Contributions of the group Kingdom of Fife

Kinshaldy Beach

nobody@ipernity.com (David York) — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:45:50 +0000

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With the North Sea off in the distance.
This is where the path from the Ice House meets the beach.

Dysart Sea Beams

nobody@ipernity.com (David York) — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:40:49 +0000

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See also a previous visit: www.ipernity.com/doc/davidyork/22861197/in/album/438825

Walking the dog

nobody@ipernity.com (Chris Bowness) — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 21:01:29 +0000

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I took my dog out for a walk, set my tripod up and took this with my phone. The phone took over 4 minutes to take this although the exif data says it took about 16 seconds.

The Old Step Rock Tidal Bathing Pool

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 22:11:30 +0000

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n 1902, an open air swimming pool was built, located by the cliffs at Step Rock in the bay. A two-storey, concrete building stood above the rear of the pool with changing rooms and a balcony. The pool was divided into two sections by a wide platform and submerged at high tide, flushed out and replenished twice daily. This safe enclosure prevented people from being able to drift too far out into the sea and allowed children to swim under supervision. Tiered seating was added in the late 1930s, and it was used as a swimming pool until 1978. The walls of the open air pool are still visible today, but sadly the site now forms part of St Andrews Aquarium, but it doesn't look that much different now. The Aquarium is undergoing restoration at the moment. I thought maybe it might have been restored as public bathing pool, but no such luck. There would be no money in that.

This PIP photo, taken about 1949 - 1950, is of my Mum, Dad and me, and was taken by a street photographer, a common thing in the 40s and 50s. One was given a ticket and collected the photo a couple of days later. We are marching along to the bathing pool, on what seems to be a chilly day, but I was going for a dook. When I had had a swim, it was cold when I got out the water, but mum had made me what we called a 'chittery bite', a sandwich, which stopped one from shivering - supposedly. It brings back such happy memories of my childhood. I was a late baby, and my father died when I was just 30 and my mother eight years later, so I didn't have a lot of time with them. But the time I did have was so very happy, and with a great sense of freedom.

The long beach in the background, the West Sands, is where I learned to swim, and incidentally features in the opening of the film 'Chariots of Fire'.

We go to Scotland at least once every year, and I rarely miss a visit to St.Andrews, my childhood home

The River Tay Rail Bridge from Fife

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 09:14:04 +0000

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Newburgh nights

nobody@ipernity.com (Chris Bowness) — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:20:43 +0000

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The good thing about the evening dog walk is that you get to see the evening!

Evening reflections

nobody@ipernity.com (Chris Bowness) — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:38:30 +0000

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Evening reflections

Guardians of the Graveyard

nobody@ipernity.com (Chris Bowness) — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:37:01 +0000

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The entrance to Cupar graveyard in Fife has a nice gate with four pillars. At night, under the streetlight, the pillars make you look twice as you go past. They look completely different in the corner of your eye...

Waiting

nobody@ipernity.com (Chris Bowness) — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 19:08:21 +0000

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The Tay Estuary, Fife, Scotland

Not such a HFF from St.Andrews

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:36:21 +0000

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9 The Scores

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:41:25 +0000

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Falkland Palace crest

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:59:03 +0000

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The crest shows the The arms of the King of Scots at the gatehouse.

Falkland Palace, in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, is a royal palace of the Scottish kings. It was one of the favourite places of Mary, Queen of Scots, who took refuge there from political and religious turmoil of her times.

To find more about the history of The Palace, look here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Palace

HFF from St.Andrews

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 21:38:45 +0000

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I shall be visiting this town and indeed this part of the golf course next week. I am so looking forward to the visit to my childhood home.

The Fife Tree

nobody@ipernity.com (Chris Bowness) — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 14:53:50 +0000

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I visited this tree that is on the border of Fife and Perth & Kinross in Scotland. I took pictures from two angles and I share the previous shot that I've posted of this tree PIP.