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Crossgates maps
Historic maps of Crossgates and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Crossgates maps
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Memories of Crossgates
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High
I remember a bowling green, a tennis court, a social club, a council house, can anyine fill me in? In high valley field.
Mossgreen Scool
I attended Mossgreen School from 1952 aged 5 years until 1958 when I went to Crossgates Secondary. There were three classrooms, also three teachers, Mrs Orr / Mrs Birrell and Mr Suttie the head teacher. They were magic years and I loved going to school. I also remember going to the local playpark next to the "Bully" which was the old site of the Bulwark pit. Another great place to play was the Moss Wood at Fordell, sadly no longer there, cut down many years ago. I can talk for ever about my Mossgreen childhood, I have so many evocative memories. Happy, happy days.
Mossgreen School
I lived in Crossgates and my first school was also Mossgreen. The headmaster was Mr Burgess and the teachers were Miss Taylor, Miss Curry and Miss Mitchell. My brothers and I have many happy memories of Crossgates, exploring the Taft and the Bulwark.
School Days
I lived in Mossgreen, Crossgates in the 60s. My first school was in Mossgreen, it had only 3 classrooms and 1 of the classes was taken by the headmaster Mr Suttie. Mr and Mrs Suttie lived in the headmaster's house next to the school and Mrs Suttie was a teacher at Crossgates Primary.
Fife memories
Hill O Beath, my Home
Hill of Beath was a great place to stay when I was young, running round streets playing cowboys with Brayan Snedon, Ross Mickey, playing football and training with the Haws, going to the little shop on Main Street and getting a bottle of Rumco juice, mmmmm. Going up Hill O Beath Hill making camps and tree houses and playing at the humppills - a lot of mounds in the ground covered with trees, we played soldiers there. I stayed in the old prefabs there until Swintons Place was built then I moved to 47 Swintons Place next to Jammie Izat, Peter Moodie stayed across from us, Andrew Barr (sadly not with us now, died young) stayed just up the road a little. We moved up to Hawthorn Crescent when my di died James Wilson (Pim) and we stayed with my gran Cathy Wilson (Denholm). I remember Finlisons staying two doors down from us. After a while we moved to a bigger house in Dalbeath Gardens next to a family called... Read more
Cowdenbeath 1970s -1980s
Hi, my name is June Rankin (Hunter), I grew up in Rae Street, South Street and surrounding area was my playground. Me and my friends, used to play along at the playpark at the back of Copeland Cresent, known as the line. We had great fun there, I played with Heather Paige, Susan, Sarah and Margaret Steadman (who were sisters). There was also Lynn Beattie and a few others. I remember the summers were always great, I remember going to David Bowie's shop on Broad Street for a 1p jubbly, and as much sweets for a pound. At that time, I was mad on horses and still am. You'd always catch me over the field at the silver birch having fun attending them. We used to ride without hats on, nowadays health n' safety would have you for it. Also I loved the taste and smell of my grans steak pie, it was from the store (Co-op) I've never been able to recreate that myself. Later on, after I left... Read more
Growing up in Cowdenbeath
I still live in Cowdenbeath and although it has drastically changed (for the worse) I have lots of good memories of growing up in Arthur Place which made me an "ower the brigger" - street games with my pals - walks over moss morran or even Burntisland - roller skating at the Palais - shopping in the High Street in the 1960s wearing rollers and a head scarf - local hops in Demarcos -my first boyfriend - "winching" in the close. Shops - Woolworths. Sharps, Fowlis, Stotts, Muirs the music store where I bought my first record. The Cop-op where you could buy everything. Not a bad place to grow up but then again there were no rich and poor then. Good job for memories because there is nothing here now.
