Kirkcaldy in the Sixties

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Жыл бұрын

My Grandfather's old cine film. Features Ravenscraig, Beveridge Park, a helicopter at the prom, and the demolition of Nairn's linoleum factory. Plus a short clip of my own from 1980.

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@robertkeddie Жыл бұрын

Does anyone know why the helicopter was at the prom? 1:37 I have a vague recollection of hearing that a fishing boat once got into difficulty at the sea wall, but this may have been a different occasion.

@andrewdrummond1244 7 ай бұрын

I remember my mother taking me to see a wrecked boat along the prom. It was situated against the sea wall.

@robertkeddie 7 ай бұрын

@@andrewdrummond1244 Thanks, that was probably the one I'm thinking of.

@grumpybumme3289 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video. My stepfather was from Kirkaldy and I lived there for a few years in the late 60's when i was a child.🥰

@grumpybumme3289 3 ай бұрын

no it was early 60's 😉

@robertkeddie 3 ай бұрын

@@grumpybumme3289 I don't remember the sixties, but I was there 😊

@grumpybumme3289 3 ай бұрын

@@robertkeddie Hi Robert I moved down to England around 1962 but we visited many times to see relatives of my dads' until we came to Oz. I was able to stop and check Kirkcaldy out when I visited the U.K in '97 and was amazed that the fabric mills ( I used to peer in through the doors as I walked home from school)and tenements in Overton Rd where I used to live had been demolished and all new buildings were there. I was sad to see the cobblestones in some adjacent streets were gone. I used to love watching the man coming to light the gas street lamps each evening. I have so many memories of the 3 or so years I lived there although I was a child.🥰

@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy 4 ай бұрын

I imagine that's how my grandmother would have seen her home town, the older buildings and shoreline. She was born in Dysart in 1901, before moving here to Toronto, Canada. And actually her maiden name was Keddie.

@robertkeddie 4 ай бұрын

We might be related! My grandfather, who took the cine film (also Robert Keddie) was born in Kirkcaldy in 1905. He had a sister called Jean.

@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy 4 ай бұрын

@@robertkeddie Yes, possibly related, wow. My grandmother's parents were James Keddie (1876-1968) and Isabella Keddie (1876-1908). James' father was Andrew Keddie (1828-1917), who served with the Argyle & Southern Highlanders, as depicted in the famous painting 'The Thin Red Line'. His siblings were Elizabeth (b.1868), Andrew (b.1870), Robert (b.1873), James, David (b. 1879), and Alexander (1885). My grandmother lived on Oswald Rd in Dysart before moving to Canada.

@robertkeddie 4 ай бұрын

@@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy We're probably not directly related. My ancestors were Thomas (b.1874), Robert (b.1847), John (1811-1887) and George (c1790-c1870). I don't have any info on their siblings. On the other hand, according to family mythology we were once sent a crate of apples from Canadian relatives, along with a note reading "Hope you enjoy the two crates of apples"...

@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy 4 ай бұрын

@@robertkeddie Ah ok, interesting story about the Canadian apples, lol. Ok, maybe not directly related then, or related, but way back several generations :-)

@KF-cx8bm 6 ай бұрын

How wonderful, thank you so much

@ianrwm 8 ай бұрын

Great footage, very interesting.

@KenaniahMcEwan 4 ай бұрын

My Grandma Dorothy Gardiner, emigrated from Kirkcaldy in the early sixties. She moved to New Zealand with her husband Alec McEwan. He was from nearby Auchterderran/Cardenden. I've never visited Fife but I will one day

@BigScotchbeef79 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant to see! I'm a native to Kirkcaldy..lived on Dysart road and attended viewforth high! Which has sadly been demolished! I remember the hospital at the bottom of Sinclair street but it was a derelict building by then! Amazing to see the change but sad at the sametime.

@robertkeddie 6 ай бұрын

My grandfather (also Robert Keddie) was the janitor at Viewforth High until he retired in 1970. Perhaps you're old enough to have met him...