by Robin Thompson | 3 Jul 2024 | Articles
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 (Notes by Jean Barclay) It is not my intention to...
by Robin Thompson | 2 Oct 2021 | Articles
The Dunfermline Historical Society recently received a portrait photograph of the Reverend Peter Chalmers, a minister of the Abbey Church, a local historian and an influential figure in Dunfermline life in the 19th Century. Jean Barclay has researched his life and in...
by Robin Thompson | 4 Mar 2020 | Articles
In the next of our occasional series of “Tales from the Kirk Session” Jean Barclay has looked into the case of a man who was moving from Dunfermline to Muckhart and needed the permission of the Session, which, in this case, was not easily obtained.
by Robin Thompson | 3 Jan 2020 | Articles
by Dr Jean Barclay When it came to a winter festival, Handsel (or Hansel) Monday at the start of the year meant a great deal to generations of Scots. It was a time of rejoicing with visits to family, friends and neighbours, food and drink in plenty, and giving...
by Robin Thompson | 29 Jan 2019 | Articles
Tales from the Kirk Session The Affair of the Holes in the Floor By Elaine Campbell The Ordination of Elders By J M Lorimer RSA From ‘The Kirk and its Worthies’ By Nicholas Dickson In the 17th and 18th century the Kirk was a very important institution in...
