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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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