Homemade Dandelion Cordial

If your looking at trying something new and cheap this week why not make the most of the abundance of Dandelions growing about us in Lochgelly. Here is a really easy recipe to try and it makes for an amazing alternative to squash. Ingredients: As many Dandelion heads as you can get, [...]

Blue alert! Bluebells on their way – and earlier than last year…

The Woodland Trust is calling for the public to find their nearest wood and record the first appearance of native bluebells, as it tracks the arrival: http://www.naturescalendar.org.uk/map/current.htm?rsid=164&reid=3&ry=2012&rs=S of the flowers across the country this spring. The conservation [...]

Share your local News & Views

We are making a call to members of the local community who would like to create and share their local news and views about Lochgelly and the surrounding areas. There are many local issues within the Lochgelly area, and many positive and negative developments and news, but due to time [...]

Corporate Hospitality from Mossmorran

It emerged at the Lochgelly Community Council meeting for March, that Mossmorran has been offering and providing gifts and events, to community representatives that serve on the Mossmorran Community Liaison Group. This may also extend to local representatives that serve on other Mossmorran [...]

Archive for May, 2011

Fife Direct upgraded, services to be reduced?

11 months ago

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Fife Direct (www.fifedirect.org.uk), the Fife Council managed website, have recently had their website upgraded. It is a welcome change, as the old site was very bulky and very hard to navigate and often lacked in information. The new site has all their services listed in more visible categories, [...]

Scottish Parliament tables motion about LoSW

11 months ago

by James | Views 400

We recently received a Google Alert notifying us that a motion has been tabled by MSP Murdo Fraser for the parliament to congratulate the volunteers of the Loch of Shining Waters, we have published the motion below *S4M-00058 Murdo Fraser*: Lochgelly – Loch of Shining Waters Community Website—That [...]

Lochgelly Gala 2011

12 months ago

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The Lochgelly Community Development Forum are once again organising this years Gala for August the 21st, at the Public Park. Planning has been underway for a couple of months, and the LCDF have managed to secure funds for this years Gala. We have made a small video snapshot of last years Gala which [...]

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Miners Institute & Statue (Video)

12 months ago

by Lochgelly | Views 429

The video was shot on behalf of Fife Council to showcase the Miners Institute regeneration programme and the redevelopment of the Cross. The video shows before and after shots of inside the Miners Institute.

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Dysart – Images

12 months ago

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Dysart (Scottish Gaelic: Dìseart) is a former town and royal burgh located on the south-east coast between Kirkcaldy and West Wemyss in Fife. The town is now considered to be a suburb of Kirkcaldy. Dysart was once part of a wider estate owned by the St Clair or Sinclair family. They were [...]

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West Wemyss – Images

12 months ago

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The village of West Wemyss began as a settlement around the site of Wemyss Castle which developed into a centre for the salt industry in the area. A harbour was later built in 1621 by the Wemyss family for the use of coal exportation from the pits on the lands of their estate. The harbour would [...]

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Supermarket Double Standards

1 year ago

by Lochgelly | Views 465

We received a message from a member of the Lochgelly Community Development Forum, who was in attendance at the Cowdenbeath Area Committee, that was held yesterday (18th May 2011). The Cowdenbeath Area Committee have approved and given the green light for a supermarket to be built behind Cowdenbeath [...]

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Black Bings & Surrounding Scenery

1 year ago

by Terry | Views 504

Yesterday, I went down to the Black Bings just to capture the area and see what changes have happened in the place. As a young kid, I used to go down there all the time as it was a good place to climb and explore, even though you got maukit. I knew nature has slowly been reclaiming the area back, [...]

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Fife Council protecting your privacy

1 year ago

by Lochgelly | Views 601

We recently seen a Freedom of Information (FOI) request on the site WhatDoTheyKnow which asked Fife Council what security measures they have in place (or intend to put in place) to prevent data either being lost or malicious programs extracting personal information. The reply the person received [...]

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New website launched – promotion offers

1 year ago

by Lochgelly | Views 600

Over the past week we have been building a new website that will hopefully generate money for the community magazine. Ideally, if the website makes enough money, we can remove all advertising from the magazine, keeping the magazine ad free with more content about the local area. For those of us [...]

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