by Robin Thompson | 28 Jan 2018 | Articles
In the latest in our series on Dunfermline’s Industrial Heritage, George Beattie gives us the history of Ralph W. Stewart & Co, Ltd., Scottish Central Rubber Works, Elgin Street, Dunfermline. The story of this firm, which had it’s roots in linen...
by Robin Thompson | 6 Nov 2017 | Articles
George Beattie continues his series on Dunfermline’s industrial and commercial past with another 20th Century history, this time of the laundry company Hills of Fife. George has included a large number of photographs and an interview, conducted in 2009, with a...
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 | 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...
by Robin Thompson | 4 May 2017 | Articles
In The Dunfermline Foundry (1816 to 1892), the latest in his series on Dunfermline’s Industrial Past, George Beattie, reports on his study of this pioneering engineering business in the town. The firm was lead by two influential men, the second of whom, John...