All meetings are held in the society's own Hertitage Centre - the Mission Hall, Grafton Road, Town Yetholm TD5 8RU. This 'tin tabernacle' (see image below) was built in the 1930s and is itself part of Yetholm's historic environment. It is slightly set back from the road.
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Yetholm History Society 24/25 Programme
1st October. Emily Freeman (Treasure Trove Unit manager), National Museum of Scotland: ‘The Peebles Hoard’, 5th November. Bill Fawcett: ‘Third time lucky: the Berwick to Kelso Railway project’. 3rd December. Christmas meal: The Plough Hotel. 2025 4th February. John Reid: ‘The Roman assault on Burnswark Hill – a conflict reimagined’. 4th March, Kenneth McLean: ‘Evacuation to the Border Counties 1939-45: myth and reality’. 1st April David McLean: ‘The farm servants of South- East Scotland, 1750-1914’. 6th May. Richard Carlton: An update on recent Halterburn excavations– exact title tbc 7th October. Bruce Keith - milestones. ‘Are we nearly there yet?’ Milestones. 4th November. Derek Robeson ‘Landscape scale nature restoration projects on the Tweed’. All meetings will take place in the Mission Hall in Grafton Road at 7.30pm. |