Thought the local-history list might be interested in this one. Roger Fern. ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 06:58:41 EDT Subject: Scottish Place-Name Society, November conference From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] Reply-to: [log in to unmask] (Apologies for any cross-posting) SCOTTISH PLACE-NAME SOCIETY Comann Ainmean-Aite na h-Alba DAY CONFERENCE, MOTHERWELL HERITAGE CENTRE, SATURDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2000 You are invited to attend our first meeting in Lanarkshire. Registration and coffee will begin at 10.30, the programme will be as follows: 10.30 Registration and coffee 11.00 Peter Drummond and John Young: Lanarkshire Place-names 12.00 lan Fraser: The Place-names of Arran 12.45 Lunch 1.45 John Moore: Lanarkshire Maps- Pitfalls for the Unwary 2.30 Maggie Scott: Privick and Lickprivick - Onomastic connections in S.W. Scotland 3.00 Alan Steel: Place-names and the Church in Lower Clydesdale 3.30 John Reid: Going round the Bend in East Stirlingshire 4.00 Tea and Disperse The cost will be stlg15, which includes coffee, lunch and afternoon tea. Student rates are stlg12 (to include lunch) and stlg5 (coffee and tea only) (booking form:) DAY CONFERENCE, MOTHERWELL, SATURDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2000 Name Address Tel.No. I shall / shall not attend the Day conference in Motherwell on 11.11.00. I enclose a cheque made payable to the "Scottish Place-Name Society " to cover: Attendance at Day Conference stlg15 or stlg12 student rate, stlg5 student rate stlg My Annual Subscription for May 2000 - April 2001 (stlg5.00) stlg Donation stlg Total stlg Please copy, print out, complete this form and return it to - P. Drummond, SPNS, 2, Albert Place, Airdrie, ML6 6DT, NO LATER THAN 3rd NOVEMBER 2000, Enclosing your fee. visit the Scottish Place-Name Society website at http://www.st-and.ac.uk/institutes/sassi/spns/index.htm and the Scottish place-name newsgroup at http://www.egroups.co.uk/group/scotplace ______________________________ Roger Fern 27 Ladybank, Chapel Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 1UJ. Phone: (0191) 267-3074 (switched to fax when out) [log in to unmask] ______________________________ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%