Diary

The Buildings At Risk Register, Turning Negative to Positive

Thursday 19th April 2022

7:30pm (doors open 7pm)

Abbey Church Halls, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline

Monica Warwick

At Dunfermline Historical Society’s April meeting Monica Warwick will talk on the Buildings at Risk Register, Turning Negative to Positive. Monica, of Historic Environment Scotland, works at The Engine Shed in Stirling, Scotland’s Building Conservation Centre. She is a member of the Technical Outreach and Education team and has interests in traditional materials and skills.

DHS March 2022 Meeting

17th March 2022

Abbey Church Halls, Abbey Park Place

7:30pm, doors open 7pm

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Roy Johnstone

Roy is a very popular speaker who has spoken to our society before. He has been fascinated by history all his life and, since retiring from a career in the law, has developed and presented a wide range of talks on many historical topics ranging from Mary, Queen of Scots to modern times. I’m sure many of you will remember Roy’s excellent talk in 2018 on women pilots of the Second World War.

The talk will be preceded by a short AGM.

St Margaret and her Miracles

Thursday 17th February 2022

7:30 pm, doors open 7pm

Abbey Church Halls, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline

After a two year gap in our talks programme we are delighted to announce that meetings will resume this month, at present for members only. Prof. Robert Bartlett will present “St Margaret and her Miracles”.

Robert Bartlett, Emeritus Professor at the School of History in the University of St Andrews, is a distinguished medieval historian who has published widely on medieval frontiers and colonialism, the lives of saints and England between 1066 and 1300. He received the Wolfson History Prize for his book “The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change, 950-1350” and has written and presented several TV series including “The Normans” and “The Plantagenets”.

Fife Folk Tales

Thursday 3rd February 2022

UPDATE. Unfortunately, this meeting has been cancelled due to the speaker having caught Covid. The next talk is scheduled for March 3rd.

Markinch Heritage Group are re-starting in person meetings. Their first talk is from Sheila Kinninmonth.