by Robin Thompson | 4 May 2017 | Articles
by George Beattie The Dunfermline Foundry Company had its origins in the Maygate, Dunfermline, when, in 1815, Robert Campbell commenced ironfounding on a small scale in the smithy premises of Tam Thomson.1 “Viagraphy Dunfermlynensis” speaks of Fishmarket...
by Robin Thompson | 21 Apr 2017 | Talks
At our April 2017 meeting, Dr. Morna Fleming presented a fascinating talk on “Robert Henryson’s Morall Fabillis”. She gave us an excellent introduction to this major work by the 15th Century Dunfermline poet, which stimulated many questions from the...
by Robin Thompson | 15 Apr 2017 | Did You Know?
By George Robertson. DID YOU KNOW… the story, much repeated, of the birth of Dunfermline’s Secessionist Minister, the Rev Ralph Erskine, taking place after the death of his mother? What follows is a brief outline, as described by Buckham Hugh Hossack (1835-1902) 1....
by Robin Thompson | 11 Jan 2017 | Did You Know?
Dippy the Dinosaur and Andrew Carnegie by Dr. Jean Barclay DID YOU KNOW… that there is a vital link between Dippy the Dinosaur and Andrew Carnegie? Dippy the dinosaur has been much in the news lately because, having been a scene stealer at the Natural...
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...
