Overview It is currently unknown if this club was named for Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859), possibly as a tribute to him and his influential writing on British history, his death occurring only five years prior to the clubās formation. To Read More …
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Mauchline Society (aka Glasgow-Mauchline Society)
Overview Mauchline is a town in East Ayrshire. Robert Burns lived there for a time on Mossgiel Farm. This group is a type of nineteenth-century county association.Ā In the stricter sense, county associations were groups whose members (or whose parents) were Read More …
Monday Shakspere Club
Overview According to the 1881 printed list of rules for this group, the group’s object was the study of Shakespeare’s works. The meetings were to alternate between the reading of a play and criticism (i.e. discussion). The meetings in which Read More …
Mosspark Burns Club
Overview Mosspark is an area of Glasgow located south of Bellahouston Park, in the south side of Glasgow.Ā (For more information on this area, see Irene Maver’s article, ‘No Mean City: 1914 to 1950s. Neighbourhoods: Mosspark‘ onĀ The Glasgow StoryĀ website). There is Read More …