Members' Events
Here is a selection of events that the OTA has arranged for its members in recent years...
2010
Visits and Guided Walks
- Guided walk of Our Poetic Royal Mile led by Ken Cockburn of the Scottish Poetry Library
- Observatory House on Calton Hill, newly refurbished by the Vivat Trust
- Calton Hill and its monuments led by Dororthy Marsh of the City of Edinburgh Council
- Guided walk of gardens and other places associated with Patrick Geddes led by Jean Bareham of Greenyonder Tours
- King David's Tower in Edinburgh Castle led by staff of Historic Scotland
- Map Library of the National Library of Scotland at Causewayside
Talks
- Historic Shopfronts of Edinburgh by Dr Lindsay Lennie
- Open Spaces by Ricardo Marini, City Design Leader
- Policing the Old Town by Community Policeman, Lyall Downie
- History of Swimwear (with numerous examples!) by Annie Scanlon
- Parliament Close in 1795, a talk by Sheila Szatkowski on the famous painting by Naismith, Kay, et al
- Edinburgh on Film, films of life in Edinburgh presented by Ruth Washbrook of the Scottish Screen Archive (event supported by Edinburgh World Heritage)
- Archaeology of the tramworks by Sorina Spanou of Headland Archaeology
- History of St James's Square and the St James Centre by Andrew Wright (joint event with the Cockburn Association)
2009
Visits and Guided Walks
- The City Chambers including the recently refurbished public rooms
- Guided walk of the hidden gardens of the Old Town by Jean Bareham of Greenyonder Tours
- Guided walk to sites associated with printing in the Old Town led by Helen Williamson
- City of Edinburgh Council CCTV suite
- Scottish Records Office for an opportunity for members to research their family history with help from SRO staff
- Hotel du Vin in the refurbished former Blood Bank building in Bristo Place
Talks
- The Twelve Monuments project by Paul MacAuley of the City of Edinburgh Council
- Energy saving and sustainable living by Bob Barnham of Changeworks
- Living Streets or putting pedestrians first by Kirstie Henderson
- Printing in Edinburgh by David Rudram
- The industrial past of Edinburgh's city centre by Professor Bob Morris (joint event with the Cockburn Association)
- The history of Riddles Court by Andrew Wright (joint event with the Cockburn Association)
- Robert Burns and the Old Town by Donald Smith
- The work of the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust by Adam Wilkinson
- Public space and public life by Ian Wall