by Robin Thompson | 19 Jan 2019 | Diary, Talks
21st February 2019 The Annual General Meeting of the Dunfermline Historical Society will take place at 7:30 pm in the Abbey Church Halls. It will be immediately followed by a talk “Ye Jacobites By Name” by Donald Smith. Donald is a founding member of...
by Robin Thompson | 20 Dec 2018 | Diary, Talks
17th January 2019 Dunfermline Historical Society 7:30pm, Abbey Church Halls The Queen Anne Singers “A Burns Celebration” This season’s members only night takes the form of a musical Celebration of Robert Burns. We are...
by Robin Thompson | 10 Dec 2018 | Articles, Kirk Session
In the next in our “Tales from the Kirk Session” series, Jean Barclay describes the very slow re-emergence of Christmas after the Reformation. “The Kirk that Stole Christmas” describes these changes, from the attempted abolition of the holiday...
by Robin Thompson | 6 Dec 2018 | Articles
In a further article in our series on Dunfermline’s Industrial Past, George Beattie writes in “James Stewart and Sons, Builders and Quarrymen” about a highly successful late Victorian stone-mason and businessman. Along with the company he founded, he...
by Robin Thompson | 1 Dec 2018 | Uncategorized
By Robin Thompson Secret Dunfermline Gregor Stewart Amberley Publishing, £14.99 Secret Dunfermline is a short account of the history of the town and it’s surrounding area which, as the publisher says, “delves into the town’s murkier past, blending the serious with...