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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.
Cowdenbeath
I moved to Cowdenbeath from Lochore in 1959 at the age of two. We lived at 3 Alexander Street (house long since gone). My mum, dad and me. I attended Foulford School for one year. I remember the walks home alone every day by the burn.
Around the end of 1962 we moved to 49 Arthur Place in the old miners rows and my brother Harry was born. My dad worked for many years at Cowdenbeath Workshops (Jock Campbell). Happy years attending Broad Street School, although I missed nearly a year's schooling whilst in Leith Hospital with kidney trouble at the age of 8. I always remember long walks across Moss Moran with Jennifer Baxter, Linda Lees, Steven and Stuart MacKenzie and Gary and Brian Stein, who all lived in Arthur Place. We spent many hours playing under the pedestrian green brig swinging from rope. Around 1969 the miners rows at Arthur Place were being demolished (all 5 blocks of them), and we moved to 101 Blamey Crescent,... Read more
1956-1969
Started my life in 4 Blamey Crescent living with my Gran Dodds, Granny Park lived upstairs and Granny Smith lived next door. Moved to 9 Milne Crescent (prefabs) when I was about 4 years old. I remember the "gang" I played around with - David Allan, Brian Stenhouse, Gary Meldrum and their little brothers. Cousin lived at no.5. Exchanged to the steel houses in Rowan Terrace. Fond memories of walking through the "pit" to Fulford School. Remember walking past the pugs that used to cross the High Street to behind Slorra's on the other side. Saw No. 7 pithead coming down. Fulford School teachers - Misses Milne, Todd, Foote (Brownies), Jack, Inglis and Maclean. Mrs Slow, Mrs McHardy and Mr MacDonald the headmaster. Went to Beath Senior for about 6 months then Beath Junior til I left in 1969. Dad used to take me for walks 'ower the moss' or the White Coo. Never knew why it was called that. Remember the old pit shafts with the bad... Read more
Cascarino's Chip Shop.
Does anyone remember Cascarino's chip shop in Dunfermline? If so what street was it in?
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.
