by Robin Thompson | 23 Mar 2019 | Diary, Talks
18th April 2019 Dunfermline Historical Society, 7:30 pm Prof. Richard Oram, “Quite Happy – The Diary of James Fyffe a Cattle Dealer 1836 – 40” Professor Oram is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Medieval and...
by Robin Thompson | 16 Mar 2019 | Uncategorized
The Scottish Local History Forum has published the latest issue of it’s news-letter “Clish-clash” . Click the link to read it. It contains lots of further links to all sorts of news and articles, including details, found in the Aberdeen City...
by Robin Thompson | 28 Feb 2019 | Articles
By Dr. Jean Barclay Adam Westwood Adam Westwood was the first child of William Westwood and his wife Isabella Richardson, who both came from old Dunfermline families. William and Isabella were married on June 6th 1842 and Adam was probably born in Guildhall...
by Robin Thompson | 26 Feb 2019 | Diary, Talks
21 March 2019 Dunfermline Historical Society. David Spaven ……. ‘A History and Geography of Scotland’s Railways’ . David has spent his working life in and around the rail industry, primarily in the freight sector and for two decades he was...
by Robin Thompson | 29 Jan 2019 | Articles, Kirk Session
In the latest in our series Tales from the Kirk Session, Elaine Campbell tells the story of a case of “flagrant and scandalous behaviour” from 1752 where the witnesses were able to testify based on having had a very clear view of the events. Read more in...