by Robin Thompson | 4 Mar 2018 | Articles
In the second of her articles on shopping in Victorian times, Sue Mowat describes the wide range of tailors, milliners, boot-makers and others trading in Dunfermline in the 1860s. Shopping for Clothes in Victorian Dunfermline By Sue Mowat Setting out to buy clothes in...
by Robin Thompson | 2 Jan 2018 | Articles
Shopping for Food and Drink in Victorian Dunfermline By Sue Mowat How different, how very different, was shopping in Dunfermline a century and a half ago! In 1861 there were more than 70 shops in the High Street alone – grocers, greengrocers, bakers, tobacconists,...
by Robin Thompson | 22 Nov 2016 | Articles
In the mid 19th century, Volunteer Rifle Corps were being formed for defence against a perceived threat from France. The Dunfermline unit needed additional funding, so an ambitious event was organised. In “The Dunfermline Volunteers Bazaar” Sue Mowat tells...
