Continuing from my previous post (Black & White Photos From Pathhead, Kirkcaldy – Part 1), here are a few more photos taken in Kirkcaldy, going along Victoria Rd, and then down Dunnikier Road towards the harbour.
The first three photos show an old warehouse or factory (possibly the old Dunnikier Linoleum Works, built some time after 1895) on Victoria Rd.
Possibly the old Dunnikier Linoleum Works, Nairn Rd, Kirkcaldy
Old Warehouse, Victoria St, Kirkcaldy
Side view of Old Warehouse – Victoria Rd, Kirkcaldy
The fourth photo shows St Marie’s RC church (now part of “The Polish Province of the Society of the Divine Saviour) built c1900 by John Bennie Wilson(?). The church was originally a Free Church, built in a tudor gothic style, with a tower and a squat spire.
St Marie’s RC Church, Kirkcaldy
The final photo is of Kirkcaldy Fire Station, built in 1938, as a modern 3 storey ferro concrete framed purpose built fire station, with a tall square fire practice tower in the NE. This building is fairly typical of the Art Deco style that was popular in the 1930s.
Kirkcaldy Fire Station, purpose built in 1938
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As usual, I love your pictures but the most arresting for me are those of the old warehouse in Victoria Street …. the texture like rotting corrogated cardboard is absolutely fabulous.
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Thank you Osyth, I’m pleased you like the decaying abandoned warehouse photos, they’re my favourites too 🙂
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I love photos like these, mainly because at any minute they could be gone and no record kept of them, the factory & warehouse. B&W make them timeless, the church and fire station especially so. Nice captures Andy 🙂
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Thanks Lynne. You’re right about taking photos of derelict buildings, there was another much larger old linoleum works building on the same road, I kept on meaning to stop and take some photos of it, then suddenly 6 months ago, they pulled it down 😦
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Oh no, I hate that, its happened to me a couple of time, but I try to take at least one photo now. There is one old warehouse at a place called Leek going up north to Cheshire, although I have a couple of photos, they are not that good and I just know next time we go up, it will be converted to flats, fingers cross its not 🙂
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I’ll definitely keep my fingers crossed too for you Lynne 🙂
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Thank you Andy 🙂
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Fascinating places with stories to tell.
Whenever I read the name Kirkcaldy, I have to say it in my head, I love the way it sounds – crazy G aren’t I?
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Lol!!!! I actually always end up pronouncing it wrong Gilly, I pronounce the ‘L’, whereas it should be said like ‘kirkcoddy’. Even my parents get it right, and they live in Penzance! But I know what you mean about liking the way certain places sound, I like Cowdenbeath, but the actual place is very run down, and not a place you would go out of your way to visit! 🙂
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Always gorgeous pictures 🙂 The windows of Old Warehouse are broken, and will they fix them ?
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Thanks Martina 🙂 The windows almost definitely won’t be repaired, unless a company is willing to renovate the building (which would be brilliant!). Most likely, the building will eventually be pulled down, and houses put up on the land.
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Historical building should preserve. It will be very good for tourism 🙂
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I agree totally with you Martina, if ever I’m on holiday, it’s the old buildings that I head for every time 🙂
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and take the pictures 🙂
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Lol!!! How could I forget that 🙂
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LOL! 🙂 Do you ever take the pictures from smartphone?
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My turn to laugh again, my mobile phone is over ten years old, and is really basic, it does send texts as well as make phone calls!!! Lol! 🙂
So in answer to your question, NO. 🙂
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Lol! Smartphone is innovative. Do you ever try it ? 🙂 You can write a blog from the smartphone.
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I’m just not a mobile phone type of person Martina, it took me long enough to get one in the first place. I know they are really good photograph wise, and like you said, I could write my blog posts on it, but I’m (sort of) old fashioned, I like using a camera and the pc! 🙂
The rest of my family all have smart phones, it’s just me be an old ‘stick in the mud!’ LOL! 🙂
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LOL! silly 🙂
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I love that old warehouse shot, Andy. It looks like it’s taken a few beatings over the years!
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Thanks Lori 🙂 It certainly looks pretty well worn out. I’m guessing the corrugated piece on the end is only 50-60 years old, but they tend not to last much longer than that anyway. The rest of the building is no older than 120 years (its not shown on a map of the area from 1895), but I think it’s been derelict for at least the last 40 years or so, and hence looks pretty weather worn!
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I’ve never seen an art deco fire station before. Interesting shots of Kirkcaldy 🙂
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Thank you Diana 🙂 It certainly is fairly unusual I think.
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Lovely choice of buildings, and I love the fire station especially – works so well in b&w!
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Thanks Jo 🙂 As you may well have noticed, black and white is definitely my preferred medium of the moment 🙂
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The Dunnikier Linoleum Works is a nice old building. I hope somebody does something with it rather than just letting it disappear.
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I certainly agree with you Bun 🙂 There are far to many old building in Scotland that just get demolished, and modern cheap housing gets put up instead. Even if these old buildings were renovated for housing, at least their outside appearance would be preserved 🙂
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Yep, even just keeping those beautiful old facades would be something. 🙂
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That’s so true Bun 🙂
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Amazing photos, love the firehouse!
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Thanks Lynz 🙂 And yes, the fire-station is quite unusual 🙂
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I love these building and the black and white!
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Thanks Lynz 🙂 They do certainly suit black and white photography.
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yes!
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So many wonderful old buildings. Apart from the church and fire station, they’ve definitely seen better days! The old warehouse must be feeling very sorry for itself. All great in b/w again.
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I’m worried that they will pull down the stone built part of the old warehouse, they seem to have a habit of doing that up here in Scotland 😦
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I understand how you feel about that. It’s such a shame to see buildings of historic interest pulled down.
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It certainly is a shame Millie 🙂 Hopefully there will at least be a photographic record of many of these sorts of buildings, one of the many benefits of digital photography 🙂
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Yes, you’re right.That way, at least the memory of the building will be preserved.
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🙂
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I like the old warehouse shots best too though all the buildings are interesting. I’d be interested to see the inside of the church.
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Thanks Helen 🙂 And I’ll have to go along just after a service and see if they allow photos of the inside of the church 🙂
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Your images are amazing. Thanks sahring them.
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Thank you for your kind comment Joel 🙂
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Black and White picture often look better. I don’t know what it is, but i look at pictures of Gastradamus in black and white, and i legitimately look better. Thanks for the likes, im fond to hear what you think about the new seaworld post that has gone up, when you get the chance, a comment would be excellent.
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Lol!!! I’ll take a look at your Seaworld post soon Gastradamus 🙂
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Come fifer. We are waiting for you at Gastradamus. Please you must give me your feedback on the server story, it groundbreaking
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I enjoyed your black and white walking tour of Pathhead. It looks like the kind of place I could be kept busy all day. Looks like I might just have to visit one day.
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Thank you Emilio. Kirkcaldy does have some great places to photograph 🙂
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Excellent subject for black and white. Nice rich blacks I like. Nice work/
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Thanks Craig, glad you like them 🙂
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I love the second one!!!! I like all of them but the second draws a special appeal to me.
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Thanks Tammy 🙂 There is definitely something special about old dilapidated buildings, in my case maybe they remind me of myself! LOL! 🙂
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hehe 🙂
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The building in the first three photos is the Kirkcaldy electric generating station which powered the trams and electric street lighting. It is now scheduled for demolition, if it hasn’t already been demolished.
https://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/892403
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Unfortunately, it’s been a couple of years since I’ve been on the blog, and as you stated, the building was demolished, I find it really sad that so much of Scotland’s history is being lost!
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the electric generating station later became the depot for SSEB/Scottish Power (great days)
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