Spring 2012 Events
Thursday 9th February
The AGM of the Association will be held at 5.30pm in the Raeburn Room, Old College, Edinburgh. Tea/coffee and biscuits will be served from 5pm (£3.50)
Tuesday 14 February
Members’ Lunch to be held in the Playfair Library Hall, Old College, Edinburgh at 12.15pm. Our speaker will be Mr Bob McIntosh, a civil engineer with The Northern Lighthouses Board. (£16)
Thursday 8 March
The Annual Reception and Buffet Supper will be held in the Playfair Library, Old College, Edinburgh at 6.30pm. Our Guest Speaker will be the Rector of Edinburgh University, Mr Iain Macwhirter. (£30)
Tuesday 27 March
Members’ Lunch to be held in the Playfair Library Hall, Old College, Edinburgh at 12.15pm. Our speaker will be Professor David Breeze who will present an illustrated talk entitled “New frontiers for old: Roman and 20th century frontiers compared”. (£16)
Tuesday 15 May
Visit to the Edinburgh University’s Centre for Sports and Exercise at 48 Pleasance, Edinburgh. Meet at the Centre at 2pm for a guided tour of the Sports Hall, Squash Courts, Gymnasium facilities and, in the basement vaults, the Archery and Rifle Ranges. Tea/coffee and biscuits will be served at the end of the tour. Our visit will last about an hour. (£2.50)
Tuesday 29 May
Film Show by Panamint Cinemas to be held in the Playfair Library from 7.30pm to 9.15pm. The films to be shown are from their Films of
Scotland selection and will be Northern Capital (made in 1937, showing the sights of Edinburgh in black & white), Lothian Landscape
(East Lothian’s towns, castles and beautiful architecture), Emma's Dilemma (a comedy, made by Rikki Fulton in the style of 1920s silent
films) and Waverley Steps (a classic view of Edinburgh in 1948).
Wine and nibbles will be served from 7pm and at the interval. (£10)
There will be the opportunity to buy from a selection of Panamint Cinemas’ DVDs on the night.
Joan Meikle, Assistant Secretary of the Graduates' Association
Telephone 0131 650 4292 Monday - Friday 09.30-12.30
Email: gradassoc.admin@ed.ac.uk