by Robin Thompson | 25 Aug 2022 | Diary, Talks
Our first meeting of the new session is on Thursday, 15th September, when Ian Scott will speak on “The Lowland Canals”. Ian Scott was Assistant Principal at Falkirk College and has been Director and National Chairman of the Saltire Society. Ian’s main...
by Robin Thompson | 29 Jun 2022 | Articles
(From Miss Robertson`s papers at the Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries) Looking back on my childhood it seems that horses and ponies played an important part in it. John Goodall had a large livery-stable, which provided cabs for the station – luggage on the...
by Robin Thompson | 16 May 2022 | Articles
In the third of his series on aerated water manufactures in Dunfermline, George Beattie presents the history of James Woodrow and Sons, the largest and longest lasting of the these businesses. For 100 years from 1908 this firm produced, bottled and distributed a wide...
by Robin Thompson | 2 May 2022 | Diary, Talks
Dunfermline Historical Society Thursday 19th May 2022, 7:30 pm (Doors open 7pm) Abbey Church Halls, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline Excavations at Finlaggan, Islay, the Centre of the Lordship of the Isles by Dr David Caldwell Dr Caldwell is an archaeologist who has a...
by Robin Thompson | 24 Mar 2022 | Articles
In the next of his series of articles based on “Reminiscences of Dunfermline”, George Robertson presents Alexander Stewart’s description of life before gas lighting, both indoors and in the streets. He also discusses the means of communicating local...