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The following three minute silent clip shows Pittencrieff Park in Dunfermline during the heatwave of 1976.
https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/7554?search_term=Dunfermline&search_join_type=AND&search_fuzzy=yes
Great archive footage showing the paddling pool, Divito’s ice cream van, the playpark and gardens of the Glen.
Full record for ‘HEATWAVE’ (7554) – Moving Image Archive catalogue
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can we sign up for another one?
Michael Hogg – your grandparents ice cream van??
I had just left school in 1976 and was working in the Co-op supermarket. At lunchtime I used to go down the Glen to read and sunbathe. I used to get mad if my favourite spot was taken!
i love this video just goes to show how much has changed over the years im not from dunfermline originaly and born in ’79 but to see that people felt safe to let their kids walk about, play in water without worrying about someone saying their child should have clothes on or they shouldnt do this or that .. people looked happy and content .. and from what i could see no police in sight! lovely video likes xxx
Sammy Varley show your mum this xxxxxx
Not a mobile phone in sight.
I was 8 and mind being in the paddling pool. The best summer ever.
Remember that chute well
So many memories the big Shute and the paddling pools. What going tae the glen was all about. All that was missing was dancing on the bandstand and playing in the train ☺️
I remember that green chute! And how hot it could get!!
Was in Essex at the time, tar on the roads was melting. Didn’t know it was so hot here as well.
Yup, things were definitely a lot simpler in those days. I was sad to leave Dunfermline in 1976. Like everywhere else there were good times and not so good but looking back, a very happy childhood. I miss the old town. P.S. Anyone here in the 39th Fife Scout Group?
This video shows scenes in Pittencrieff Park and not in Public Park.
I loved the wee boy naked, probably be an uproar now. Good to see that Divito’s van xx
Great video.
I remember that heat wave i was in the RAF at the time xxxx
I note the film description says Dunfermline Public Park but of course it’s Pittencrieff Park also known as ‘The Glen’! The Public Park if of course a whole different ball game.
The glen looks good that’s the best of the glen in my memory
What a brilliant summer that was. Followed by a winter with loads of snow!
Mark Townsend remember so much of this!
I was quite happy watching this when at 1:04 seconds I see a boy I believe to be me going down the slide. I had to pause several times and have asked loads of friends and relatives who all think it’s me. No recollection of being filmed at all. Compare a still from the film with me below.
This is me very cold but in the day (1967) that didn’t matter it was fun! fun! fun! this was the Glen at its best …thanks for the memories