by Robin Thompson | 5 Sep 2016 | Articles
The Battle of Kinghorn by Dr. Jean Barclay DID YOU KNOW.. ..that in 1796 Dunfermline`s Provost and some of his councillors were kidnapped and held captive in the black hole in Inverkeithing? If you think that elections nowadays get a bit nasty you want to look...
by Robin Thompson | 3 Sep 2016 | Articles
Here, George Beattie gives us another article in a series on Dunfermline’s Industrial Past, with the history of a firm which made and sold clay pipes for over eighty years in Dunfermline. William Richmond, Clay Pipe Manufacturer By George Beattie ...
by Robin Thompson | 16 Aug 2016 | Uncategorized
JOHN CRANE OF SALINE, 1942-2016 by Dr Jean Barclay When John Crane passed away in June after a three year battle with cancer the people of Saline recognised that they had lost a wonderful supporter of the local community but how many knew what a first-rate local...
by Robin Thompson | 4 Aug 2016 | Articles, Did You Know?
“PRISON – WHIT PRISON?” By George Robertson DID YOU KNOW…. that there was a prison in Dunfermline until 1950? Take a walk down Dunfermline High Street today and ask anyone where Dunfermline Prison was and it is almost certain, in the majority of...
by Robin Thompson | 17 Jul 2016 | Articles
Dunfermline’s Industrial Past H & J Philp, Joiners, Sawmillers and Builders by George Beattie This fascinating illustrated letterhead gives a vivid insight into one of the largest building and joinery firms in Dunfermline in the late 19th and early 20th...
