Robert Harper was a ghillie on the river Dee for 50 years, based at Lower Crathes and Birse. He has been described as the ideal ghillie, “relentless and selfless” in […]

Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church

John Allen was born and brought up in Aberdeen. He was HM inspector of Factories and in construction and oil industry. He manufactured metal model soldiers for wargaming. He will […]

Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church

Marion is a retired consultant dermatologist with an active interest in the history of medicine. She will describe the life and times of Myra Mackenzie as a student in Aberdeen […]

Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church

Like many, Keith Roberts came here working in the oil industry. He retired in April 2017 and is now involved with Banchory Academy Greenpower racing team, with orienteering at all […]

Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church

Professor Alison Hester FRSB, FRSGS, is a senior scientist at the James Hutton Institute and Director of the Institute’s Climate-Positive Farming Initiative. With over 35 years research experience, she is […]

Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church

Kairen moved to Aberdeen from London in 1990 and after training as a District Nurse, spent the next 26 years working as a Cystic Fibrosis Nurse Specialist. After retiring in […]

Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church

Daryl Short started working at Forvie NNR as a young loon back in 2007, and has just got through his nineteenth summer on the Reserve. Employed by NatureScot as a […]

Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church

Graeme Catto is Emeritus Professor of the Universities of Aberdeen and London. He has been a President of the General Medical Council, and Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of London. He was […]

Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church

Ellie Graham is an archaeologist and researcher on the Northern Picts project at the University of Aberdeen. She has worked in archaeological fieldwork, landscape survey, spatial analysis, community archaeology She […]

Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church

Dr Alan Bowman has been studying ticks and Lyme disease for over 30 years. He obtained his BSc from Leeds University and his PhD from University of Edinburgh. After post-doctoral […]

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Emily Clark is Fundraising and Events Coordinator with the Forget Me Not Club. Emily will be joining us to outline a typical day at the Forget Me Not Club as […]

Jeanette Yuile former resident of Banchory now resident of Norway who will take us on a fascinating journey of its history and geography and how it has come to be […]

Innes Simpson of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People will be telling us how hearing dogs help deaf people reconnect with life. The charity trains dogs to alert deaf people to […]

Professor Alex Johnstone of The Rowett Institute is a top Nutritional Science expert with an interest in the mechanisms of human appetite control and energy balance. With the UK in […]

Belinda Rowlands, the founder of the social enterprise ‘The Seed Box’ will be telling us about this amazing local charity which provides horticultural training to adults and children with additional […]

Rob Pollard

Protecting yourself from Cyber-crime, PC Michael Urquhart: Nearly a third of all fraud is committed over the telephone but how do you protect yourself from cyber scams as fraudsters get […]

Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church

Cost: Free for members, £3 for guests

Where does our Waste and Recycling go? Bruce Witherspoon: Everything you want to know about Aberdeenshire Council’s waste and recycling services but were afraid to ask! Bruce is the Council’s […]

Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church

Cost: Free for members, £3 for guests

The Remembrance Day Poppy and our debt to Lady Haig, Dr Natasha Danilova: As Remembrance Day approaches, University of Aberdeen academic Dr Danilova returns to our u3a to tell the […]

Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church

Cost: Free for members, £3 for guests

Scotland's Bridgescapes, Bruce Keith: Bruce is a retired chartered surveyor and environmentalist who started his career on several estates in Aberdeenshire and Perthshire. Bruce brings all his knowledge and passion […]

Venue: Banchory Ternan West Parish Church

Cost: Free for members, £3 for guests

Prof. Alex Johnstone: A leading nutritional scientist at the Rowett Institute, Alex will be speaking about her work investigating human appetite and why it’s not so much what you eat […]

Prof. Elizabeth Russel: The typhoid epidemic in Aberdeen was the first in the UK to have a major media profile. Elizabeth was working right at the heart of public health […]

Jillian Evans: A well-kent face on our TV screens during Covid, Jillian Evans, Director of the NHS Grampian Health Intelligence Unit will give a talk on how the NHS uses […]

Diana Kerr: Author and social worker with an inspiring talk on her career and national experience setting up singing groups to benefit those with dementia.

Stewart Wilson: Local historian on his fascinating research which revealed details of a secret visit to Deeside by General Dwight D. Eisenhower just months before D Day.

Dr Mary Brown: Former psychology lecturer at RGU on making sense of our diverse personality profiles. She will explain the so-called ‘’Keirsey Temperament Theory’’ that divides people into four temperaments.

Doric Storyteller Jackie Ross will be weaving some festive magic as she gives an insight into her busy life and fascinating work as a professional storyteller and publisher of Doric […]

During COVID lockdown and after retiring from a 30 year career in the police, Douglas Ledingham discovered a neolithic cup-marked stone becoming involved in the Scottish Rock Art Project. Douglas […]

Climate Change is one of the biggest issues facing society at the moment but yet some still promote the idea that there’s no point in doing anything. Jeff Rogers of […]

Braemar Mountain Rescue respond to emergencies in the Southern Cairngorms, Glenshee, Lochnagar and Deeside areas.We hear the real life experiences of a mountain rescue volunteer who risks his life rescuing […]

Simon Blackett, a well-kent face in Braemar was the former factor of the 100,000-acre estate in the Cairngorms National Park. A fascinating talk is in store as Simon recounts what […]

Ingrid Penny, volunteer coordinator of the CLS will give an insight into the new service set up in the Shire by NHS Grampian’s Health Care Chaplaincy Department providing a safe […]

Professor Angela Kydd from RGUoutlines her research work on age discrimination which is the recent focus of her studies as part of an EU funded Horizon 2020 project looking at […]

Dr Natasha Danilova from Aberdeen University will be telling us about her current research into how some brave women in Russia are challenging the status quo as the war in […]

Finzean Artist Mel Shand and community innovator Guy Haslam. Two great speakers who can explain the special alchemy of using creative ideas to build community spirit and resilience.

Ian Collacott, Principal Scientist in the virology lab at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary will speak about his work with the World Health Organisation and in Sierra Leone during the Ebola epidemic […]

David McHardy, young Aberdeenshire Entrepreneur on how he turned his passion for craft beer into a successful business with all the highs and lows he faced along the way.

Top selling author of historical novels and contemporary fiction how she went from Aberdeenshire teacher to writing about 1st century Roman Britain and forging a brand-new career as a novelist.