Old Photographs High Street Methil Fife Scotland

Old photograph of shops, cars, people, buildings and the William Thomson grocers shop on the High Street in Methil, Fife, Scotland. Located between Largo bay to the east and Wemyss Bay to the west is was once the industrial maritime powerhouse of this area of Scotland. Methil Docks was particularly significant during World War II for the movement of coal and other resources. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Anonymous said...

Brings back memories of better times for Methil. Used to stay at 10 Rose Street for our summer holidays with my grandparents, the upstairs tenement.The third shop along was 'Janetties', the best ice cream in the world, nougat wafers and cones, then over the road and down onto the docks, no health and safety in the 50s and 60s, just common sense.

My grandfather died on the High Street, 150 yards east of the junction with Suttie Street, which is the road to the right.

I'm still trying to find photographs of Rose Street before the tenements on the left were demolished and the new housing built.

18 January 2016 at 11:01

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