by Robin Thompson | 7 Aug 2025 | Articles
Printers, Booksellers, Bookbinders and Stationers, 1780-1883 by Dr Jean Barclay The early 19th century saw a revolution in the art of printing as the wooden hand presses with moveable type that had been in use since Gutenberg and Caxton`s time in the 15th century...
by Robin Thompson | 30 Jul 2025 | Visits
by Maureen Laing Sunday 8th June saw a small group of DHS members gather in Leys Park Road car park, board a small coach and head south west to Garrion Bridges Garden and Antiques Centre for our first stop on this year’s summer trip. We were served hot drinks and...
by Robin Thompson | 3 Dec 2023 | Uncategorized
As many articles in our industrial and commercial series have shown, medium sized towns such as Dunfermline, supported all sorts of businesses and activities which have now long been centralised at a national or international level. To brewing, engineering, food...
by Robin Thompson | 16 May 2022 | Articles
In the third of his series on aerated water manufactures in Dunfermline, George Beattie presents the history of James Woodrow and Sons, the largest and longest lasting of the these businesses. For 100 years from 1908 this firm produced, bottled and distributed a wide...
by Robin Thompson | 24 Jan 2022 | Articles
In the next in our series on Dunfermline’s Industrial Past, William Mitchell and Sons Ltd, George Beattie relates the history of another of the soft drinks manufactures. They latterly operated from Garvock Hill, having built the factory which later became the...
