by Robin Thompson | 17 Mar 2018 | Diary, Talks
April 19th 7:30 pm, Abbey Church Hall Derek Larkman – “Frederick Maitland, an Ordinary, Extraordinary Man ” Lieutenant Commander Larkman served in the Royal Navy, in frigates, carriers and Polaris submarines as well as a in a variety of shore...
by Robin Thompson | 4 Mar 2018 | Articles
In the second of her articles on shopping in Victorian times, Sue Mowat describes the wide range of tailors, milliners, boot-makers and others trading in Dunfermline in the 1860s. Shopping for Clothes in Victorian Dunfermline By Sue Mowat Setting out to buy clothes in...
by Robin Thompson | 17 Feb 2018 | Diary, Talks
The March meeting will take place at 7:30 pm on Thursday, 15th March in the Abbey Church Hall as usual. Professor Gordon Findlater will talk on ‘Burke and Hare’. Professor Findlater has taught Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh since 1984. He was...
by Robin Thompson | 17 Feb 2018 | Diary, Talks
14th March 2018 Inverkeithing Local History Society 7:30 pm The Townhouse “In Search of the Highlands” Eric Simpson Kincardine Local History Group 2pm Community...
by Robin Thompson | 13 Feb 2018 | Articles
Born in Halbeath, The Rt. Hon. William Adamson, PC, MP was a miner, trade union leader and MP for Fife West from 1919 to 1931. He was a member of the first Labour Cabinet and became Secretary of State for Scotland. In this short biography, George Robertson summarises...
