by Robin Thompson | 3 Feb 2022 | Diary, Talks
Thursday 17th February 2022 7:30 pm, doors open 7pm Abbey Church Halls, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline After a two year gap in our talks programme we are delighted to announce that meetings will resume this month, at present for members only. Prof. Robert Bartlett will...
by Robin Thompson | 24 Jan 2022 | Articles
In the next in our series on Dunfermline’s Industrial Past, George Beattie relates the history of another of the soft drinks manufactures. They latterly operated from Garvock Hill, having built the factory which later became the Vine Centre. The firm operated...
by Robin Thompson | 19 Dec 2021 | Articles
What Dunfermline Would Have Been (And May Become) Without Damask By Dr Jean Barclay The material for this item comes from an article entitled `Dunfermline and the damask trade` from The Weekly News of Saturday, November 4th, 1865, which was included in the Folio of...
by Robin Thompson | 8 Nov 2021 | Articles
Gilbert Rae’s Aereated Water Works Baldridge Works, Golfdrum Street, Dunfermline by George Beattie Gilbert Rae Gilbert Rae was born in 1841, at Marchwell Farm, Rullion Green, near Penicuik. He was the son of James Rae, who was then a tenant farmer, and his wife...
by Robin Thompson | 27 Oct 2021 | Articles
In the next of his articles based on Alexander Stewart’s “Reminiscences of Dunfermline – Sixty Years Ago”, George Robertson FSA Scot describes the provision of pharmacy and medical care available in Dunfermline in the early years of the 19th...
