Artikelname: Bygone Leven
Artikelbeschreibung: Several of Leven's lost landmarks are featured in this book, including the impressive Kirkland House, demolished c.1940, the original Bawbee Bridge, and the amazing Shell House on the promenade - a shell-encrusted extravaganza that was later joined by a similarly decorated bus. Elsewhere there are pictures of a giant boiler that had been manufactured at the Durie Foundry, old fishermen's houses in Henderson Street, and the ornate building that served first as a church, then the town hall, and finally as a cinema.

Artikelname: Early Railways of West Fife
Artikelbeschreibung:

The culmination of many years of research, including privileged access to private records, in public archives and following intensive fieldwork, this definitive volume gives authoritative histories of the early railways of West Fife. Until now these have generally been poorly documented (sometimes ignored) and if mentioned at all often repeat erroneous statements from earlier works. Remarkable discoveries have been made; including for example details of hitherto unrecorded early track and rail designs, and the authenticated arrival in Fife of Scotland’s first steam railway locomotive (thus solving a long standing mystery). To complement the story, other topics cover the history of the Charlestown branch to closure, Lord Elgin’s 10¼ inch gauge garden railway at Broomhall, and the narrow (and standard) gauge railways of the Crombie RN Depot etc.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a very limited print run so please check availability befor ordering

Artikelname: Fife The Mining Kingdom
Artikelbeschreibung: This was one of our fastest selling books ever and rightly so. Besides being the definitive work on the history of mining in the Kingdom (the Kingdom of Fife that is), it is packed full of fantastic photographs covering all the mining areas of the county. There are two hundred or so illustrations, representing pits and communities including Longannet, Bowhill, Valleyfield, Comrie, Fordell, Blairenbathie, Lumphinnans, the Nelly, Glencraig, Dundonald, Lochore, Kinglassie, Star, Rothes, Seafield, the Michael, Wellesley and more. The coverage is very comprehensive geographically and there are also many pictures featuring other aspects of mining life - housing, bands, rescue teams, quoiting, football and so on.

Artikelname: Fife's Last Days of Steam
Artikelbeschreibung: From the magnificence of the Forth Bridge to the beauty of the (now closed) coastal route from Leven to St Andrews, Fife has a rich rail heritage. The railways served the county's industries - including coal, paper-making and distilling - as well as providing passenger services and carrying tourist traffic. 55 of Bill Smith's excellent photographs illustrate the county in the heyday of steam

Artikelname: Methil - No More!
Artikelbeschreibung:

Many of the pictures in this book show areas of the town that have now been completely razed and redeveloped, with modern council housing situated where sandstone tenements once stood. Included are pictures of the old Palace Cinema, the Customs House, the bustling docks and one of the town's former trams. All the main shops and streets are featured, along with pictures of Dubbieside, Kirkland, Methilhill and Denbeath.

Artikelname: Old Aberdour
Artikelbeschreibung: The settlements of Easter Aberdour, Wester Aberdour and the Newtown combine to form the attractive and historic village of Aberdour, much loved of day trippers to the seaside and once a holiday destination in its own right. Surprisingly the village has an industrial past, with coal shipped from its harbour until 1871 when rail transport took over. It was also once popular as a destination for Sunday visitors from Edinburgh, who in the early days arrived on pleasure steamers to enjoy alcoholic drinks on the Sabbath, the journey qualifying them as 'bona fide travellers'. Both of Aberdour's well-known beaches - the Black and White Sands - are illustrated along with countless views of historic village locations including the golf course, castle, church and public park. Other landmarks featured include the exotic interior of Kinnaird's Tea Gardens, the Hawkcraig quarries, HMS Tarlair (a naval station formerly located at Hawkcraig), the island of Inchcolm and Otterston Loch.

Artikelname: Old Anstruther
Artikelbeschreibung: The book features photos of Billowness, Anstruther Wester, Buckie House, NBR station, East Anstruther, Chalmers' Birthplace & Memorial Church, Elizabeth Gourlay, West Anstruther, Cellardyke and Kilrenny - also most of the town's principal streets and much fishing industry and maritime interest.

Artikelname: Old Burntisland
Artikelbeschreibung: Now a shadow of its former self, Burntisland is here portrayed in its glory days as a beach resort and a town with bustling docks, lively streets and a busy harbour. Also featured are the Lammerlaws, Kirkton, Binnend, High Binn Village, the Sea Mill, The Binn Village, ferries, the shale oil mine and works and a number of railway-related photos, including the 1914 collision.

Artikelname: Old Cowdenbeath
Artikelbeschreibung: In addition to great pictures of trams in the town's streets there are pictures of Foulford School, Netherton Burn, Kirkford Village, Beath Church and in accordance with the importance the industry had for the town a number of mining-related pages featuring pits and miners' housing. As Jim Hutcheson says in his introduction "Cowdenbeath may not be the force it was but it will never be forgotten".

Artikelname: Old Crail
Artikelbeschreibung: Potted history and annotated old photographs of this East Neuk town. Among the photographs featured are Rose Wynd, the harbour, Shoregate, Castle Walk, High Street, the North U.F. Church, St. Andrews Road, the Beech Walk, the Bow Butts, the bowling green, the tennis courts, the Station, Marketgate, Kirkmay House, the parish church, Rumford, Nethergate, Jackson's Hotel, Downie Terrace, Fife Ness, Balcomie Golf Course etc.

Artikelname: Old Cupar
Artikelbeschreibung: All the main streets including the Bonnygate, Crossgate and St Catherine Street are featured in this book, along with many pictures covering social history subjects such as the fair, floods, markets, the jail, the barracks and Houston's Hillside Foundry. There are half a dozen photos from the First World War era including ones showing Voluntary War Workers and billeted Polish troops. The human interest pictures are the strength of this title and convey a real feel for the atmosphere of the town in the 1900 to 1920 period.

Artikelname: Old Dunfermline
Artikelbeschreibung: Our long-awaited new book on Dunfermline contains 66 excellent pictures covering all aspects of the town's history. There are photographs of long-lost shops and buildings, several pictures of the trams and a view of the old Cinema Picture House in East Port. The Abbey and Abbot House recall Dunfermline's medieval heritage while the Co-operative Society and Andrew Carnegie's various benefactions tell of its Victorian prosperity. Pictures of Pittencrieff Glen include Vincenzo Macari's horse-drawn ice-cream van, the original glasshouse and children enjoying a Gala Day pageant. Industry is represented by Hay & Robertson's works, the St Leonard's power loom factory and Gilbert Rae's mineral water works. The Rosyth rent strike of 1919, Dunfermline's Highland Games and a glimpse of Pitreavie Cottages and the village of Masterton (both demolished to make way for the approach roads to the Forth Road Bridge) are some of the other diverse topics covered in this very comprehensive book.

Artikelname: Old Elie and Earlsferry
Artikelbeschreibung: Eric Eunson charts the history of attractive Elie, covering its development from a ferry, whaling and coastal trading port through to its rise and gradual fall as a seaside resort. There's an unhurried feel to the atmosphere of these photos, which show quiet streets with people going about their business at a leisurely pace.

Artikelname: Old Kelty
Artikelbeschreibung: Kelty is a mining community through and through and flourished from the 1870s onwards when large-scale coal-winning was begun by the Fife Coal Company. Buildings such as the village's various 'Gothenburgs' (licensed premises run on a charitable basis), the Aitken Baths and Moray Institute testify to a time when industry was king and the coal companies had a hand in most aspects of people's lives. Nearby hamlets and villages such as Cantsdam and Oakfield originally grew up alongside the local road and tram networks (the Great North Road ran through Cantsdam), but benefited from industrial growth in the area, which in turn was boosted by the development of an extensive railway network. Photographs of the Lindsay and Aitken Collieries and Blairenbathie Mine illustrate the scale of mining around Kelty, while even the famous Adam dynasty of architects, whose estate of Blairadam was nearby, exploited coal reserves on their land. Nowadays deep mining has vanished and modern Kelty has been reborn as a commuter village adjacent to the M90 motorway. This collection of photographs shows the village and its neighbours (including Maryburgh and Keltybridge) in their industrial heyday, but also harks back to an era of rural peace and quiet.

Artikelname: Old Kilconquhar and Colinsburgh
Artikelbeschreibung: These two villages lie within the historic Parish of Kilconquhar, which has been an important religious centre since at least the twelfth century. While the village of Kilconquhar grew up around its church, Colinsburgh is said to have been founded by Colin Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Balcarres, to house his disbanded Jacobite troops. It showed signs of becoming an important commercial centre at an early stage in its history, and both villages benefited from the development of the railway network in the late 1850s, when both were served by stations. Pictures included show curling on Kilconquhar Loch, views of both villages' main streets, Kilconquhar House, Charleton House, Balcarres House and its South Lodge, cottages at Balneil and the remains of Auld Robin Gray's cottage.

Artikelname: Old Kingsbarns, Largoward and the landward villages of the East Neuk
Artikelbeschreibung: Old photographs with annotated captions of the delightful East Neuk villages of Kingsbarns, Largoward, Boarhills, Dunino, Carnbee, Kellie Castle, Arncroach, Northtown of Falfield, Lathones, Radernie and Peat Inn.

Artikelname: Old Kirkcaldy - Central, North & West
Artikelbeschreibung: A complementary volume to Old Dysart and East Kirkcaldy, this book includes pictures of the harbour, Esplanade, High Street, Links Market, Raith Rovers, de Havilland plane production in Mcintosh's furniture factory, Seafield, plus lots of other interesting features of this part of town. The pictures are brought to life by Eric Eunson's usual fulsome captions.

Artikelname: Old Lochgelly
Artikelbeschreibung: When the class became rowdy, my old maths teacher used to threaten us that 'Lochgelly will fly' and arguably the town's most famous son was the tawse, the story of which is included in this book. Amongst the streets featured are Bank Street, Auchterderran Road, Station Road, Motion Street and Main Road. The Minto Cottages at Brigghill are also illustrated, as is the village of Glencraig and several pits/mines, namely the Nelly Pit, the Jenny Gray Pit, Bowhill Colliery and the Brigghills Colliery.

Artikelname: Old Markinch
Artikelbeschreibung: In addition to Markinch, this book also includes Milton of Balgonie, Coaltown of Balgonie, Balgonie Colliery, Dixon's Paper Mill, Auchmuty, Cadham, Preston Hall and Sythrum Mill. Together these make up about half the book with the rest devoted to the town and including some stunning photos. Overall this is a nicely balanced collection reflecting life and industry in the Markinch area in the first decades of the twentieth century.

Artikelname: Old Newburgh
Artikelbeschreibung: The photograph on the front cover shows the linoleum factory, and this important local industry features in about six or seven other pictures in the book. Besides the main streets and sights of the town, the Mugdrum Estate, Remilton, Glenburnie, Bell's Quarry and Lindores are also included. (As an aside, Old Newburgh is the only Stenlake Publishing book to feature a horse inside a post office!

Artikelname: Old Newport & Wormit
Artikelbeschreibung: The Tay Road Bridge, opened in 1966, saw the end of Newport as the ferry port gateway to the Kingdom of Fife, and afterwards both it and Wormit rapidly became part of Dundee's suburbia. Mairi Shiels' book depicts the days when Newport and Wormit bustled with travellers and were relatively busy places. Among the more unusual pictures are some of the training ship Mars, which was once moored off Woodhaven Pier, as well as a view of camels and elephants forming an orderly queue at the Newport Slip when the circus travelled through town.

Artikelname: Old Pittenweem
Artikelbeschreibung: Fishing, first for herring and then later for white fish, was enormously important to Pittenweem and features heavily in this book with perhaps half being devoted to the shore, harbour, housing and related industries. The remainder of the book covers the town, with Eric Eunson's text up to his usual high standard making this an informative and readable story.

Artikelname: Old St Andrews
Artikelbeschreibung: The St Andrews Preservation Trust gave us access to their fantastic archives for this book, and the pictures are accompanied by Helen Cook's excellent narrative. Although to the outsider St Andrews may appear to have changed little, these photographs reveal that this is not the case. Past events such as car and motorcycle racing on the West Sands, and a poignant picture of evacuee children arriving at the station are just a couple of the subjects featured. There's extensive coverage of the Fishergate and those that lived there, as well as life around the harbour and the old Step Rock bathing pool. This is a really attractive book featuring a very wide range of photographs.

Artikelname: Old St Monans
Artikelbeschreibung: St Monans (also sometimes spelt St Monance), fishing port par excellence, is pictured here in its heyday before the fishing industry collapsed and, as befits the importance of this industry to the town it dominates the book. Old St Monans is also a tribute to photographer William Easton, much of whose excellent work is featured here.

Artikelname: Old Tayport
Artikelbeschreibung: Mairi Shiels' informative captions accompany a lovely collection of photographs of this port on the Tay, including a number of smashing harbour scenes as well as pictures of the town and its principal streets. Amongst the more unusual images are two dramatic pictures of accidents at the harbour coal-drop, showing runaway railway wagons crashed on the decks of unfortunate trawlers.

Artikelname: Old Wemyss
Artikelbeschreibung: Penned by the enigmatic Margaret Thomson, this collection includes West Wemyss, Coaltown of Wemyss and East Wemyss. Besides harbour and village scenes there are some interesting pictures showing Wemyss and District trams.

Artikelname: Twenty Years Down the Mines
Artikelbeschreibung: A first hand account of the everyday work and woes in this now all but disappeared industry - deceptively ordinary, but you can almost taste the dust. Ian's account of his working life will strike a chord with thousands of ex-miners and bring to life the day to day trials and tribulations of the mining industry. The mines featured in the book are Cardowan, Seafield, and the ill-fated Rothes.

Artikelname: Wheels Around Dunfermline and West Fife
Artikelbeschreibung: West Fife is home to one of the world's most famous transport landmarks, the Forth Rail Bridge, and has a varied transport history that once included wooden waggonways, a tram network radiating from Dunfermline, plus a stretch of the Great North Road. Industry played an important role and West Fife's pits were served by an extensive railway network, with several locos and other rolling stock pictured. Agriculture was important too, as illustrated by the impressive yet archaic threshing mill shown on the front cover. In addition to Dunfermline, places illustrated include Inverkeithing, Burntisland, Charlestown, Cowdenbeath, Rosyth, Saline, Bowhill Colliery, Valleyfield Colliery, Blairhall Colliery, St David's, Limekilns, Glencraig and North Queensferry.