Scots in Birmingham

20/04/2025

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Calling all Scots in Brum! Did you know Cumnock’s own William Murdoch, a brilliant Scottish engineer, walked 300 miles at 23 to join Boulton & Watt in Birmingham? He went on to invent a game-changing compact steam engine *and* gas lighting! 💡 His impact on Brum’s industry is huge, with monuments like the iconic Boulton, Watt & Murdoch statue on Broad Street celebrating his legacy.

18/04/2025

Friday’s Ceilidh Call Out!

This week it’s Strip The Willow! Haein a hoolie!

Strip the Willow Ceilidh Dance at Edinburgh Ceilidh Club on Tuesday 21st February 2023 dancing to HotScotch Ceilidh Band.The tunes in this set are - Peter Ma...

17/04/2025

To a Burns Supper held last year in Moseley

16/04/2025

Midge season is coming, prepare yourself!

15/04/2025

Gig Guide

Scottish Country Dancing @ Birmingham RSCDS Selly Oak Methodist Church, tickets available, Sat 26th April 7.30pm

Scottish artist NATI @ O2 Institute, tickets available, Sat 26th April 7pm

14/04/2025

Word of the Week: Glaikit (glai·kit)

Dialect, chiefly Scot -adj. 1. (intr.) stupid; senseless, silly. (often in “He stood there wi’ a glaikit look oan his fizzog“) 2. (tr.) giddy, thoughtless. 3. affected. 4. petty.

13/04/2025

Great Scots of Brum - James Watt

James Watt (1736–1819)

Born in Greenock, James Watt earned the title “Father of the Industrial Revolution” after settling in Birmingham, where he transformed steam engine design and played a key role in the city’s industrial growth. His groundbreaking innovations laid the foundation for modern mechanical engineering.

Teaming up with Birmingham entrepreneur Matthew Boulton, he co-founded the firm Boulton & Watt, which produced and distributed steam engines across the globe.

Watt’s legacy is so impactful that the unit of power, the watt, bears his name

12/04/2025

It’s more impressive in person! Feeling a little homesick this morning 😔

11/04/2025

Friday’s Ceilidh Call Out!

This week it’s The Dashing White Sergeant! Swing yer partner!

This popular ceilidh dance is called the Dashing White Sergeant and is a danced in circles of six around the dance floor. Instructions for this Scottish Ceil...

10/04/2025

The Tartan Army in Aston Villa’s Holte End v Switzerland in 1996