BygoneCon convention at Rutherglen Library on Saturday 8th October

This Saturday at Rutherglen Library!

BygoneCon

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture Libraries are hosting our first ever Heritage and Local History Convention, BygoneCon. It will take place in Rutherglen Library on Saturday 8 October 2022, from 10:00am to 4:00pm.

A wide range of groups and organisations will share their interests and passions in Rutherglen’s beautiful Carnegie Library.

Come along and find out how our heritage and local history are celebrated, preserved, and commemorated.

Visit the stalls, and enjoy talks and presentations that are sure to bring the past to life.

Drop-in anytime between 10 and 4 for this free event.

Participants include:

•     Allied Air Force Research
•     Auld Rutherglen Facebook Group / People's Past People's Future
•     Bothwellhaugh Mining
•     Commonwealth War Graves Commission
•     East Kilbride Heritage Group
•     Friends of Cambusnethan Priory
•     Friends of the People's Palace, Winter Gardens and Glasgow Green
•     Friends of the Southern Necropolis
•     Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society
•     Go Ahead Club - Rutherglen United Reform Church
•     Lanarkshire Family History Society
•     Lanarkshire Police Historical Society
•     North Lanarkshire Archives
•     Reuther Drawings - artwork and prints
•     Rutherglen Heritage Society

Contact the library for more information on 0141 643 1296 or email BygoneCon@library.s-lanark.org.uk

Date: 8 October 2022
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Cost: Free
Venue: Rutherglen library

(Source: https://www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/news/article/3979/bygonecon)

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