Places

Photograph of Laidlaw’s Garage in the town’s Hospital Hill area being demolished in 1971 as it was moving to new premises in Halbeath Road. A petrol station was built on the site that closed in 2001, and it now hosts…

Photograph of Lipton’s supermarket around 1966 built on the site of the old Royal Hotel. The building on the right had its foundation stone laid in 1807 and was used as a guildhall (town hall) and linen exchange. The eye-catching…

This photograph is from seventy years ago when Dunfermline marked the end of the war in Europe. It shows people making their way up the High Street towards the Public Park on 9th May which had been made a holiday.…

The first photograph shows one of Dunfermline’s best known Italian family’s ice cream cart, Maloco’s, at the Gala Day in 1951 when all the ice cream shops in Dunfermline were allocated a booth in Pittencrieff Park. The team preparing for…

This picture taken in 1958 shows the Public Park. On the right hand side is the Upper Railway Station where B&Q is now, and the public tennis courts can be seen in front of the Carnegie Hall which is now…

Taken in 1950 looking towards the town centre from the Public Park and is now the site of the extremely busy Sinclair Gardens roundabout. On the left, past the Carnegie Hall, is Viewfield Baptist Church, the spire of which was…

Photograph of Chalmers Street in 1962 looking down towards the gates of the Glen. The Chalmers Street Church on the left would be demolished soon afterwards to make way for what is now the entrance to the car park opposite…

Two photographs of Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital in the New Row and Reid Street that served as the main emergency and surgical hospital for over 100 years until it became redundant when the new Queen Margaret Hospital was built.…

This photograph from 1981 shows Queen Anne Street looking towards the Post Office, before it was removed to make way for the Kingsgate Centre development. In the street were buildings such as the Union Inn which was run on the…

Photograph of East Port showing Dunfermline Building Society which occupied two mansion houses linked by a banking hall, one of which is now Grill 48. Kay Bruce wool and toyshop is on the right, with their sweet shop further along…