by Robin Thompson | 20 Oct 2017 | Diary, Talks
16th November 2017 “Dunfermline/Trondheim Connection” by Gifford Lind Gifford Lind is the Honorary Convenor of the Dunfermline-Trondheim Twinning Association. Originally from Greenock, Gifford has lived in Dunfermline since...
by Robin Thompson | 4 Oct 2017 | Articles, Did You Know?
Did You Know… About Provost Moodie’s Little Troubles? In “Provost James Moodie” Jean Barclay tells of of the “interesting and energetic” life of an early 19th Century Provost of Dunfermline, after whom Moodie Street is named....
by Robin Thompson | 4 Oct 2017 | Articles, Did You Know?
In “Update on Dunfermline’s Coloured Rows”, Jean Barclay provides new evidence which appears to solve the problem of the location of the long demolished Blue Row. In the mid 19th Century the Red, Black and Blue Rows were a set of streets north of the...
by Robin Thompson | 30 Sep 2017 | Diary
Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline Saturday 7th October Sharron McColl The History of the Carnegie Hall At 2:30 pm. Tickets £2. Inverkeithing Local History Society Meetings are held upstairs in the Townhouse,...
by Robin Thompson | 30 Sep 2017 | Articles
In John Jackson and Sons, Coachbuilders, George Beattie continues his series on Dunfermline’s industrial and commercial past, this time with the history of a 20th Century firm. The article includes a fascinating selection of photographs of the staff, premises...