“If I should die among the snow” – a Winter Conventicle, Closeburn – SFH080

“If I should die among the snow” – a Winter Conventicle, Closeburn – SFH080

Feb 16, 2021 | Podcast

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We might easily be tempted to romanticise conventicles in the time of snow. In later times poems were written of how “all around the snow was falling, yet there they held their place”. The hardship was, however, acute. Such weather also certainly added to the dangers they faced yet people still gathered. We follow the account of one conventicle held during thick snow in the area surrounding Closeburn, near Dumfries to find out more about what they faced.

Claverhouse and the Black Bull Inn – Moffat – SFH032

Claverhouse and the Black Bull Inn – Moffat – SFH032

Oct 18, 2019 | Podcast

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The town of Moffat is a very popular and attractive tourist destination in Dumfries and Galloway.  Matthew Vogan and Jimmy Fisher discuss some of the stories from the town’s history that don’t usually make it into the presentations of many tour guides in the area.

Please visit their website for more details on Scottish Reformation Tours 

To dig deeper, visit ScotlandsForgottenHistory.com

 

The Crook Inn and The Birkhill Inn – SFH031

The Crook Inn and The Birkhill Inn – SFH031

Oct 11, 2019 | Podcast

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A tale of two inns.  The Crook Inn (on the A701 near Tweedsmuir) and Birkhill Cottage (on the A708 near the Grey Mare’s Tail Nature Reserve) were both used by Covenanters as well as Claverhouse and his dragoons. But what would happen if they were both there at the same time?

Matthew Vogan and Jimmy Fisher are driving around in the hills between Edinburgh and Moffat to discover the tales behind some of the abandoned places by the roadside.

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James Renwick – Preaching in Conventicles – Talla – SFH029

James Renwick – Preaching in Conventicles – Talla – SFH029

Sep 27, 2019 | Podcast

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Jimmy Fisher joins Matthew Vogan to discover more of the places that played significant roles in Scotland’s Covenanting past.  In this episode they’re exploring near the Talla reservoir in the Borders to find out more about the field preacher, James Renwick.

To read more about James Renwick, and to read some of his insights into Christ and biblical truth (updated into modern English) please visit the Blog of James Renwick on ReformationScotland.org

To dig deeper, visit ScotlandsForgottenHistory.com