People
The Rumbling Bridge Mason’s Marks
In his article on Thomas Tuckett, Road Surveyor, George Robertson asked if anyone had any knowledge concerning the initials and masons’ marks on the inscribed stone on Rumbling Bridge. Recently, George was contacted by a reader who has solved the puzzle. Read what he learned in “The Masons’ Marks on Rumbling Bridge, An Answer!”
How to Behave in Church
Jean Barclay has been searching through the archives and has discovered an interesting article written in the 19th Century. “Proper decorum to be observed in the Church especially during Divine Service” by David Birrell gives us perhaps a different and amusing view of behaviour in church in those times.
A Nineteenth Century Stationer, Bookseller and Printer
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 processing, clothing and transport we can now add printing and bookselling. In “The Millers of Bridge Street“, Jean Barclay relates the history of a family who played an important part in the life of Dunfermline for two generations.
Thomas Tuckett, Victorian Road Surveyor
This article was inspired by an inscribed stone on the side of the road bridge at Rumbling Glen. George Robertson was intrigued and his investigation has resulted in a brief biography of the man those name is recorded there, “Thomas Tuckett and the Puzzle of the Inscribed Stone“. This interesting article also gives us an insight into the life of a successful professional in the mid 19th Century and of how the roads were maintained in those days.
Jane Duncanson
In “A Dunfermline Bluestocking“, Jean Barclay presents a short biography of a Victorian pioneer in women’s education. Jane Duncanson was a primary school teacher who passed the LLA Diploma from St Andrews University.