by Robin Thompson | 5 Jan 2026 | Articles
by Dr Jean Barclay David Paton is a somewhat neglected member of the famous Paton family of artists, sculptors and designers but according to his friend, Dr. Ebenezer Henderson, astronomer and historian of Dunfermline, he was a `great mechanical genius` (1). David was...
by Robin Thompson | 24 Mar 2022 | Articles
Lighting up Dunfermline and Public Announcements. Reminiscences of Dunfermline by George Robertson, FSAScot. Once again we turn to Alexander Stewart’s Reminiscences of Dunfermline, this time for information on the early lighting system in Dunfermline and also on how...
by Robin Thompson | 16 Oct 2019 | Articles
Many of you will have visited Abbotsford House near Melrose, extravagantly built and furnished by Sir Walter Scott. But did you know that much of the ancient wooden panelling was “salvaged” from the old Dunfermline Abbey Church, when the new church was...
by Robin Thompson | 28 Feb 2019 | Articles
By Dr. Jean Barclay Adam Westwood Adam Westwood was the first child of William Westwood and his wife Isabella Richardson, who both came from old Dunfermline families. William and Isabella were married on June 6th 1842 and Adam was probably born in Guildhall...
by Robin Thompson | 3 Mar 2016 | Articles
Daniel Thomson, A Man of many Parts by Dr Jean Barclay No street or building in Dunfermline is named after Daniel Thomson but it does not take long for anyone involved with Dunfermline’s past to come across him.  In his books The Weavers Craft and The Hammermen...
