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This International Women's Month, I am leading a series of free walking tours through Edinburgh's Old Town in partnership with The Cockburn Association, which last year celebrated 150 years of campaigning to preserve and promote Edinburgh's built heritage, natural environment and civic amenity.
Edinburgh is full of stories, threaded through the very fabric of the city. Some are well known, their significance never doubted. Others have been fading quietly, muted and overlooked, at risk of being lost entirely. It is these stories that this tour sets out to recover.
Over approximately 90 minutes, I will take you to five sites connected to The Cockburn Association's history; buildings it has fought for, helped preserve, and in one case mourned the loss of. At each stop, we will discuss the women who were always there: women who built, funded, inhabited and fought for these spaces, and whose contributions have too often disappeared from historical narrative. We will also trace the stories of the remarkable women who shaped The Cockburn Association itself throughout its history, from the first women admitted to its council in 1919 to the campaigners who fought alongside it to save the city's most threatened spaces.
Places are limited to 15 per tour. Free and open to all.
Saturday 8 March, 10am
Saturday 15 March, 10am
Saturday 22 March, 10am
Meeting point to be confirmed on booking.
This International Women's Month, I am leading a series of free walking tours through Edinburgh's Old Town in partnership with The Cockburn Association, which last year celebrated 150 years of campaigning to preserve and promote Edinburgh's built heritage, natural environment and civic amenity.
Edinburgh is full of stories, threaded through the very fabric of the city. Some are well known, their significance never doubted. Others have been fading quietly, muted and overlooked, at risk of being lost entirely. It is these stories that this tour sets out to recover.
Over approximately 90 minutes, I will take you to five sites connected to The Cockburn Association's history; buildings it has fought for, helped preserve, and in one case mourned the loss of. At each stop, we will discuss the women who were always there: women who built, funded, inhabited and fought for these spaces, and whose contributions have too often disappeared from historical narrative. We will also trace the stories of the remarkable women who shaped The Cockburn Association itself throughout its history, from the first women admitted to its council in 1919 to the campaigners who fought alongside it to save the city's most threatened spaces.
Places are limited to 15 per tour. Free and open to all.
Saturday 8 March, 10am
Saturday 15 March, 10am
Saturday 22 March, 10am
Meeting point to be confirmed on booking.