Diary
Next Meeting May 2025 “The Manx Beauty”
Thursday 15th May 2025
Dunfermline Historical Society
In our last meeting of the season, Richard Wemyss will present “The Manx Beauty Project – 88 years of Stories”,
The Manx Beauty is a ring net fishing vessel built in Cellardyke in 1937 for the Isle of Man Government, it has multiple historical significances through its design, it’s war service and others which include the stories of the people who worked her. The project Cellardyke Trust have been developing uses the vessel as a catalyst for heritage skills development, music and theatre projects and supporting and developing community. The talk will lead you through the history, the current plans and the proposed use for the vessel in the future.
Richard is an artist, originally from Cellardyke, who has a deep interest in Fife’s maritime and fishing history.
The meeting starts at 7:30pm in the Abbey Church Halls, Dunfermline and as always, visitors will be made most welcome.
Markinch Heritage Group Meeting, May 2025
Markinch Heritage Group
The Japanese Garden Ella Grew
by Nicola Dibley
Learn about the creator’s unique and authentic bridge joining Scottish and Japanese culture. Sha Raku En – ‘The Place of Pleasure and Delight’
Thursday 1st May 2025 at 7pm
252 Memorial Hall, Betson Street, Markinch
(£2 entrance fee for non-members)
Canmore Room Events 2025
April 2025 Talk – Update on the East Lomond Dig
Thursday 17th April 2025, 7:30pm
Abbey Church Halls, Dunfermline.
Joe Fitzpatrick FSA will give us an update on the ongoing archaeological dig of the Pictish Hill Fort near the top of East Lomond Hill. Joe has spoken to us before, in 2018, but there has significant new work on the site in 2022 and 2023. It will be fascinating to hear the latest findings.
Joe is Chairman and a Trustee of the Falkland Stewardship Trust and amongst other duties leads on archaeological activities on the estate. Since his retirement as Head of Service in Education and then Communities Services with Fife Council, he devotes much of his time to history and archaeology. Joe lives in Fife and is married with two grown up sons.
March 2025 Meeting, Disaster at Darien
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.