easter Passion sung in the Scots language will receive its world premier in Galloway next month.
A Tale o’ Guid Friday an Ayont follows the classic format of an Easter Passion with soloists, speakers and choir, but uniquely all the participants will speak and sing in Scots, using words from William Lorimer’s translation of the New Testament published in 1983.

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