A table of contents for this issue is attached to this 'news' post. Members can view the new issue - June 2026 - by clicking the journal link. You will need to log in with your usual email address and password.
Some great articles to complete your Bank Holiday reading!
We received a request from a University Of Strathclyde PhD student who is looking to make contact with Scots with Polish or Italian heritage. If you are willing to assist in the research, please use the link or email Benjamin directly.
In a new venture some of the society's publications have been converted into digital documents. These are offered for sale as downloads in the online bookshop. These are available for purchase by members with the advantages of immediate availability and no postage charges. Initially, a number of our memorial inscription pamphlets have been uploaded. However, if there are other publications you would like to see in this form, please contact us at tvfhs@tayvalleyfhs.org.uk .
Dundee and the wider Tay Valley area have a long history of people using creativity to chronicle their lives and local areas, and as an active way of inspiring change within them. In this talk, Dr Erin Farley, Library & Information Officer for Local History at Dundee Libraries, will explore some of the ways poetry, song and literature – both written and composed in the oral tradition – have been part of our ancestors’ everyday lives in Dundee and the Tay Valley area. Focusing on Dundee Libraries’ important collections of 19th century working class writers’ books, broadsides and newspaper contributions, this talk will ask what these words tell us about people’s experiences, hopes and struggles – and how can they inspire us today?
This talk is now on YouTube at https://youtu.be/PMDKRwGbWFQ - with the Q&A session on Monday 27th April for which zoom registration details are now available for members, in member resources. The verses in the image were by 19th century 'workplace poet' Adam Wilson.
Non-members, you can send an email to talks@tayvalleyfhs.org.uk if you would like to participate in the Q&A.
Video talk and contents copyright © Dr Erin Farley
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