by Robin Thompson | 16 Feb 2020 | Articles
By Sue Mowat “I remember when all this was all fields”. So many Dunfermline people must have said that, as the town expanded throughout the centuries after King David I granted his tiny burgh to the Abbey in 1124, shortly after he came to the throne. The full story of...
by Robin Thompson | 26 Jan 2020 | Diary, Talks
20th February, 7:30pm Dunfermline Historical Society will hold it’s AGM at 7:30pm in the Abbey Church Halls, followed shortly by a talk presented by Prof. Ewen Cameron – “Dunfermline: WW1 through to the 1918 Election”. Prof Cameron studied...
by Robin Thompson | 21 Jan 2020 | Diary, Visits
Heart of Midlothian Our first trip this year will be on Saturday 4th April and will visit two contrasting sites in Midlothian. Our first destination is Newbattle Abbey. The Abbey started life as a Cistercian monastery with links to Dunfermline Abbey, later became a...
by Robin Thompson | 15 Jan 2020 | Articles
by George Beattie Around 1843, Messrs Ralph Walker and David Wilson opened a bleach works on the banks of the Lyne Burn at Touch. Within a decade of opening the field, Mr Walker and Mr Wilson dissolved the partnership. Mr Walker established the Elgin Bleachfield on...
by Robin Thompson | 3 Jan 2020 | Articles
by Dr Jean Barclay When it came to a winter festival, Handsel (or Hansel) Monday at the start of the year meant a great deal to generations of Scots. It was a time of rejoicing with visits to family, friends and neighbours, food and drink in plenty, and giving...
