Previous meetings
Granton History Group is an informal locally based group that researches, discusses and records the history of the Granton, Trinity and Wardie areas in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland.
In this section you will find information about some of our previous meetings. Please follow this link for details of our next meeting. If you are in the area, you are welcome to come along. Please feel free to contact us if you would like more information about our meetings or our group, or if you have information about the area that you would like to share with us.
2005
2006
- Exhibition January 2006
- Ron Brown - Local Worthies - July 2006
- Spitfire Evening with Jim Prettyman and Willie Henderson - August 2006
- Ian Lutton - The Old Local Shops - September 2006
- David King - Trams, discussion - October 2006
- Informal meeting - November 2006
2007
- Ian Smith, Trawler Skipper - February 2007
- David King - Railways - March 2007
- Four Part Meeting - April 2007
- Andrew Boath - Introduction and Historical Walk - September 2007
- David King - Granton Gas Works - October 2007
- May Stobie and Willie Henderson - World War II Evening - November 2007
2008
- Captain Nick Bates talk on the QE2 - January 2008-
- Graham Toward Boatyards talk February 2008
- Jim Prettyman Mosquito talk - March 2008
- Peter Stubbs talk on photography etc - April 2008
- Visits to Forthview School May and June 2008
- Jessie Denholm - 19th century Trinity - September 2008
- Exhibition October 2008
- Annie Garven and Nikki MacLeod - Wildlife of Wardie Bay - November 2008
2009
- Andy Steel talk on Edinburgh Cable Tramcars - January 2009
- Peter Stubbs talk on EdinPhoto website - February 2009
- Clifford Lutton talk on medical services before the NHS - March 2009
- Sheila Watt talk on Granton Harbour and Beyond - April 2009
- Exhibition in Granton Youth Centre - September 2009
- May Stobie talk on Shopping in Granton - September 2009