by Robin Thompson | 23 Sep 2019 | Uncategorized
OLD WEAVERS AND OTHER OLD PEOPLE OF DUNFERMLINE, 1900-1915 – A LIST FOR THE FAMILY HISTORIAN. Compiled by Jean Barclay This is a list of the names, addresses and ages of the old men and women who attended the `old weavers` drive` each July from 1900-1915. They are...
by Robin Thompson | 9 Apr 2019 | Uncategorized
When writing the article about Mary Thomson and the Female Industrial School, a great deal of searching was done to try and find a photograph of Mary or some of her pupils but with no success. This photograph was found in the Journal Almanac 1913, a copy of which is...
by Robin Thompson | 27 Mar 2019 | Articles, Kirk Session
In the fifth of our series of Tales from the Kirk Session, Jean Barclay recounts the stories of two kirk elders from the 1720’s who each got into trouble themselves. One was dealt with swiftly by Robert Ferguson’s case was more complicated. The tale...
by Robin Thompson | 6 Dec 2018 | Articles
In a further article in our series on Dunfermline’s Industrial Past, George Beattie writes in “James Stewart and Sons, Builders and Quarrymen” about a highly successful late Victorian stone-mason and businessman. Along with the company he founded, he...
by Robin Thompson | 1 Dec 2018 | Uncategorized
By Robin Thompson Secret Dunfermline Gregor Stewart Amberley Publishing, £14.99 Secret Dunfermline is a short account of the history of the town and it’s surrounding area which, as the publisher says, “delves into the town’s murkier past, blending the serious with...