by Robin Thompson | 24 Oct 2018 | Articles, Kirk Session
Tales from the Kirk Session by Dr. Jean Barclay The kirk session of ministers and elders formed the lowest rung of four ecclesiastical courts (above it being the presbytery, synod and general assembly) and was responsible for church affairs and the moral...
by Robin Thompson | 20 Oct 2018 | Diary, Talks
Thursday 15th November 2018 Dunfermline Historical Society Bruce Keith “Bridgescapes – an Illustrated Talk” Bruce is a surveyor and environmentalist, having started his professional career working on several Perthshire and Aberdeenshire...
by Robin Thompson | 22 Sep 2018 | Diary, Talks
18th October 2018 At the Dunfermline Historical Society’s October meeting, Dr. Donald Adamson will talk about “The Moat Pit of Culross”. Donald Adamson comes from a Halbeath coal mining family, and that coal mining ancestry stretches back to the late...
by Robin Thompson | 20 Sep 2018 | Articles
by Sue Mowat In July 1854 the Fife Herald published a report on a Dunfermline horticultural show. Among its descriptions of the exhibits and the lists of prize-winners, the report commented that : The Dunfermline amateur florists are reputed all around this district...
by Robin Thompson | 8 Sep 2018 | Diary, Talks
The first meeting of our new season will be held on Thursday 20th September 2018, at 7:30 pm, in the Abbey Church Halls. Jess Smith will present “The Story of the Travelling Folk”. Jess is the author of six published books on her culture as a Scottish...
