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This part of Pilmuir Street was originally called Bath Street because the baths which Andrew Carnegie had gifted to Dunfermline were there on the corner where Sinky’s pub is now. The majority of buildings in this photograph taken around 1971 are still there and the view doesn’t look much different despite the passage of almost 45 years. The Bath Tavern is now called Coady’s. The sweet shop, Archibald’s, is long gone and is now a newsagents’ shop. The bus was on the town route to Beatty Place.
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The bus left from the original Trondheim Parkway, now demolished too!
Used to Jean Archibauld shop , and pick from the penny tray, then wait at the bus stop.
Had forgotten that FG was a Fife reg no.
I used to get this bus from Abbeyview
Takes me back.
Yip. I might just’v got aff that bus ootside th bingo!?
Like how it’s forever Sinkys pub Alan you need to come home lol X
looks much older as the corner was away bfore the regal
Loved that sweetie shop. After swimming I also saw penny tray. Sure I got a drink called a penny Fanta as well. Anyone else remember this
Yip,remember the penny Fanta after the baths,brilliant.
Belleville Hotel in the background. I spent many hours of my youth in there!
that was my first job in sweet shop met rickie fulton he was appearing in the opera house
I worked in the very rough Bath Tavern in 1975 to get money for the Cresta Bar Wembley trip wi the AVToi boys LOL
The baths became the Department of Work and Pensions office before they moved into Merchiston House now the Jobcentre!!
Nice memories for you Pete xxx
My faither worked for Will Archibald in the 40’s I spent a lot o Sunday morning’s there while my faither used tae clean oot the pipes ,was a famous bar for the the tiffiies , just across fae the Ballroom ,remember Cherry ? The hostess ? And the wee sweetie shop sold the best sherbet it was hard as brick’s Yi had tae sook it , wull Archibald lived in Halbeath and when my faither ,Wull and me were on the bus ( upstair’s cause they smoked ) he used tae look at the moon and call it Paddy’s Lantern ,he was a big man wi a big heart
you find all these old photos which are super, but remind us of our age!
the sign behind the bus says the bellville it was a reo stakis steak house i used to work there years ago
The drink was called a penny fantas there would be a sign outside the shop saying fantas are ready
I remember drinking snakebites in the Bellville…I was not 18 – and going afterwards to a party in Dollytown in Rosyth. The house we were in was due to be demolished, and the people had already moved out…it was the boy whose mum and dad had been the tenants who was having the patrty. It was bitterly cold, and the boys tore up the floorboards and burt them on the fire!
Little sweet shop next to Bath tavern was Jean archibalds
Remember working on this bus when I was a mechanic in St Leonard’s Bus Depot. FRD 176 I think!
I remember after swimming at Carnegie Baths going and getting penny fantas, broken biscuits from Woolies(if you got chocolates ones you thought it was your birthday!) and cut fruit from fruit and veg shop which I cant remember.I used to think Dunfermline was the best place in the world! Started going to Belleville when older..memories to cherish…….
Paisley Welsh
Used to go to the baths with queen Ann school was terrible remembering how the instructors tried to teach you how to swim they would push you in one would have a long pole with a hook on it to grab you swim suit if you were going down to many times the only good thing was getting a cup of hot orange juice I forgot we also walked there this wasn’t a good memory loved playing hockey though