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Web site updates – September 2024
Posted on September 2nd, 2024
We have recently acquired a few old postcards of Inverkeithing and Rosyth. I have posted these on the Image Gallery. In the Library I added a copy of a booklet commemorating the centenary of HMS Claverhouse, the HQ of the RNVR Division in the Forth from 1922 to 1994. Finally I have updated the library’s […]
Another Successful Village Show
Posted on February 27th, 2024
Thanks to everyone who contributed to our successful Village Show in September, particular thanks go to Pam Bell and the Lady’s Village Show Group who have been planning it for a long time. Of course, the other big thank you goes to the children for all their posters and artwork which were shown off in […]
Village Show September 2023
Posted on August 11th, 2023
Theme – Coronation An exhibition of village produce, home crafts, floral art, photography and baking, sales tables, competitions, raffle, auction, and much, much more with a coronation theme! Saturday 2nd September 2023 @ 2.00 pm Prize Giving at 3.20 with the auction at 3.30 followed by the raffle in North Queensferry Community Complex (Brock St) […]
Ian Jack – journalist
Posted on November 16th, 2022
Ian Jack spent a large part of his childhood in North Queensferry. He became a highly respected journalist and editor of Granta and The Independent on Sunday who combined forensic investigative skills with an elegiac writing style. His essays included memories of his early life in North Queensferry and Dunfermline, and latterly the on-going tale […]
It’s Back – The Village Show 2022
Posted on July 6th, 2022
This year’s theme is the Jubilee An exhibition of village produce, home crafts, floral art, photography and baking. Sales, raffle, auction . . . and much, much more Save the date Saturday 27th August 2022 Show Opens at 2.00pm Prize Giving at 3.20 Auction at 3.30 followed by the raffle in North Queensferry Community Centre […]
Postponement of all events
Posted on March 17th, 2020
Please note that all NQHT events are postponed as of 17th March 2020. We will follow NHS and Scottish Government advice. Normal service will resume whenever possible. As of January 2022, the stay-safe rules and recommendations are becoming less stringent. The Trust will continue to monitor the situation and whenever it becomes possible we will […]
Website updates – Golf Course and Duel Stone
Posted on February 1st, 2020
The Golf Course We have added a whole new section on the history of the Ferryhills Golf Course from 1890 to 1940. It took longer than we expected to tease out all the strands of this tale to make a coherent story. We hope your enjoy it. There are still some gaps in the story, […]
2020 – A Happy New Year
Posted on January 3rd, 2020
A Happy New Year to everyone from NQHT Looking back at 2019 . . . We had record numbers of visitors to the Light Tower and Railway Station last year. The Light Tower has attracted visitors from 88 countries in total from May 2010 to October 2020. Abu Dhabi, Albania, Argentina, Australia [by states: Canberra, […]
June 2019 News
Posted on June 12th, 2019
Artists with links to North Queensferry North Queensferry Heritage Trust presents an exhibition dedicated to the world famous artistic talents of: J.M.W. Turner who sketched scenes around North Queensferry, Charles Martin Hardie lived and worked in North Queensferry, his nephew, Martin Hardie, visited Charles and created images around North Queensferry, Sir John Lavery a war […]
Fleet Surrender Exhibition and Guided Walks
Posted on January 19th, 2019
Fleet Surrender Exhibition Opening Times 2019 During 2019 the The Fleet Surrender Exhibition will be open by appointment on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 3 pm. Please send an email to nqhtinfo@gmail.com to request a viewing time. Military-themed Expert-led Walks We will recommence the expert-led guided walks in Spring 2019. Watch this space […]