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 | 2 Oct 2021 | Talks
Inverkeithing Local History Group Sue Mowat, will present a talk on the Abbey Graveyard on Wednesday 13 October at 7.30pm in Inverkeithing parish church. Non-members £1. The church is the part-medieval one with a clock tower in Inverkeithing main street. It is the...
by Robin Thompson | 24 Sep 2021 | Articles
In “Erskine Beveridge & Co. The origins of a famous Dunfermline business”, Donald Adamson presents the results of his important local research into the sources of funding for a well-known firm which has a significant place in Dunfermline’s...
by Robin Thompson | 13 Sep 2021 | Video Lectures
We hope you enjoyed some of the video lectures we posted last season. It is quite easy to find more, either by searching the web directly, or by searching within YouTube. We found the following two sites particularly useful. Dip In Video www.dipinvideo.co.uk Access to...
by Robin Thompson | 24 Jul 2021 | Articles
George Robertson has compiled a history of an early Dunfermline Library, founded well before the current institution came into being. He has taken another piece from Alexander Stewart’s “Reminiscences of Dunfermline” as a starting point, then quoted...