by Robin Thompson | 10 Oct 2022 | Diary, Talks
20th October, 7:30pm Abbey Church Halls, Abbey Park Place. This month we have Jim Leishman, who will be giving us his talk “From Ball to Chain”. Footballer, renowned Football Manager, local politician and Provost, for all of us who are familiar with...
by Robin Thompson | 22 Sep 2022 | Articles
by Dr. Jean Barclay Part 1 – the Child-Stealing. In May 1817, in the harsh times after the Napoleonic Wars, a young woman, Janet Douglas of Gilmerton near Edinburgh, aged about 18, found herself out of work as a collier`s bearer. The job, which involved hauling hewn...
by Robin Thompson | 25 Aug 2022 | Diary, Talks
Our first meeting of the new session is on Thursday, 15th September, when Ian Scott will speak on “The Lowland Canals”. Ian Scott was Assistant Principal at Falkirk College and has been Director and National Chairman of the Saltire Society. Ian’s main...
by Robin Thompson | 29 Jun 2022 | Articles
(From Miss Robertson`s papers at the Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries) Looking back on my childhood it seems that horses and ponies played an important part in it. John Goodall had a large livery-stable, which provided cabs for the station – luggage on the...
by Robin Thompson | 16 May 2022 | Articles
James Woodrow and Sons, Aerated Water Manufacturer By George Beattie Born and brought up in Edinburgh, James Woodrow spent much of his early working life employed as a lemonade bottler in the City. He moved to a similar job in Leven around 1890, where he went on to...
