by Robin Thompson | 18 Mar 2022 | Diary, Talks
Thursday 19th April 2022 7:30pm (doors open 7pm) Abbey Church Halls, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline Monica Warwick At Dunfermline Historical Society’s April meeting Monica Warwick will talk on the Buildings at Risk Register, Turning Negative to Positive. Monica,...
by Robin Thompson | 26 Feb 2022 | Diary, Talks
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...
by Robin Thompson | 6 Feb 2022 | Articles
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...
by Robin Thompson | 3 Feb 2022 | Diary, Talks
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...
by Robin Thompson | 24 Jan 2022 | Articles
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...