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Events - 2015 Conference

"Let There Be Light" - Culture In Victorian Dunfermline.

Date: Saturday 2nd May 2015, 09:30 to 16:00 hrs.
Venue: Music Institute, East Port, Dunfermline KY12 7JA.
Tickets: 
General Admission £20
Concession ( Seniors and full-time Students) £15
Price  includes tea/coffee and buffet lunch. 
Available from Abbot House in Maygate, from Carnegie Hall Box Office or on-line
via Eventbrite link shown below.  
NB Free Parking at Leys Park Road only 5 minutes' walk away. 
Programme for DHCP Conference 2015
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File Type: doc
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The DHCP 2015 Conference in association with Abbot House.
Find out about Dunfermline's famous artists, poets, musicians and artisans who brought culture and beauty to the Royal Burgh, and photographers who captured the technological changes wrought in the Victorian period.
2015 Poster
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Tickets available on-line via Eventbrite:
https://eventbrite.co.uk/event/16202587375/
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Speaker 01: Jack Pryde; Title: " Let there be Light" ; Content: Andrew Carnegie's legacy to the town of Dunfermline.
​Slides:
​Speaker 02: Jean Barclay; Title: "O'Dunferline Toon"; Content: The poetry of Robert Gilfillan and other 'artisen poets'.
Slides:
Speaker 03: Allan Lennie; Title:"Joseph Noel Paton's Airthly Paradise"; Content: The painterly life of Sir Joseph Noel Paton.
Slides:
​Speaker 04: Margaret Murray; Title: "From Strength to Strength: Moving forward with DCU"; Content: The history and development of the Dunfermline Choral Union.
Slides:
Speaker 05: George Robertson; Title: " Dunfermline's other artists"; Contents: The life and works of Adam Westwood.
Slides:
Speaker 06: George Beattie; Title: " Created by Light"; Content: The early photographers in Dunfermline.
Slides:
​Speaker 07 Hugh Walker; Title: "Weaves of Quality"; Contents: The damask linen industry.
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  • Home
  • Burgh Survey.
  • Projects
    • Archives
    • Family History
    • Abbey Graveyard >
      • Gravestone Database
    • Hinterland
    • Abbot House Project
    • Local History Group
    • Conservation Group
  • Publications.
    • Order Books/Articles
  • Dunfermline's Commercial Past
  • Events
    • 2013 Conference
    • 2015 Conference
    • 2016 Bookfest
    • 2017 Conference
  • Dunfermline Links
  • Dunfermline Video's
  • Dunfermline Articles
  • Management.
    • AGM Group Reports
  • Forms
  • Fife Heritage Network
  • Maps