Old Dunfermline

Photograph of Ironmongers ‘Watt and Dewar’ from 1963 of their premises in East Port before they moved to the New Row (opposite the Alhambra). It was situated where the Bank of Scotland building is now, next to the East Port…

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…

This photograph is of the ‘supermarket that never was’. It was built on the site of the former St Andrews Parish Church and various other former co-operative properties in 1988 near where the bus station now is, but never opened…

Pilmuir Hall was Dunfermline’s first swimming baths gifted by Andrew Carnegie, and later became a public hall when the new Carnegie Baths were built further up Pilmuir Street. The building was later used by the DHSS before being demolished in…

This photograph taken in the 1970’s show the area at the bottom of the New Row before the construction of the dual carriageway through the Public Park. This was a busy and dangerous junction at Bothwell Street, New Row and…

A rare photograph of the inside of one of Dunfermline’s best known shops, Woolworths in the High Street. The company were reluctant to allow photos to be taken to prevent the imitation and copying of their very successful sales methods,…

It shows Bruce Street at its junction with the High Street which used to have two-way traffic negotiating its narrow street. Burton’s shop and the ‘New Victoria’ restaurant can be seen on the right as a Co-operative fruit and vegetable…

This photograph is of Canmore Primary School around 1960. It was built in Reform Street to house Queen Anne Secondary School. St Margaret’s Primary School also used part of the premises. The building on the left was the Opera House…

This old photograph shows the well known and frequented McPherson’s shop selling new and second hand books together with stationery of all kinds. It was located in the Regal Close until the cinema and the immediate area was acquired for…