by Robin Thompson | 4 Jul 2016 | Articles
by Dr. Jean Barclay DID YOU KNOW…. that Adam Smith is said to have shocked the good citizens of Dunfermline on the Sabbath? In his Annals of Dunfermline (1878) under the title ‘Adam Smith, the Kirkcaldy Philosopher, enters Dunfermline in...
by Robin Thompson | 17 Jun 2016 | Visits
by Lindsey Fowell A sunny June morning saw Dunfermline Historical Society members travel westwards to enjoy a day out in Glasgow. Our first stop was at Bothwell Castle in Uddingston, a most impressive medieval red sandstone ruin. Bothwell is really two castles in one....
by Robin Thompson | 12 Jun 2016 | Articles
Mary Abernethy Thomson By Elaine Campbell Few people nowadays have heard of the Female Industrial School or of its inspirational head teacher, Mary Thomson. However, for a large part of the 19th century this school was one of the largest and best known schools in...
by Robin Thompson | 2 Jun 2016 | Articles
In response to George Robertson’s article on Lassodie, we received an interesting email from David Allan, whose grandmother was born in Lassodie. He sent us this article concerning two of the men commemorated on the war memorial. “Reading your article on...
by Robin Thompson | 18 May 2016 | Articles
By George Robertson Whilst researching my article ‘The Lost Village of Lassodie’, I had the pleasure of meeting a lady named Peggy Crawford, who had spent her childhood there. She was born in 1933 at 92 Fairfield, Lassodie. The family remained there for a few years...
