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...
by Robin Thompson | 1 Dec 2018 | Uncategorized
By Robin Thompson Secret Dunfermline Gregor Stewart Amberley Publishing, £14.99 Secret Dunfermline is a short account of the history of the town and it’s surrounding area which, as the publisher says, “delves into the town’s murkier past, blending the serious with...
