by Robin Thompson | 5 Nov 2016 | Articles
By George Robertson It is generally accepted Margaret, Queen, later Saint, of Scotland, was born in Hungary around 1046. Her father, Edward the Exile, became heir to the English throne of Edward the Confessor, who was half brother to her grandfather Edmund...
by Robin Thompson | 20 Oct 2016 | Articles
by Dr. Jean Barclay DID YOU KNOW… about Frank the tramp who stole the minister`s dinner? In the 18th century Scotland, when the population was only between one and two millions, hundreds of beggars wandered the roads. A few were privileged `blue gown` beggars...
by Robin Thompson | 16 Aug 2016 | Uncategorized
JOHN CRANE OF SALINE, 1942-2016 by Dr Jean Barclay When John Crane passed away in June after a three year battle with cancer the people of Saline recognised that they had lost a wonderful supporter of the local community but how many knew what a first-rate local...
by Robin Thompson | 4 Jul 2016 | Articles
by Dr. Jean Barclay DID YOU KNOW…. that Adam Smith is said to have shocked the good citizens of Dunfermline on the Sabbath? In his Annals of Dunfermline (1878) under the title ‘Adam Smith, the Kirkcaldy Philosopher, enters Dunfermline in...
by Robin Thompson | 12 Jun 2016 | Articles
Mary Abernethy Thomson By Elaine Campbell Few people nowadays have heard of the Female Industrial School or of its inspirational head teacher, Mary Thomson. However, for a large part of the 19th century this school was one of the largest and best known schools in...
