by Robin Thompson | 15 Apr 2017 | Did You Know?
By George Robertson. DID YOU KNOW… the story, much repeated, of the birth of Dunfermline’s Secessionist Minister, the Rev Ralph Erskine, taking place after the death of his mother? What follows is a brief outline, as described by Buckham Hugh Hossack (1835-1902) 1....
by Robin Thompson | 17 Mar 2017 | Diary, Talks
Our next meeting will take place on Thursday 20 April, at 7:30 pm in the Abbey Church Hall, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline. Morna Fleming will speak on “Robert Henryson, Dunfermline’s Medieval Poet”. Dr Fleming first developed her interest in Scottish...
by Robin Thompson | 14 Mar 2017 | Articles
Michael Tod and Sons Ltd., Engineers by George Beattie A native of Kirkcaldy, who spent his early years in the West of Scotland, Michael Tod came to Dunfermline around 1870. Shortly thereafter, in April 1872, he formed a partnership with Alexander Bennett, founding...
by Robin Thompson | 18 Feb 2017 | Articles
Did You Know… …that an elegant granite fountain used to stand in Queen Anne St? It stood from 1860 to 1924, was given to the town by an Aberdeen medical doctor and shared it’s name with a former village to the north of Dunfermline. The Lassodie...
by Robin Thompson | 18 Feb 2017 | Diary, Talks
Our next meeting will take place on Thursday 16th March at 7:30 pm in the Abbey Church Halls, as usual. Prof. David Munro MBE will present “The History of Lochore Castle”. Currently Heritage Advisor to the Duke of Buccleuch, David is a geographical...
