Two decades before anyone else thought of the idea, a
very well-known Lochgelly man started collecting old photographs of the town and surrounding villages and farms. Here
we publish a selection of images from the treasured album of the late Billy Richardson
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Billy Richardson leads a "turn-out" up Auchterderran Road |
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Welcome to Glencraig - if you can beat the flood |
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Minto House (later Lochview Hotel) which stood to the south of The Avenue |
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A typical scene at Loch Gellie in days gone bye |
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Another photo of the loch with the fallen tree and boathouse still intact |
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Believe it or not the entrance to the Cinema-de-Luxe, now FFDR, was built in this gap |
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Original owner Joe Timmons outside the Cinema which opened in 1912 |
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This part of Main Street now houses a supermarket and Lochgelly Post Office |
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Paton & Turpie's van was once a familiar sight in the area |
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The gateway to The Beeches has long since changed dramatically |
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Richmond Close looking up between Broadways and the Opera House to Macainsh Church |
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A magnificent photo of McGregor Avenue in the heyday of the prefabs |
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Melville Street - once the backbone of the Happyland |
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Looking down Hall Street towards the Happyland and public park |
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Looking up Francis Street towards Knockhill Close and Bank Street |
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