Elie & Earlsferry History Society
Registered Charity No : SCO35015
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Registered Charity No : SCO35015
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History Society Publications.... Please email your order to : - History Society Publications The Society has one book and four Publications on sale. The Harbours of Elie Bay by Archie Rennie.........is a book on the history of landing places of medieval times up to the Harbour we have today. Archie has devoted a lot of time researching and 'digging up' facts in great detail and provides an insight, not only about the 'harbours', but also what was going on in the village of Elie, and The Royal Burgh of Earlsferry at the time. The book has 100 pages and is illustrated with many period photographs and is being reviewed in the December issue of The Scots Magazine.
'The Harbours of Elie Bay' is modestly priced at £10 plus £2.00 postage and packing.
Publication No1 - Broomlees Tile Works - compiled by Jim Bell.....£4.00 + £1.50 pp
Publication No2 - Growing up in Earlsferry - compiled by Jim Bell....£3.00 + £1.50 pp Extracted from works by Henrietta Keddie.
Publication No 3 - Navigational Aids at Elie and Earlsferry by Capt. Alan Provan....£4.00 + £1.50 pp
Publication No 4 - The Goodsirs of The East Neuk A History by Dr Geoffrey T. Millar...£3.oo + £1.50 pp
Also available, though not published by the Society is the book
'Nine Potteries in Kirkcaldy' by
Jim Bell The
four major industrial potteries in the town - Links, Sinclairtown, Rosslyn and
Fife Pottery - are well represented with extensive detail. New information on
the Gallatown Pottery and two unrecorded (until now) potteries are included, as
well as two brick and tile works. Details
of the Cupar Pottery, during the period when it was operated by the Methven
family from Kirkcaldy, are also noted. Painstaking
research by the author over a period of more than thirty years includes records
from census returns, wills, harbour imports and exports, price lists, and
contemporary newspaper reports, which are featured as well as maps, drawings,
black and white photographs and 12 pages of coloured illustrations. These
include rare family pieces such as a cheese dish painted with local views by
Karel Nekola and plates by his sons Joe and Carl as well as by Edwin Sandland.
Backstamps to identify wares of the different potteries are also illustrated,
along with a comprehensive list of the many transfer-printed designs and major
wares. The
social history of the pottery workers is also covered with details of their
living conditions, strikes, soup kitchens, outings, and recreation. Author
Jim Bell said: “One of my main aims was to avoid introducing my personal
opinions, so I set out the facts as I found them and gave my sources. The
interpretations are my own, but I leave it to the readers to agree or disagree
with my reasonings.” The 160pp book in A4 format has been published by Fife Pottery Society and costs £10. It is available now from Kirkcaldy Museum, Kirkcaldy Library, Ottakar’s bookshop in Kirkcaldy, direct (plus £2.50 p and p) from the website at www.fifepotterysociety.co.uk or from the author at 01333 330 831. |
