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West Lothian History and Heritage Fair 2008

Updated 14 October 2008

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The West Lothian History and Heritage Fair 2008, held at Linlithgow Academy on Saturday 20 September, 

proved to be a very interesting event, not only for the 220+ visitors who attended,

but also for the stall holders who were able to indulge in some useful networking! 

Thanks must go to:

• everyone who helped to organise, stage and oversee the fair;

• the four speakers who came to share their expertise by giving talks:
  
   'Losing our Mines: Remembering the Scottish Coal Industry' Talk by Miles K Oglethorpe, Historic Scotland
  'The Renaissance Country Seat in West Lothian' Talk by Charles McKean, Dundee University
  'Too long a sacrifice? - Scotland and the First World War' Talk by Ian S Wood, Open University
  'Exiles or Adventurers? Snapshots of Emigration from Scotland' Talk by Marjory Harper, Aberdeen University
   

• the members of the West Lothian Family History Society who ran the free Family History Workshop that morning;

• the members of Linlithgow Players for their performances;

• the catering staff who presented visitors with a magnificent spread;

• the lady with the 'clicker' who greeted visitors;

• and stall holders and visitors, indeed everyone else who contributed to such an interesting day!

Tom Gordon, researcher of the Dale Boys, with HAA chairman, Ron Dingwall, at the stall, which featured memorabilia, photos and publications from both organisations as well as www.armadale.org.uk	Deacon's Court & Linlithgow Heritage Trust
HAA's Jim McGregor at the WLFHS stall	Mary Flynn reminisces about her role as Armadale Children's Gala Day Flower Queen in 1934
West Lothian History and Amenity Society	Scottish Mining Museum
Linlithgow Union Canal Society	Arts Services & the Burgh Halls Project
West Lothian Local History Library	West Lothian Archives and Records Centre
Linlithgow Civic Trust	Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland
West Lothian Museum Service: Reminiscence Boxes	One of the Fair's many informative boards
Lothians Family History Society	Scottish Genealogy Society
West Lothian Local History Library	SCRAN : Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network
ASGRA: Association of Scottish Genealogists & Researchers in Archives	Bo'ness Motor Museum
One of the many excellent displays prepared by pupils in the History Department of Deans Community High School	National Library of Scotland Map Library & the Society of Archivists Scotland
SAFHS: Scottish Association of Family History Societies	Elizabeth Carlin of West Lothian Archives and Records Centre, one of the many helpful staff attending the event
Even the stall holders sit back to enjoy the performance!	West Lothian Council Cemeteries

Inaugural West Lothian History Fair 2007 at St Margaret's Academy, Livingston
Mr and Mrs Charles Colquhoun are pictured when they visited The History of Armadale Association display at the Inaugural West Lothian History Fair 2007at St Margaret's Academy, Howden South Road, Livingston on Saturday 28 April, 2007. (Charles's father, George Colquhoun, can be seen on his motorbike in the postcards of Armadale.) Many family history, local history and heritage organisations were represented during the day, such as the Hopetoun House Preservation Trust, Linlithgow Heritage Trust, Fife Family History Society, West Lothian Family History Society, The Open University, National Archives of Scotland, to name but a few, so if one wanted to find out about Handling Boxes for Reminiscence Work, Tom Gordon's research into Armadale Military History, Canal Boats, the National Library of Scotland Map Library, Scottish Handwriting, or many other history-related subjects, there was an expert available to give you guidance and valuable information.  As well as the displays and stalls, there were also talks by three well-known historians (speaking on Bruce, Wallace and the Scottish Wars of Independence; Family Names; 'Reading' Buildings) as well as a Family History Workshop run by West Lothian Family History Society.

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