GET INVOLVED IN THE HIGH STREET STREET HISTORY RESEARCH PROJECT ARCHIVE VISIT AND FIND OUT ABOUT THE PROJECT Wednesday 13th September Wednesday 13th September
Tranent High Street History Project John Gray Centre, Haddington 2 pm - 4pm Behind the Scenes tour of the Archive and Local History Centre and an intro- duction to resources for researching Tranent High Street including census returns, maps, valuation rolls and photographs. Also the chance to do some hands on research and become involved in a local history project. FREE. Booking required; email history@eastlothian.gov.uk
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LIVE STONE CARVING WORKSHOPS WITH GARDENER MALLOY Gardener will be working on the Tranent Gateway sculpture every day during the festival from 10am until 4pm on the Heugh. Come along and see how to carve. Gardiner will supply tools, eye protection, a simple dust mask and assistance to allow the public and school groups the opportunity to try their hand at carving stone and to discuss and contribute to the sculpture.
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1–17 SEPTEMBER 2017
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TRANENT TALKS AND EVENTS SEPTEMBER 2 - 17th 2017 SATURDAY EVENTS
SHOP TALK BY DR LYNDSAY LENNIE
Saturday 2nd September
Saturday 9th September
Saturday 9th September
Saturday 16th September
Wednesday 6th September
Belter Blethers: Local Voices George Johnston Centre, Tranent
Walk the Waggonway to the Big Dig with Annie Raynor
The Cuds in Reel Time: A History of Winton Cinema
Tranent High Street Shop Talk George Johnston Centre, Tranent 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Talk 12:30pm with story collecting session afterwards
11am - 1pm Meet outside the Brig
Strive Community Garden Open Day and Site Finds Display found during the clearance on the Heugh
Steve Byrne of Local Voices will talk about recording the voices of Tranent folk with a view to starting up a small sound archive project to explore your heritage. The project will be looking for volunteers who themselves could be trained to record the oral history of their fellow Belters. FREE. No booking required.
Walk with Annie down the historic Tranent Waggonway and see what the 1722 Waggonway Heritage Group have found in their Big Dig at Cockenzie Harbour. There will be a stop off at Strive Community Garden on the Heugh to look at their recent archeological discoveries. Meet at the Butts car park opposite the Brig Inn, Bridge Street, Tranent at 11am. Wear suitable clothes and footwear for a two mile walk. Bring bus pass or bus fare if you want to catch the bus back to Tranent. FREE BOOKING REQUIRED
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Strive Community Garden The Heugh, Tranent 11am – 3pm Come along and see the progress our team of volunteers has made so far at the Heugh Gasworks site. There will be a display of ideas we have for the garden and some of the many items we have found on the site. There will also be a lime pointing workshop for people who are interested in learning the building skills to undertake you own pointing projects (see below). Access to the Heugh top gate from Coal Neuk /Church Street (warning very steep steps) or via the bottom gate five minutes along the pedestrian walkway starting at the Brig Inn rear car park. For more information email: lorraine@ strive.me.uk FREE. No booking required. Drop-in event.
12:30 – 1:10 pm Followed by tour of Cinema Fraser Centre, Winton Place To complement an exhibition on the Fraser Centre, Dr. Hanita Ritchie of John Gray Centre’s Archives & Local History Service will deliver a talk on the history of Winton Cinema. Topics covered include: a historyV of the building, the start of cinematic entertainment in Tranent, the Codona era, and going to the movies in Tranent. Audience members are also invited to share their movie-going experiences. This will be followed by a tour of the former Winton Cinema before it is redeveloped, by David Orr the director of the Fraser Centre. FREE. Booking required.
Dr Lindsay Lennie, who is an expert in traditional shopfronts, will deliver a lecture on the architectural history of shopfronts followed by a tour in Tranent looking at shops of interest in the town. The lecture will be around 50 minutes followed by a tour of approx. 1 hour.
OUT AND ABOUT TRANENT HIGH STREET
Saturday 2nd – Tuesday 19th September Shop Stories, Shop Window Trail Tranent High Street Take a walk down the High Street and look at the old photos of the shopfronts displayed in the shop windows. Share your stories on Twitter #shopstoriesTranent @TranentRegen
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