Programme of Talks and Events

Our meetings are now held in Kinghorn Church Hall at 7:30pm on the fourth Monday evening of the month. The annual subscription for membership for a year is £20 payable at the first meeting of the 2026 - 2027 session.  This saves regular attendees at our talks £15 over the year. Subscriptions will also be payable in cash on 22nd September or by bank transfer in the week preceding the 22nd September. Details of how to pay by bank transfer will be emailed to members at a later date. Visitors who just wish to come to the occasional meeting are still very welcome with an entry fee of £5 per meeting.

Meetings scheduled for the next few months are:

28th September 2026

Speaker: Sam McAuliffe

The geology of Kinghorn and Burntisland. Sam will bring rock samples and fossils along to enable you to recognise them as you explore.

26th October 2026

Speaker: Fiona Young

Siverburn: Flax to linen (The story of linen production)

23rd November 2026

Speaker: Ian Archibald

The Burntisland Oil Shale Industry and Binn Village

25th January 2027     

Speaker: Kevin Mitchell

The History of Mountain Rescue in Scotland

22nd February 2027

AGM followed by short talks

22nd March 2027

Speaker: Representatives from The Briggers

The Briggers: The Story of the Men who built the Forth Bridge.

26th April 2027

Speaker: Steven Veerapen

Anna of Denmark: The King's Consort

24th May 2027

Speaker: Prof. Charles Munn

Henry Duncan 

(Henry Duncan was a Scottish minister, geologist and social reformer. He founded the world's first mutual savings bank that would eventually form part of the Trustee Savings Bank. He was also a publisher, a philanthropist and an author, writing novels as well as works of science and religion.)