Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries, 4.00pm – 5.00pm
In the run up to the Re-dedication of the Dunfermline World War One Memorial, come and learn about the history and ongoing activities of the CWGC, both globally and locally in the Dunfermline area.
Speaker: Jim Leggat OBE DL
FREE admission but booking is essential.
To book a space ask a member of staff at reception or alternatively phone (01383) 602365.
Markinch Heritage Group
AGM + St Monan’s Camera Museum Talk
One of the largest camera collections in the world of over 3,000 cameras housed in a village hall in our own East Neuk
Thursday 4th September 2025
Doors open from 6.30pm
252 Memorial Hall, Betson Street, Markinch
(£2 entrance fee for non-members – membership fees are now due)
Our programme of talks for the new season is now available. We are presenting a varied programme of eight talks ranging over subjects from the Battle of Stirling Bridge to 19th Century arctic exploration. We start on Thursday, 16th September 2025 at 7:30pm in the Abbey Church Halls, Dunfermline when Bob Young will present “Life as a Miner”.
Bob was NUM Branch Chair at Comrie Colliery in 1984 when the Miner’s Strike started. In 1986, when the strike ended and the colliery was closed, he was elected as a local councillor for the Labour Party. He later served on Fife Council, finally standing down in 2017. He sees his role in the regeneration of Abbeyview as one of the biggest contributions he made during his time in local government.
The selection of trustees to oversee the Trust for the Universities of Scotland in 1901 revealed the handiwork of Andrew Carnegie. He assembled a board which was formed principally of the leading Scots-born politicians of their generation. All had served – or would serve – as cabinet ministers. One had already served as prime minister, while a further three would serve their country in this office. Two served as chancellor of the exchequer. All would be appointed as privy councillors. Serious Minds tells the story of a single act of philanthropy which changed the face of higher education in Scotland, forever, extending access and opportunity on an unimaginable scale.
This is the fourth of the Carnegie Lectures to be presented, in the Canmore Room, at the Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries over the winter season.
Doors open at 6pm and the lecture starts at 6:30.
Tickets (£5),are available at the venue or via https://www.onfife.com/events/?types=&venues=dunfermline-carnegie-library-galleries&dates=
24th April 2025, Carnegie and Scotland, Prof Ewen Cameron.