by Robin Thompson | 12 Dec 2017 | Articles, Did You Know?
Did you know… …about the Dunfermline links of the author of the Beveridge Report? by Dr. Jean Barclay The Second World War brought many changes, not least in Britain`s health and welfare services, changes in which the name of William Beveridge looms large. In 1941,...
by Robin Thompson | 4 Oct 2017 | Articles
DID YOU KNOW… About Provost Moodie’s Little Troubles? by Dr. Jean Barclay You`ll all know Moodie Street where Andrew Carnegie was born and where his Birthplace Museum now stands. Called the New Road after it was opened in 1781, it was renamed Moodie...
by Robin Thompson | 5 Sep 2016 | Articles
The Battle of Kinghorn by Dr. Jean Barclay DID YOU KNOW.. ..that in 1796 Dunfermline`s Provost and some of his councillors were kidnapped and held captive in the black hole in Inverkeithing? If you think that elections nowadays get a bit nasty you want to look...
