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North Street, LOCHGELLY, KY5 9NH

Lodge Minto No.385, Lochgelly.

The latest use for the 1892 Lochgelly WW1 drill hall Image

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

The Town House, a grade B listed building in central Lochgelly.

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

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

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

Situated in this former coal mining town The Lochgelly Centre is the venue for various cultural and social events.

Controversial work of art depicting a mineworker, the former miners institute is in the background, most people who write to the local paper expressing their dislike of the statue feel their comments are validated by stating how many years they worked underground so following that trend i can say that i worked at the coal face for over twenty years and personally I think it is a brilliant piece of art.