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This very old image shows what is perhaps one of the best remembered places in Dunfermline for many people-the paddling pool in Pittencrieff Park-or the Glen as most people knew it as.
Copies of ‘Old Dunfermline’ DVD’s can be bought online at www.olddunfermline.com/shop. More old images of Dunfermline can also be seen in the Local Studies Dept at St Margaret’s House in St Margaret’s Street.
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Those were great days. No health & safety issues. Parents kept eyes on kids. No vandalism or kids roaming the streets at night. Well off parents and spoilt kids have ruined all this.
Ma sister babs used to take us to the paddling pool great times loved oor babs xx
we spent a lot of time there, our Aunt lived in Dunfermline, also took our children and grandchildren, a favourite place.
Spent many summer days paddling there yes a very
Popular place for sure
thry were great fun should never got rid of the, we used to love it xx
Loved it. Only to be outdone by Kinghorn beach. The paddling pool was nearer so more often there.
Linda (Fairnington) Nuttall had a great time at the pool with my sister never forget the Gala the Glen was where we met friends and roamed all ovet pure bliss still enjoy a walk through.
The paddling pools in the Glen were great. We used to take our two kids and loved our picnic then a paddle. Such a shame this has all stopped.
I have a whole cine reel of the glen in 1959. I have watched it, brings a tear to the eye. 5 other reels of who knows what.
Loved the paddling pool both there and the Beveridge Park. Also at Dunfermline was the maze and the animal pet centre with very exotic animals such as snakes and monkeys….
Played in the paddling pools many times nae health&safety then.
I remember going to the road safety park at the bottom of Pittencreiff Street as my aunt lived just up the road from it. In those days you could roam about freely and in safety.
Remember it well. Then we put on our Sunday best to go to D/line tucked ur skirt into ur knickers to go paddling. xxx
I remember some idiot putting a broken bottle in that paddling pool and I stood on it. Still got the scar on my foot.
It was a disgrace that this water feature was filled in thus preventing a summer pastime enjoyed by countless kids over the years. H&S issues such as seagull’s poo etc did mean that there had to be a change of plan but was it beyond the wit & wisdom of The Carnegie Dunfermline Trust who own the park or Fife Council who administer it and pay for the upkeep to come up with a solution that pleased the public? Go to The Kelpies or Disneyland and see the “Dancing Water” features where fountains come out of random holes at different times and see the kids enjoying this. Shame on The Trust/Council for their lack of vision.
Spent all my summer holidays from school in the glen with my mates.had a great time exploring and finding hidden caves.ahh memories
Great times spent there in sixties when we were kids. Oor mum and. Gran used to work at the restaurant!! . Memories eh. Canni beat them
Spent many a day splashing about here and the hot houses instilled in me a life long obsession with Cacti and tropical fronds. Thank you Dunfermline Glen, you shaped my life!
Vanya Zaczek our dads used to hang around here,n be in this in the summer x
Great memory the paddling pool the brothers sisters loved going down the glen too pool grand times Arthur candlish Richy dowds your bufddy from school days
Myself as a child and my three children all played in this wonderful paddling pool and then the ‘new’ one next to it which was built later. Health & Safety with something such as this – has today’s children missing out on so much fun, when they visit the Glen.