by Robin Thompson | 7 Sep 2018 | Articles
In the first of our new series drawn from the Dunfermline Parish Records, “Tales from the Kirk Session”, Jean Barclay provides us with a detailed insight into how people lived in Dunfermline in the Seventeenth Century, and how the Church sought to stop...
by Robin Thompson | 1 Sep 2018 | Kirk Session
Coming soon, a new feature in which Jean Barclay and Elaine Campbell scour the extensive archives of the Kirk Session for insights into Dunfermline’s past.
by Robin Thompson | 29 Aug 2018 | Diary, Talks
The 2018 – 2019 talks programme is now available. We have an exciting and varied set of speakers covering Scottish history from bridges and coal pits to cattle dealers and witches. The final talk, next May, has now been confirmed as “Dunfermline Town...
by Robin Thompson | 30 Jul 2018 | Articles
In March 2016 we published a “Did You Know” about Mrs More’s Seminary for Young Ladies in Cairneyhill. Earlier this year, the author, Elaine Campbell received an email from a descendant of one of the pupils, containing further information about the...
by Robin Thompson | 14 Jul 2018 | Articles
by Sue Mowat Reminiscences and histories of nineteenth century Dunfermline present a rosy picture of steadily increasing improvement in all aspects of the town’s life, and in many respects this was true. However, contemporary records reveal a situation of widespread...
