Image shows Edinburgh Branch on their summer outing

Garry Irvine of the North Queensferry Heritage Trust told our summer outing about the Trust's work over several decades to gather material commemorating the transportation, naval and social history of the peninsula on which the village stands.

It was Queen Margaret who first established the Queensferry Crossing, and a ferry service continued until the opening in 1964 of the Forth Road Bridge. The Stevenson Light Tower completed in 1817 is the world's smallest working one, and in the vicinity the British and German naval gathered for the surrender of the High seas Fleet in November 1918.  Along with our Allies, namely the USA and French Navies, this was the greatest such concentration in world history.

The iconic cantilever design of the Forth Bridge opened in 1890 represents a reaction to public anxiety following the Tay Bridge Disaster eleven years later, and it is the world's fourth railway location to attain UNESCO World Heritage Status.  The best view is to be had from the picnic area beyond the Fife cantilever, and nearby is the Briggers Memorial to over seventy men who died building the Bridge.

A third century of engineering attainment is represented by the opening of the Queensferry Crossing in 2017. In its exhibitions and events programme the North Queensferry Heritage Trust seeks to capture the significance of a unique location and also to support the community through the availability of a waiting room and exhibition space including public toilets, facilities which are very seldom found at such unstaffed stations.