Jim Tolson MSP for Dunfermline submitted a Scottish Parliamentary Motion welcoming the Kingdom of Industry exhibition at St Andrews Museum.

Jim commented;

“I was pleased to hear that Dunfermline would be given extensive coverage in the exhibition as the centre of textile production in the Fife. In the past, Dunfermline was well known for its production of linen-damask and silk. This exhibition which looks at Fife’s industrial past and its legacy has been organised by University of St Andrews postgraduate museum and gallery studies students. I was interested to hear that the exhibition includes an oral history project involving members of the community who used to work in these industries as well as considering the possibilities of a revival in the textile industry”.

Notes:

1. S3M-08184 Jim Tolson (Dunfermline West) (Scottish Liberal Democrats): Kingdom of Industry Exhibition— That the Parliament welcomes the Kingdom of Industry exhibition, looking at Fife’s industrial past and its legacy from mining and fishing to linen and linoleum, at St Andrews Museum; further welcomes the extensive coverage given to Dunfermline as the centre of textile production in Fife; congratulates the postgraduate museum and gallery studies students at the University of St Andrews who are responsible for the curation of the exhibition, and notes that the exhibition will be open from 19 March to 15 May 2011.