by Robin Thompson | 23 Apr 2018 | Diary, Talks
17th May 2018 Our next meeting is the last of this current session. We meet, as usual, in the Abbey Church Halls at 7:30pm where Andy Paterson will present his highly recommended talk “Stars of the Silver Screen”. As this is the last meeting of the year,...
by Robin Thompson | 21 Mar 2018 | Articles
In his latest article on Dunfermline’s industrial past, John Goodall & Co Ltd, George Beattie presents the history of a firm which started in the 1860’s with a horse and carriage, grew into a leading carriage hiring business and then made a successful...
by Robin Thompson | 17 Mar 2018 | Diary, Talks
April 19th 7:30 pm, Abbey Church Hall Derek Larkman – “Frederick Maitland, an Ordinary, Extraordinary Man ” Lieutenant Commander Larkman served in the Royal Navy, in frigates, carriers and Polaris submarines as well as a in a variety of shore...
by Robin Thompson | 4 Mar 2018 | Articles
In the second of her articles on shopping in Victorian times, Sue Mowat describes the wide range of tailors, milliners, boot-makers and others trading in Dunfermline in the 1860s.
by Robin Thompson | 17 Feb 2018 | Diary, Talks
The March meeting will take place at 7:30 pm on Thursday, 15th March in the Abbey Church Hall as usual. Professor Gordon Findlater will talk on ‘Burke and Hare’. Professor Findlater has taught Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh since 1984. He was...