Clish-Clash

The e-newsletter of the Scottish Local History Forum

The Dunfermline War Memorial

5 Sep 2025 |

Thursday 11th September 2025

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 first meeting of the new season

2 Sep 2025 |

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 New Programme

31 Aug 2025 |

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.

March 2025 Meeting, Disaster at Darien

7 Mar 2025 | ,

Thursday 20th March,  Abbey Church Halls

Dunfermline Historical Society

Bruce Jamieson will present ‘Disaster at Darien –the Failure of the 17th Century Scottish attempt to set up a Colony in Central America’ Bruce taught history for 35 years after graduating from Edinburgh University.  He regularly lectures on Scottish History, is the author of several books, including “Linlithgow Through Time” and “Old North Berwick”, and works as a walking tour guide. His talk will start at 7:30 pm and, as always, visitors will be made welcome.

February 2025 Meeting

3 Feb 2025 | ,

Thursday 20th Feb, 7:30pm, Abbey Church Halls.

Annual General Meeting followed by :

“Henry Duncan”, by Prof. Charles Munn

 

Henry Duncan created a world-wide movement which has helped millions of people throughout the world, and continues to do so. Yet his name is almost completely absent from the pages of our history books. He is best remembered as the father of the Savings Bank Movement, but he was a man of many parts – social reformer, anti-slavery campaigner, geologist and newspaper founder. His pen was never still. He wrote poetry, novels, pamphlets and religious books. He was a Freemason, a friendly society president, an artist, a landscape gardener and a military volunteer. He managed all of this in addition to his role as a parish minister in a small rural parish in southwest Scotland.
This talk will look at many aspects of his life, including his attempt to move the University of St Andrew’s to Dumfries and his prominent role in the Disruption of 1843.