by Robin Thompson | 29 Jan 2019 | Articles
Tales from the Kirk Session The Affair of the Holes in the Floor By Elaine Campbell The Ordination of Elders By J M Lorimer RSA From ‘The Kirk and its Worthies’ By Nicholas Dickson In the 17th and 18th century the Kirk was a very important institution in...
by Robin Thompson | 19 Jan 2019 | Diary, Talks
21st February 2019 The Annual General Meeting of the Dunfermline Historical Society will take place at 7:30 pm in the Abbey Church Halls. It will be immediately followed by a talk “Ye Jacobites By Name” by Donald Smith. Donald is a founding member of...
by Robin Thompson | 20 Dec 2018 | Diary, Talks
17th January 2019 Dunfermline Historical Society 7:30pm, Abbey Church Halls The Queen Anne Singers “A Burns Celebration” This season’s members only night takes the form of a musical Celebration of Robert Burns. We are...
by Robin Thompson | 10 Dec 2018 | Articles
Tales from the Kirk Session The Kirk that Stole Christmas by Dr. Jean Barclay The Presbyterian Church of Scotland did not like Christmas and ensured that it was not celebrated in Scotland for some 400 years. The old winter festival of Yule had lasted 12 days and,...
by Robin Thompson | 6 Dec 2018 | Articles
James Stewart and Sons, Builders and Quarrymen Dunfermline’s Industrial Past by George Beattie Born in Falkland but brought up in Dunfermline, James Stewart served an apprenticeship as a stone-mason with a then noted country builder at Cowstrandburn, near...
