Events

The Lammas Market Tuesday 19th August  2025, 2.30pm at the St Andrews Bowling Club. The St Andrews Preservation Trust is delighted to announce the return of our Autumn Talks series, following the success of our pilot last year. This was a great addition to our Winter Talks series started in 2021. We welcome speakers from across StContinue reading "Autumn Talk 1: The Lammas Market"

Book Ticket Now Newport-on-Tay: its early development and links with Dundee Guest Speaker Mairi ShielsFor a small village on the south shore of the River Tay, Newport does have rather a lot of history! This talk will set the scene by looking at the small settlement known as Seamills which was the forerunner of the villageContinue reading "Autumn Talk 2: Newport-on-Tay; its early development and links with Dundee"

Book Ticket Now Gibson House - A Beautiful Bequest Guest Speaker Ian DavidsonOverlooking the West Port stands a neo Jacobean mansion, but appearances deceive. It was intended as a hospital for the people of the town. A beautiful bequest from an almost forgotten civic hero who gifted land and money to provide for the infirm. InContinue reading "Autumn Talk 3: Gibson House – A Beautiful Bequest"

Book Now  D'Arcy Thompson - Pioneer of Life Sciences Guest Speaker Matthew Jarron The St Andrews Preservation Trust is delighted to welcome you to our Annual Lecture, to hear our former curator Matthew Jarron speak on "D'Arcy Thompson - Pioneer of Life Sciences". We welcome speakers from across St Andrews, Dundee and Fife to share their work orContinue reading "Annual Lecture – D’Arcy Thompson"

Book Now Winter Talk 1 Guest Speaker Chloe Milne Fisher & Donaldson: 106 Years in the Baking  Chloe Milne, one of the fifth generation of local family bakery Fisher & Donaldson, joins us to share some of the history, stories and successes of the 106-year-old local institution. From humble beginnings in Cupar to a WorldContinue reading "Winter Talk 1: Fisher & Donaldson: 106 Years in the Baking"

Winter Talk 2: Mount Melville Guest Speaker David Scott This talk will bring to life two historical figures associated with Mount Melville and who left their mark on St Andrews. George John Whyte Melville - ‘the forgotten son of St Andrews’, who was a soldier, a highly popular prolific novelist and accomplished sportsman in the 19th century andContinue reading "Winter Talk 2: Mount Melville"

 Winter Talk 3: 175 Years of Muir Walker Pride Guest Speaker Ian Muir Following on from the closing of the exhibition of the same name at the St Andrews Heritage Museum, thisContinue reading "Winter Talk 3: 175 Years of Muir Walker Pride"