I remember that Intersport store at the bottom of Tolbooth Street at 3:45. Got a few good deals there. We used to love going to the bookshop just a few doors up, have a cuppa tea and a slice of millionaire's shortbread. Alas, the Internet has ripped the heart out of that area.
Oh my, what a lovely look back on how things were. Loved the supermarket shots. The cashiers still doing the packing as well as the scanning. Trollymen in shirts and tie too. A bygone era. I can practically smell the coal fires in the outdoor shots. As much as I know gas central heating is far superior, cheaper and better for the environment, I do miss the smell of the lum reek!
A bit after I left in1982, but my parents stayed there until 2005 and I was a regular visitor until then. Much as I remember it from being a KHS school boy., although I don't remeber the car parks being that empty.
Yes, you're correct! Unfortunately, none of my video tapes had any information on them but the Seafield towers help pin the date down. Thanks for pointing that out.
@@ianrwm I agree with 1990, as the Leyland Leopard bus, which we see at 3:18, still has the sticker at the door, after Fife Scottish were runners up in a competition in 1989. Also, the esplanade, the back entrance and yard of Arnotts, and the power tools shop, are still open then. The latter closed in the 1990s, and Arnotts was closed by then, this becoming a car park in the late 1990s, and is now the swimming pool. Another clue is at 2:16. We see a white rotunda building, next to what today is Dunelm. That was B&Q, the white building being the indoor garden centre. B&Q had two branches then, one where Morrisons is now, which they got when they bought Dodge City, and this smaller one, which they got when they bought Jupiter DIY. This smaller one closed in the mid 1990s, becoming Shoprite, then Kwik Save, and now Dunelm.
You don't have to shop around at William Low the price always way down, until Tesco swallowed it up and got their foot into Scotland wonder what happened then?
I'm not exactly sure. I had originally thought it was the 1980's, hence the title on the video but looking again I reckon it's maybe either 1991 or 1992.
I remember that Intersport store at the bottom of Tolbooth Street at 3:45. Got a few good deals there. We used to love going to the bookshop just a few doors up, have a cuppa tea and a slice of millionaire's shortbread. Alas, the Internet has ripped the heart out of that area.
I'm afraid you're correct, Kirkcaldy's High Street, like many towns, is a shadow of its former self.
Oh my, what a lovely look back on how things were. Loved the supermarket shots. The cashiers still doing the packing as well as the scanning. Trollymen in shirts and tie too. A bygone era.
I can practically smell the coal fires in the outdoor shots. As much as I know gas central heating is far superior, cheaper and better for the environment, I do miss the smell of the lum reek!
Thanks for watching. Wish I'd taken more views around the town back then but sadly this is about all I have.
That took me back! Now Wm Low and the postings are all gone.
Yes, there have been many changes since the video was shot, not all of them for the better, unfortunately.
Thanks, brought back memories
Thanks, for watching, Shaun, glad you liked it 👍
That was a fantastic look back. Smythies, the Cafe and teh Wheatsheaf. Happy days!
Then the Internet kicked in,fecked it all❤
The good old days
A bit after I left in1982, but my parents stayed there until 2005 and I was a regular visitor until then. Much as I remember it from being a KHS school boy., although I don't remeber the car parks being that empty.
Watching this the poges song dirty old town started playing in my head , fond memories
Wonderful, from an old expat
Oh no no no geordie Munro no no no my wee laddie I don’t want to go to Idaho I’d rather stay here in Kirkcaldy greetings from South Lanarkshire
This must be 1990 at earliest; Seafield Colliery towers were demolished in late '89 and they appear to be gone in this video!
Yes, you're correct! Unfortunately, none of my video tapes had any information on them but the Seafield towers help pin the date down. Thanks for pointing that out.
@@ianrwm I agree with 1990, as the Leyland Leopard bus, which we see at 3:18, still has the sticker at the door, after Fife Scottish were runners up in a competition in 1989. Also, the esplanade, the back entrance and yard of Arnotts, and the power tools shop, are still open then. The latter closed in the 1990s, and Arnotts was closed by then, this becoming a car park in the late 1990s, and is now the swimming pool. Another clue is at 2:16. We see a white rotunda building, next to what today is Dunelm. That was B&Q, the white building being the indoor garden centre. B&Q had two branches then, one where Morrisons is now, which they got when they bought Dodge City, and this smaller one, which they got when they bought Jupiter DIY. This smaller one closed in the mid 1990s, becoming Shoprite, then Kwik Save, and now Dunelm.
You don't have to shop around at William Low the price always way down, until Tesco swallowed it up and got their foot into Scotland wonder what happened then?
David Bowie even warned us❤
Pretty much exactly how it is now but we have more rubble now.
Did Stewart Kane retire retire there? I knew him at Aramco Juaymah Gas Plant. He was a Kirkcaldy boy!
Sorry that's not a name that I know.
Awww, so many dead and old now.😇🙏❤️
What year was this
I'm not exactly sure. I had originally thought it was the 1980's, hence the title on the video but looking again I reckon it's maybe either 1991 or 1992.