Tag: walking tours
Hello from Kriss Nichol of Wigtown Women’s Walk Group
Hi, I’m Kriss, one of the members of Wigtown Women’s Walk Group. It doesn’t seem like only 15 months since the group was set up. That was back in April 2009, after an event I organised for International Women’s Day and invited Glasgow Women’s Library to do a presentation on their women’s heritage walks in [...]
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Also tagged National Lifelong Learning, Wigtown Women's Walk Group
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Summer Programme ……lots of fun and learning
The ladies have had lots of fun taking part in the summer programme at the Glasgow Women’s Library. This year we put together a mixture of activities where the women could come together to learn in an informal and comfortable setting. So far, women who have taken part come from diverse backgrounds and all walks of life. We are [...]
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Also tagged BME, crafts, creative writing, outings, visit to Art Galleries and Museums, Workshops
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Walk to Garnethill and back
Jean Girdwood from the Women Make History group writes about developing the women’s history walking tour of Garnethill for the ‘Paths for All’ event on Thursday, 17th September. The Library asked me if I would like to be one of the tour guides for a lunchtime walk for some of the Paths to Health people [...]
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Women’s History in the streets
Adele muses on the marvel that is the GWL Women’s Heritage Walk.
Spring has sprung…
It’s been a wee while since my last blog, although I have been full of good intentions. I thought I would let people know about a couple of opportunities I have recently been informed of. The first is Women’s Self Defence Classes being held at Urban Oasis in Ruthven Lane on 22 or 29 April [...]
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Also tagged Events, history, Necropolis, self-defence, Workshops
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