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...
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 | 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...
