IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Whyte Street, LOCHGELLY, KY5 9DA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Whyte Street, KY5 9DA by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (16 Images Found)
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A shop in Lochgelly, Fife
On the Cardenden Road. The Lochgelly Centre can be seen back left of the photograph.
Image: © James Denham
Taken: 26 Apr 2010
0.05 miles
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Lochgelly Drill Hall
Originally a WW1 Drill Hall, built in 1892, the home of the 7th Battalion, Black Watch [B Company]. http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/WW1-Great-War-Centenary---Drill-Halls. Now in community use. The pair of plaques on each side of the door are in remembrance of local figures from the 19thC-early-20thC - Professors Thomas Gray, Andrew Gray and David Page, and the soldier poet Peter Leslie Image, Image
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 12 Nov 2014
0.06 miles
3
In remembrance of Thomas Gray and Andrew Gray
Plaques commemorating Professors Thomas and Andrew Gray, both born in Lochgelly in the 19thC.
Thomas Gray [1850-1908] was a professor in the Imperial University of Tokyo and Indiana USA. He superintended the laying of two Atlantic cables and the first electric cable in Japan; he was the author of text books and inventor of devices for scientific research. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lomar_Gray
Andrew Gray [1847-1925] succeeded Lord Kelvin in the Chair of Natural Philosophy at Glasgow University; he was a distinguished scientist and author of many publications. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gray_(physicist)
The plaques are by the entrance to the old drill hall in Lochgelly Image
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 12 Nov 2014
0.06 miles
4
Memorials to Peter Leslie and David Page
Plaques commemorating Peter Leslie and David Page, both born in Lochgelly in the 19thC.
Peter Leslie [1819-1905] was 'Pindar', a Soldier Poet, author of 'Autobiography of a private soldier', 'Random Rhymes' and other verse. http://www.fife.50megs.com/poet-of-lochgelly.htm
David Page [1814-1879] was a geologist, author of many books on the subject, and President of the Geological Society 1863-5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Page_%28geologist%29
The plaques are by the entrance to the old drill hall in Lochgelly Image
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 12 Nov 2014
0.06 miles
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WW1 drill hall, Lochgelly
The drill hall on the corner of Bank Street and Landale Street, built in 1892 and once the home of the 7th Battalion, Black Watch [B Company]. http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/WW1-Great-War-Centenary---Drill-Halls
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 12 Nov 2014
0.07 miles
6
Inside the drill hall
The latest use for the 1892 Lochgelly WW1 drill hall Image
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 12 Nov 2014
0.08 miles
7
The Lochgelly Centre.
Situated in this former coal mining town The Lochgelly Centre is the venue for various cultural and social events.
Image: © Paul McIlroy
Taken: 27 Nov 2005
0.09 miles
8
The Town House, Lochgelly
The Town House, a grade B listed building in central Lochgelly.
Image: © William Starkey
Taken: 20 Mar 2015
0.11 miles
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Masonic Lodge, Lochgelly, Fife
Lodge Minto No.385, Lochgelly.
Image: © Jim Campbell
Taken: 4 Nov 2010
0.12 miles
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Lochgelly Town House
Former Town House in Lochgelly.
Image: © edward mcmaihin
Taken: 3 Jun 2011
0.13 miles