by Robin Thompson | 4 May 2017 | Articles
by George Beattie The Dunfermline Foundry Company had its origins in the Maygate, Dunfermline, when, in 1815, Robert Campbell commenced ironfounding on a small scale in the smithy premises of Tam Thomson.1 “Viagraphy Dunfermlynensis” speaks of Fishmarket...
by Robin Thompson | 21 Apr 2017 | Talks
At our April 2017 meeting, Dr. Morna Fleming presented a fascinating talk on “Robert Henryson’s Morall Fabillis”. She gave us an excellent introduction to this major work by the 15th Century Dunfermline poet, which stimulated many questions from the...
by Robin Thompson | 21 Apr 2017 | Diary, Talks
Our next meeting is the 2016/17 AGM. It will take place on Thursday 18th May, at 7:30 pm in the Abbey Church Hall, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline, and will be followed by “Thirty Years of Fife Constabulary” by George Beattie. George is an old friend of the...
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...
