by Robin Thompson | 23 Sep 2019 | Diary, Talks
17th October 2019 Ian Scott, “James Watt” 7:30 pm in the Abbey Church Halls, Dunfermline. 2019 is the 200th Anniversary of the death of James Watt, one of the most influential of the pioneering engineers of the industrial revolution. Those of you who were...
by Robin Thompson | 8 Sep 2019 | Talks
Our talks programme for the new season is now finalised. We are delighted to start this session on 19th September with Prof. Sir Geoff Palmer, who will present “Scotland and the Slave Trade”. The programme continues until 21st May next year concluding with...
by Robin Thompson | 15 Aug 2019 | Visits
Cherry Allan has written a report of our visit to the Inverness area, based in Coylumbridge. “On a Wee Highland Daunder” describes this very enjoyable trip. The photos are courtesy of Cherry Allan and Robin Thompson.
by Robin Thompson | 8 Jul 2019 | Articles
In “The Auld Weavers’ Drive” Jean Barclay tells us how the elderly, former handloom weavers of Dunfermline were treated to an annual outing. Hundreds of men and women were taken by fleets of horse drawn carriages for visits to “big...
by Robin Thompson | 18 May 2019 | Diary, Talks
19th September 2019 Dunfermline Historical Society, 7:30pm Professor Sir Geoff Palmer, “Scotland and the Slave Trade” Sir Godfrey Henry Palmer OBE is Professor Emeritus in the School of Life Sciences at Heriot-Watt University and a human rights activist....