Homecoming Scotland 2009: Local Events in Renfrewshire

Family History surgeries

Get started on your family tree!  Make an appointment with a member of staff from the Local Studies Library for individual help and guidance in tracing your family history and learn about the unique local resources the library holds.

When: Wednesday mornings, Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings.
Where: Paisley Central Library, High Street, Paisley PA1 2BB
Contact details: Telephone 0141 889 2360 or email locstuds.els@renfrewshire.gov.uk

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Flying the Semple Family Flag!

The Castle Semple Visitor Centre at Lochwinnoch has invited all members of the Semple family, however distant, to raise the Semple Family Flag when they come to visit the Castle Semple Centre, which is in the area of the ancestral home of the family.  Visitors should introduce themselves to staff and sign a special family visitor book.  They will then be invited to raise the standard on the flagpole outside to show that a member of the Semple family is visiting.  A wonderful photo opportunity with the marvellous view of Castle Semple Loch in the background!

The Visitor Centre hosts an exhibition of the history of the Castle Semple estate, including a full size reproduction of the estate plan from 1785.


When: Monday 6th April to Wednesday 30th September 2009.
Where: Castle Semple Visitor Centre, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire.
Contact details: Telephone 01505 842882

Burns and Tannahill

October Week Workshops


A series of free cultural workshops for young people featuring visual arts, drama and new media and exploring the themes of the work of both Burns and Tannahill.

When: Monday 12th October - Friday 16th October 2009
Where: Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, High Street, Paisley PA1 2BA
Contact details: Telephone 0141 887 1010 or email ram.els@renfrewshire.gov.uk

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Voices in Paisley festival



Now in its sixth year, Voices in Paisley is an annual festival of choral and other vocal music attracting national and international performers.  To celebrate Homecoming, the festival programme will also include songs and music from Robert Burns, Robert Tannahill and the Gaelic Choir Night Competition.

When: 23rd October - 10th November 2009
Where: venues across Paisley
Contact details: see festival website

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This summer the resident weaver of the Kilbarchan Weaver’s Cottage has a special project.  At the request of the Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway, she will be weaving  blankets and rugs for the room in which Robert Burns was born.  The cloth will be woven on a loom which is more than 200 years old, to techniques which Burns would have been familiar with and has written about in poetry and song.

When: Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays & Tuesdays 1pm-5pm until 30th September

Where: Weaver's Cottage, The Cross,Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire PA10 2JG
Contact details: Telephone : 0844 4932205

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