by Robin Thompson | 4 Oct 2017 | Articles
In this article Jean Barclay provides new evidence which appears to solve the problem of the location of the long demolished Blue Row. In the mid 19th Century the Red, Black and Blue Rows were a set of streets north of the Mill Dam, mostly inhabited by workers in the...
by Robin Thompson | 30 Sep 2017 | Diary
Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline Saturday 7th October Sharron McColl The History of the Carnegie Hall At 2:30 pm. Tickets £2. Inverkeithing Local History Society Meetings are held upstairs in the Townhouse,...
by Robin Thompson | 30 Sep 2017 | Articles
John Jackson and Sons, Coachbuilders Dunfermline’s Industrial Past By George Beattie John Jackson was born in the hamlet of Shiresmill, near Blairhall, Fife, in 1885. He founded a firm which, for 70 years, built high quality vehicle bodies in Dunfermline. On...
by Robin Thompson | 22 Sep 2017 | Diary, Talks
19 October 2017 At this meeting George Robertson presented “The Lost Village of Lassodie”, the talk originally scheduled for next April, due to the unexpected unavailablity of our advertised speaker. We were delighted that George was able to present his...
by Robin Thompson | 22 Sep 2017 | Talks
Prof. Sarah Pedersen of Robert Gordon’s University, Aberdeen, gave a fascinating talk on the history of the Suffragette movement in Scotland. She covered the development of the movement from the constitutional Suffragist organisation of Millicent Fawcett through the...
