DHS March 2022 Meeting

17th March 2022 Abbey Church Halls, Abbey Park Place 7:30pm, doors open 7pm Bonnie Prince Charlie Roy Johnstone Roy is a very popular speaker who has spoken to our society before. He has been fascinated by history all his life and, since retiring from a career in the...

‘Bacca B’ : John Beveridge and his Two Careers

by Dr Jean Barclay John Beveridge (1796-1864) was a remarkable man who made a success of two totally different careers. He was born in Inverkeithing on March 1st 1796, the second of the 10 children of James Beveridge and his wife Catherine Walls (1). In about 1803 the...

St Margaret and her Miracles

Thursday 17th February 2022 7:30 pm, doors open 7pm Abbey Church Halls, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline After a two year gap in our talks programme we are delighted to announce that meetings will resume this month, at present for members only. Prof. Robert Bartlett will...

Mitchell’s Soft Drinks

In the next in our series on Dunfermline’s Industrial Past, William Mitchell and Sons Ltd, George Beattie relates the history of another of the soft drinks manufactures. They latterly operated from Garvock Hill, having built the factory which later became the...