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Broadly, 'Old Photos' (this page) are pre-1985, and 'Recent Photos' are 1985 on.
The photos are grouped in the following categories -
School Photos People Streets & Buildings
Beach, Links & Views
Docks, Harbour & Ships
Miscellaneous
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Many
thanks to everyone who sent or gave me copies of their old photos and
postcards. They are identified below by their full names or initials,
and they are Stuart Alexander (SA); the late Bob Angles (BA); John Angles (JA); David Barrand (DB); Robert Bett (RB); Allan Brown (AB); collection of the late Annie Christie,
courtesy of Clark Christie and Chic Hepburn (CC/CH); Chris Claydon (CCl); David Robertson
Collin (DRC); Brian Dewar (BD); Margaret
Douglas (MD1); Murray Duncan (MD2); the late James Ewan (JE); Neil Ewan (NE); Michael & Jennifer Griffiths Edwards (MJGE); Alex Ferguson (AF); Janet Henderson (JH); Susan Jarvis (SJ); George Johnston (GJ); Jim Joyce (JJ); Charles Kilgour (CK); Faye Lane (née Brand) (FL); Keddie Law
(KL); Dave Lawson (DL); Helen MacDonald (HM); Gillian Macgregor (GM);
Theresa McDougall (TM); Tom Plummer (TP); Isabelle Procter (IP); Tom Reid (TR); Denise
Richmond (DR); Pablo Romero (PR); Eric Scotland (ES); Alan Smart
(AS); Grant Staines (GS); Jimmy Stuart (JS); Brenda Tait (BT); David
Tod (DT); Duncan Wardle (DW); Les White (LW); Brian Whitelaw (BW); Hamish Williamson (HW); Eric Wolske (EW); and David Young (DY). The photos which are not
attributed are my own. Thanks also to John Burnett for helpful
information.
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School
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Burntisland School Board, established in 1873, erected the first building on the Ferguson Place site. It opened in 1876. A second building was added in 1901, when Burntisland Higher Grade School (a basic secondary school) was launched. A third building was added at the rear of the site in 1928. The 1901 building (which is the eastern building facing Ferguson Place) and the 1928 building still exist in their original form. The 1876 building was seriously damaged by fire in 1913. It was speedily rebuilt, and significantly improved at the same time. In due course the two schools on the campus became the primary and secondary departments of Burntisland Junior Secondary School. Attendance at the secondary department was decided on the basis of performance at the Qualifying Examination (equivalent to the Eleven Plus) in Primary 7. Those who passed went on to Kirkcaldy High School, while those who were unsuccessful remained at Burntisland Junior Secondary School, moving from the primary to the secondary department. The opening of the new Balwearie Junior Secondary School in Kirkcaldy in 1964 led to the closure of the secondary department of Burntisland Junior Secondary School in that year. The primary department of Burntisland Junior Secondary School then became Burntisland Primary School. From 1964, those secondary pupils who would in the past have attended Burntisland Junior Secondary School went to Balwearie Junior Secondary School, with the others continuing to go to Kirkcaldy High School. In 1972, Balwearie High School opened as a fully comprehensive secondary school, and from that date it took almost all Burntisland secondary pupils (but not those who were already attending Kirkcaldy High School). St Marie's RC Primary School and St Andrew's RC High School, both in Kirkcaldy, were (and continue to be) options for Roman Catholic pupils. The 1901, 1913 and 1928 buildings are still in use. It is not clear how much of the 1876 building was retained in the 1913 redevelopment, but the western single storey parts between the janitor's house and the main building appear to be much the same as they were before the fire. A new nursery school has recently been opened on the campus. At the time of writing (November 2008), a proposed £3m redevelopment of the other school buildings has been put on hold, pending an examination of the possibility of building a completely new school. There
was also a separate Episcopal School in Burntisland, latterly housed in
the former Burgh School building at Mount Pleasant. It was a primary
school, with the pupils' subsequent secondary education being as
described above. As the Episcopal School building latterly had spare
capacity, it was sometimes used to house overflow classes from
Burntisland Junior Secondary School. The Episcopal School closed in
1962, with the pupils transferring to the school at Ferguson Place. The
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Burntisland Primary School pupils (early to mid 1930s) From Duncan Wardle, with notes. |
Burntisland
Junior Secondary School (Primary Department pupils, about 1949) From Allan Brown. |
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Burntisland Primary 1a pupils |
Burntisland Primary 1b pupils |
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Primary 7a pupils (1956-57) From Alan Smart and Keddie Law; with names. |
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Burntisland Primary 7b pupils |
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Junior Secondary School (1951-52) 1 From Grant Staines, who is back row, extreme right. |
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Burntisland Junior
Secondary School (1957-58) From Jim Joyce; with names. |
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Junior Secondary School (1951-52) 2 From Eric Scotland; with names. |
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Burntisland Secondary School pupils |
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Burntisland
Episcopal School pupils |
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Burntisland Secondary
School pupils |
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Burntisland
Episcopal School pupils |
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Burntisland Primary
School pupils |
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Burntisland Primary
School pupils |
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Burntisland Primary
School pupils |
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Burntisland Primary
School pupils |
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Burntisland Secondary
School |
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Dollar
Road school building |
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Dollar
Road pupils |
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Burntisland
Primary School pupils |
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Burntisland Primary School girls |
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Infant School pupils, Dollar Road |
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Burntisland
School c1896 |
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Burntisland
School c1900 |
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Burntisland
School c1905 1 |
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Burntisland
School c1905 2 |
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Burntisland
School c1901 |
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| Burntisland Co-op staff, horses and wagons A collection of eight old photos with notes by Alex Ferguson. AF. |
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Staff of Robertson's Kirkton Stores c1954-55 With notes by Les White and comments by Stuart Alexander and George Page White. LW. |
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| George Barrand with the Co-op Bakery horse and van Probably early 1950s. From George's son, David, who lives in Australia. DB. |
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The cast of "Jan of Windmill Land" Probably outside the Music Hall. 1929. JH. With notes by Wendy Hurley. |
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Motor
cycling with the Binn House in the background (1923) |
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Burntisland
Pipe Band 1 |
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The summer fair |
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Burntisland Pipe Band 2 |
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Burntisland
Pipe Band 4 |
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| Street
parade (early 1950s) 1 Isa Duncan's Dancing Troupe. FL. |
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Burntisland Pipe Band 5 |
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Street
parade (early 1950s) 2 |
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A
public proclamation by the Provost |
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Street
parade (early 1950s) 3 |
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Dick Crescent & Rossend Avenue |
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Street
parade (early 1950s) 4 |
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Dick Crescent & Rossend Avenue |
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| Inside
the aluminium works CC/CH. |
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Burntisland
Cricket Club in 1909 BD. |
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| British
Aluminium Company workers KL. |
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G.
Mitchell, notable Burntisland cricketer |
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| Burntisland
laundry ladies and van CC/CH. |
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The King's visit to Burntisland (c1950-51) With notes by Allan Brown. AB. |
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| Crowning of the Summer Queen, early 1960s 12 snapshots. CCl. |
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The Port (circa 1906) |
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The Co-op buildings in the High Street |
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Burntisland High Street (probably 1960s) |
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Craigholm
Crescent and Links |
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Craigholm
Crescent |
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| Harbour
Place 1 A good view of the buildings and adjacent railway sidings. KL. |
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Buccleuch
Place and Craigholm Crescent |
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Harbour
Place 2 |
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Cromwell
Road c1913 KL. |
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Bentfield
c1915 |
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The
High Street and public library |
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The East Porte 1 |
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The
High Street |
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The East Porte 2 |
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The
old swimming pool 1 |
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The East Porte 3 |
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Robertson's
boot and shoe shop |
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The
old swimming pool 3 |
The Binn Hill and Binn
House |
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The
old swimming pool 4 |
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The
Sea Mill The old mill was operated by tidal waters. KL. |
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The
Porte junction and Cromwell Road BD. |
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Rossend
Castle
1 |
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Cowdenbeath Road and surroundings c1964 With notes by Keddie Law. KL. |
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Rossend Castle 2 |
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A cottage at Newbigging Farm Probably early 20th century. DY. |
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Rossend
Castle 3 |
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Ferguson
Place |
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Dick Terrace |
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James Park |
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The
Toll Park |
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Burntisland beach 1 |
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View
from the Binn 1 |
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View
from the Binn 2 |
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Burntisland beach 3 |
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The Links 1 |
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The Links 2 |
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The
beach tearoom and baths |
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The
Links 3 |
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The Lammerlaws |
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The Links 4 |
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The
Putting Green 1 |
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The Links and East Porte |
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The
Putting Green 2 |
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Burntisland from the golf course |
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The beach and pleasure boats c1961 |
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The
Binn and the Beach |
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Golfers
on the Links and Craigkennochie Terrace |
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Fishing village near Lammerlaws |
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The
M.V. Sincerity in the East Dock |
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Burntisland
docks 2 |
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The
West Dock 2 |
Burntisland
docks 3 (with other features) |
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The
West Dock 3 |
The
P.S. Fair Maid |
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The
S.S. William Muir |
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Bowling Green and Tennis Court |
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View of the Kirkton |
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Doyle's Holiday Camp at Kingswood |
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The
old cricket ground |
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| The
British Aluminium Works, circa 1938 With notes on the aluminium works by Keddie Law. KL. |
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A
steam hauled train on the embankment Probably dating from the 1950s. |
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| A British Aluminium Company locomotive With Willie Wishart, Micheal McDonagh and Willie Law. KL. |
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An
old postcard with 5 views High Street, Castle gateway, beach, West Haugh, docks. KL. |
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| The British Aluminium factory and a freight
train Probably dating from the 1960s. |
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