by Robin Thompson | 19 Jan 2016 | Did You Know?
Did you Know.. ..that Robert Burns once rebuked his friend on the Abbey’s Black Stool? Dr Jean Barclay tells the story of a visit by Burns to Dunfermline Abbey.
by Robin Thompson | 13 Dec 2015 | Articles
In “Just A Laddie Frae Glamis?”, our chairman, George Robertson, tells the story of David Mortimer, who emigrated from Scotland to the USA in the middle of the 19th Century. He fought in the US Civil War and encountered some of the most famous, or...
by Robin Thompson | 13 Dec 2015 | Diary, Talks
Our first meeting of the new year, on 21st January, will be given by Ian Low and is entitled “Where there’s Life there’s a Hope – the Hope Family of Hopetoun”. Ian has been the head guide at Hopetoun House since 2005 and is extremely...
by Robin Thompson | 23 Nov 2015 | Diary, Talks
Our Christmas social event this year will be held on Thursday 10th December, in the Abbey Church Hall. We will again be entertained by the Limelight Singers. Their repertoire includes music from West End musicals, operetta and opera classics, popular ballads and...