Groups St Andrews Social events
In the introduction to the Proceedings of Groups St Andrews 2005 it is noted that the Proceedings mark the first 25 years of Groups St Andrews conferences. In addition to the mathematics, illustrated by these Proceedings, we have the following observations:
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1981 1985 1989 1993 1997
2001 2005 2009 2013 2017
The seven conferences have contained a wide selection of social events. "Groups St Andrews tourism" has taken us to a variety of interesting and scenic venues in Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales. Bus trips have included Kellie Castle, Loch Earn and Loch Tay, Falkland Palace and Hill of Tarvit, Crathes Castle and Deeside, Loch Katrine and the Trossachs, House of Dun, Connemara and Kylemore Abbey, the Burren and the Cliffs of Moher, Tintern Abbey and Welsh Valleys, the Roman Baths in Bath, Salisbury Cathedral, Rufus Stone and the New Forest, Stonehenge, Wells Cathedral and the Cheddar Gorge, Blenheim Palace, Glamis Castle. We have been on boats on Loch Katrine, the Thames, and Galway Bay to the Aran Islands. There have also been: musical events with participants as the musicians, Scottish Country Dance evenings, barn dances, piano recitals, organ recitals, theatre trips, whisky tasting, putting, chess, walks along the Fife Coast, walks round Bath, and walks round Oxford. All these have provided opportunities for relaxation, but also opportunities to continue mathematical discussions.
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1981 1985 1989 1993 1997
2001 2005 2009 2013 2017
1981 St Andrews
Saturday 25 July: Wine reception and slide show "Slides of Scotland" by Richard Cormack, Professor of Statistics
Sunday 26 July: Historical talk by Norman Biggs "The life and work of Rev. T P Kirkman"
Monday 27 July: Theatre visit to "Wait until dark" by Frederick Knott at the Byre Theatre
Tuesday 28 July: Bus trip to Crail (museum), Anstruther, (Scottish Fisheries Museum), Pittenweem and Kellie Castle and Gardens
Thursday 30 July : Conference Dinner in David Russell Hall; toast to "Groups - St Andrews 1981" by Professor John Howie and reply by Professor Sean Tobin
Friday 31 July: Theatre visit to "Time and time again" by Alan Ayckbourn at the Byre Theatre
Sunday 2 August: Bus trip to Loch Earn, Loch Tay, Schiehallion and Fortingall
Tuesday 4 August: Visit to Falkland Palace
Note. Professor A C Kim (Busan, Korea) addressed the Korean Mathematical Society in September 1981 giving a one-hour lecture on "Groups-St Andrews 1981"
1985 St Andrews
Saturday 27 July: Formal welcome by Professor Augusto Serafini-Fracassini, Dean Of Science followed by a showing of slides and a talk on "St Andrews and District" by Dr Roy MacGregor
Monday 29 July: Demonstration and participation in Scottish Country Dancing
Wednesday 31 July: Bus trip to Hill of Tarvit House and Falkland Palace
Thursday 1 August: Organ recital by the University Organist
John Kitchen
Friday 2 August: Showing of the film "Chariots of Fire"
Sunday 4 August: Bus trip to Loch Earn, Loch Lubnaig, Loch Katrine , the Trossachs, Aberfoyle, Lake of Menteith and the Wallace Monument; boat trip on Loch Katrine
Monday 5 August Conference Dinner in David Russell Hall: toast to "Groups St Andrews 1985" by Sir Kenneth Dover and reply by Dr Peter Neumann
Wednesday 7 August: Bus trip to the Fife Coast, Crail, Anstruther and Pittenweem (opportunity to walk part of the Fife coastal path)
Thursday 7 August: Theatre visit to "A bit between the teeth" by
Michael Pertwee at the Byre Theatre
1989 St Andrews
Monday 31 July: Illustrated talk "The Scottish Landscape" by Professor Richard Cormack
Tuesday 1 August: University Reception in Strachan Suite, David Russell Hall
Wednesday 2 August: Bus trip to House of Dun
Thursday 3 August: Conference Dinner David Russell Hall
Friday 4 August: Theatre visit to "Time and time again" by Alan Ayckbourn at the Byre Theatre
Sunday 6 August: Bus trip to Crathes Castle and Royal Deeside
Monday 7 August: Organ recital by the University Organist William Stevenson in St Salvator's Chapel
Tuesday 8 August: Bus trip and/or coastal walk Elie/St Monans/Pittenweem
Thursday 10 August: Theatre visit to "Time and time again" by Alan Ayckbourn at the Byre Theatre
1993 Galway
Tuesday 3 August: Reception
Tuesday 3 August: Theatre trip to "Ointment Blue" by George Fitzmaurice at the Druid Theatre
Wednesday 4 August: Bus trip to Connemara and Kylemore Abbey
Thursday 5 August: Conference Dinner in the Corrib Great Southern Hotel
Saturday/ Sunday overnight and Sunday day trip 7 and 8 August: Boat trip from Galway Bay to the Aran Islands
Monday 9 August: Piano recital in the Aula Maxima by the famous Irish pianist Hugh Tinney (his mother was the mathematician Sheila Tinney and his grandfather, Michael Power, was Professor of Mathematics at University College Galway)
Tuesday 10 August Gruenberg Dinner at the Ardilaun Hotel
Wednesday 11 August: Bus trip to the Burren and the Cliffs of Moher
Thursday 12 August: Theatre visit to "A little piece of stuff", a black comedy, at the Punchbag Theatre
1997 Bath
Tuesday 29 July: Evening tour of the Roman Baths
Wednesday 30 July: Bus trip to the Wye Valley, Tintern Abbey, the Welsh valleys and Cardiff
Wednesday 30 July: Conference dinner at the Assembly Rooms in Bath
Thursday 31 July: Musical Evening
Sunday 3 August: Bus trip to Stonehenge, Rufus Stone and the New Forest, Bournemouth
Wednesday 6 August: Bus trip to Wells Cathedral and Gough's Cave in the Cheddar Gorge
2001 Oxford
Monday 6 August: CUP and Springer Reception
Wednesday 8 August: Bus trip to Blenheim Palace
Thursday 9 August: Conference Dinner Lady Margaret Hall
Friday 10 August: Talbot Hall Music Evening
Monday 13 August: Organ recital, the Queen's College Chapel
Wednesday 15 August: Boat trip on the Isis from Folly Bridge
Friday 17 August: Conference Dinner Lady Margaret Hall
2005 St Andrews
Monday 1 August: Whisky Tasting
Wednesday 3 August: Bus trip via view of RSS Discovery at Dundee to Glamis Castle
Wednesday 3 August: Walk along the Fife Coastal Path from St Andrews to Boarhills or Kingsbarns
Wednesday 3 August: Gala Dinner at David Russell Hall
Friday 5 August: Pub night
2009 Bath
Tuesday 4 August: Week 1 banquet, Cumberwell Park Golf Club
Wednesday 5 August: Bus trip to Stonehenge and Salisbury
Thursday 6 August: Evening race meeting, Bath Racecourse
Saturday 8 August: Bus trip to Cardiff
Sunday 9 August: Sightseeing bus trip to London
Monday 10 August: Wine and Cheese party at the American Museum in Britain
Tuesday 11 August: Week 2 banquet, Bath Racecourse Marquee
Wednesday 12 August: Bus trip to Stourhead Gardens and Wells
2013 St Andrews
Sunday 4 August: Semi-guided walking tours around St Andrews
Monday 5 August: wine reception
Tuesday 6 August: Whisky tasting
Wednesday 7 August: Bus trip to the Royal Burgh of Falkland and Falkland Palace or bus trip to the Royal Burgh of Falkland and a walk in the Lomond Hills
Thursday 8 August: Musical evening and Scottish Country dance demonstration
Friday 9 August: Conference banquet in the Gateway Centre
2017 Birmingham
Sunday 6 August: Guided walking tours by local PhD students around the area about the University and the city centre.
Monday 7 August: Wine reception
Tuesday 8 August: Trip to the Two Towers brewery
Wednesday 9 August: Bus trip to the Stratford-on-Avon or bus trip to Warwick Castle
Thursday 10 August: Conference dinner
Friday 11 August: Musical evening
We give the dates, speakers and titles of the talks for the conferences at THIS LINK.
The Proceedings of each of the conferences were published by Cambridge University Press. You can see the Introductions to these proceedings at THIS LINK.
A history of the conferences is at THIS LINK.
A paper by C M Campbell about the Groups St Andrews Conferences and the Galway Group meetings is at THIS LINK.
Last Updated October 2017