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IN THIS week’s trip down West Fife’s Memory Lane, and following the death of HR Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh, we look at some of the royal visits that have taken place in and around Dunfermline. Dunfermline has a particularly strong royal heritage stretching back almost 1,000 years to the time of King Malcolm and Queen Margaret. King Malcolm himself decreed that Dunfermline should replace Iona as the burial place of Scottish kings and since that time, six Scottish kings, two queens and three princes have been interred in Dunfermline Abbey. In the 16th century, Elizabeth Stuart, the daughter of King James V1 of Scotland, who was born in Dunfermline Palace in 1596, went on to become Queen of Bohemia (often referred to as the ‘Winter Queen’). On the demise of the last Stuart monarch in 1714, her grandson succeeded to the British throne as George 1, ushering in the Hanovarian dynasty from which the present royal family is descended. ....
Paul Rowan, Renowned GP14 Dinghy Champion 25th January 2021 Paul Rowan (EABC) and Ricky McArthur (Coleraine YC) at the GP14 Worlds in Howth in 1988 Paul Rowan was a renowned member of the GP14 class, a staunch supporter of East Antrim Boat Club at Larne and a talented helmsman sadly passed away on Saturday (23rd Jan). Paul was a highly successful sailor despite carrying a weakness in his shoulder muscles on one side, a legacy of childhood polio. Paul had a number of coping mechanisms to overcome this - such as using his whole body to heave in the mainsheet. Paul s prowess in the GP14 world came to prominence in 1965 when he and crew Graham Gingles won the Northern Ireland Championship. He was runner-up in the British Nationals in 1968 and 1973. ....