by Robin Thompson | 7 Nov 2022 | Articles
During the Second World War, the newly formed BOAC continued flying civilian services to several countries, including neutral Portugal and Sweden. These flights could be of great importance to the war effort and of course, could be very hazardous. In “Captain...
by Robin Thompson | 17 Dec 2020 | Video Lectures
This month’s video lecture, “Ways to Flodden, 1513” was given by Dr David Caldwell at the Archaeological Research in Progress Conference, 2016 in Galashiels. His talk puts the battle into it’s military context and is mainly concerned with the...
by Robin Thompson | 13 Sep 2017 | Articles
By George Robertson. Recently, whilst researching the history of Middlebank House near Dunfermline, I stumbled across details of the death of a Polish soldier named Jan Wagner. In 1945 he had been shot and killed while attempting to escape from Middlebank, officially...
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 this article Sue Mowat tells the story of the hard-working...
by Robin Thompson | 19 Sep 2016 | Articles
By Sue Mowat Guns were a hot topic in Dunfermline in the summer of 1857, more specifically the town’s newly-acquired trophy of the recent Crimean War. Among the Russian armaments captured at the fall of Sevastopol had been more than 300 cannon from the fort of Redan....
