by Robin Thompson | 9 Apr 2019 | Uncategorized
When writing the article about Mary Thomson and the Female Industrial School, a great deal of searching was done to try and find a photograph of Mary or some of her pupils but with no success. This photograph was found in the Journal Almanac 1913, a copy of which is...
by Robin Thompson | 27 Mar 2019 | Articles, Kirk Session
Tales from the Kirk Session by Dr. Jean Barclay The Elder at the Plate by H C Preston In the early 1720s the Dunfermline kirk session consisted of the two ministers and 25 elders who were subject each year to ‘privy censure’ to ensure they were ‘circumspect in their...
by Robin Thompson | 23 Mar 2019 | Diary, Talks
18th April 2019 Dunfermline Historical Society, 7:30 pm Prof. Richard Oram, “Quite Happy – The Diary of James Fyffe a Cattle Dealer 1836 – 40” Professor Oram is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Medieval and...
by Robin Thompson | 28 Feb 2019 | Articles
By Dr. Jean Barclay Adam Westwood Adam Westwood was the first child of William Westwood and his wife Isabella Richardson, who both came from old Dunfermline families. William and Isabella were married on June 6th 1842 and Adam was probably born in Guildhall...
by Robin Thompson | 26 Feb 2019 | Diary, Talks
21 March 2019 Dunfermline Historical Society. David Spaven ……. ‘A History and Geography of Scotland’s Railways’ . David has spent his working life in and around the rail industry, primarily in the freight sector and for two decades he was...
