Would be better with suitable music .bit jolly for the first biy

🫡🫡🫡 to old leven I live in leven

Imagine this as " Methil No More "......." Bathgate No More"......."Linwood No More"......

For anyone wondering. It took me years to finally find these songs! Tommy Scott: The Ball O’Killiemuir 😊

Every time I see this it brings back many many memories of my five years down there.

. . .This version of the song is the best one of those available and I want a copy for when I go on Scotland's trains! It goes perfectly with the DMU as it enters and departs from the stations, and I wish they'd re-sign our railways with those lovely old coloured Regional Name Boards and Sausage Totem Signs again!! . . .Can you find out the Album/Name of the Artist please? Chris Williams

Brilliant footage! Moved away about 8yrs ago but was a Methil man for 30yrs! Great place to stay! Town full of proper hardmen and grafters! At least it was! The town produced many good boxers and even world class fighters in other disciplines! Lots of the buildings still standing but many gone now! The old Bayview football ground home to east fife FC gone many years ago.

If only they knew in 6 years it would become a McDonald’s😂

That soundtrack is Led Zeppelin I believe

I was a beach life guard (RLSS and ASA)on Leven beach in the late 60s early 70s. The bothy we used is shown at 5.10. Its no longer standing and that area today is a caravan park. I see todays life guards have it lucky as they are sheltered in a look out hut. O by the way ,the waters freezin! Enjoy😇.

Too bad there’s not one from St.Andrews to Dundee via Tayport and Newport on Tay. No University buildings at St.Andrews and indeed no Old Course Hotel. The clump of trees just before the walk bridge are there though. Strange cluster of trees sitting there on their own but they say St. Andrews to me when I see them. I think the bridge came to an end in the 80s when it had incident with an articulated lorry. Must have been one of those new high sided ones that they had introduced.

That would be a nice train run if it was a preservation railway, unfortunately a lot of the old railway land is now private.

It was a different time , hard and tough with families making ends meet , surviving , but i believe it was better than today .

I was brought up in methil leven xxx

So happy that they are rebuilding a section of the old line again for 2024. Cameron Bridge and Levenmouth stations are being constructed as we speak.

I turned the sound off, much better

I was brought up in Wemyss my gran lived in Buckhaven memories how I miss Fife love music to this

The Times Have Changed My father Who was A Policeman in the 50's 60's and 70's and me lol im now in me 60's and love this I know Everywhere that is on This Video Thank you for Playing This.

Just imagine what a fabulous heritage line this would have made. Imagine the value it would have today as a draw for tourism there. Steam trains along the Fife coast into St Andrews. The Americans already love St Andrews - imagine if students could arrive to University "Harry Potter-style"! I've stayed in St Monans, Pittenweem, St Andrews and Elie. There are remains of this line to be seen all along the route. It's very possibly my favourite part of the world. Adrian

We had lots of holidays here in the 1970/s wonderful memories greetings from south Lanarkshire

To Trina Methven (from Methil) and our Son, Ian Edward Methven (both still with us, I believe). Memories of serendipitously meeting Petrina in Kinghorn, Easter 1970. All my Love. Stay free. R 💖 🌠 🌠

My Maw pushing her pram at 9:45, this would be Clyde Street, Denbeath, played there as a wee boy all gone now

I used to play on swings like those kids, a wee bit up the road in Perth. I was born there in 1955, but my Gran was from Cupar, have many relatives there, I always looked forward to visits nas the chipshop near the Great Auntie was magic - a fish supper you could live off for a week!!! Fish so fresh, delivered in by local boats. Ma Pops, Grandad, was frae Eberdeen, ken, didnae unnerstan a wurd tha loon sid........They bmoved to the middle, Perth. Ye Gods, I could be a bystander in one of these

Most of these old railway lines are being rebuilt now in the leven area ...

I live in the new houses that were built in the 60s at the same spot at the very beginning fo the film

Crap sound track why do people put shit sound tracks on why don't they do proper documentary on telling people about it? Stupid idiots...

I came here by searching for the origin of the word "metil" since it is also an old word in Germany and in the town Eisenach, there is a stone/old castle build on a metil stone. I suppose it derives from metal. Somehow it reminds me also on mystery and magic. - This is a lovely footage of old times. Although I never was on the big isle, it gives me a feeling how people lived and I feel almost if I was there. It is a joy to see the people posing and children playing. Thank you for sharing a part of your history!

My grandad was from there. His dad was a miner.

The colour footage was really good - the music was awful!

been in denbeath since I was 3 went to Brae head lived in lower methil this brings back a lot off memories

What a wonderful video. Most, if not all, of those grand folk are no longer with us but here are their amazing moments for us to enjoy. THANK YOU. Stoozer.

When bayview had more than one stand

I grew up there in poverty in the50s 60s got out in 74 went to Australia not poor now ,been back a few times still no jobs there for every one but it’s ok I suppose

4.51 Flora McDonald on the left , 4.55 Don McDonald on right their father had the Auld Hoose on West High ST.

Loved them brings back memories

Great footage but I had to mute the music as it was doing my head in.

My Dad was born in the black house on the shore front (now gone) and lived there in the 1930s. His grandparents lived upstairs.

What a beautiful light railway that could have been today. Recently took the admittedly excellent bus service through the Kingdom, but that rail service would be better in so many ways. Min’s a Jarl ..

A once prosperous high street ruined by successive councils are their bad decisions and greed. Shame.

Walked all that line both ways many times both ways in 1959/62

Methil has changed the what used to be such a beautiful place to now film with bad people it's so crap I wish I can be go back then

My God! Great Footage of my old Area Methil Brae Denbeath Hospital The old Prefabs on sea road Geez..Ty For This Brings back memories for me..

Great footage but the music is nippy. It's going to be playing on a tape loop in my brain lol.

Great video with great memories. Does anyone know the duet who sung the soundtrack?

What is the name of the song at the very beginning?

was born in leven 1952 moved to s/wales 1964,but still a fifer

Music continues for about 4 minutes after the cine clips finish. Why? It's not even very good music (although that is subjective)

Hi there. We are working on a piece about the old Leven train line for tonight’s STV News at 6 - would you be ok for us to use a short extract of it if we credit your name? Many thanks, Kaye.

Having to move with my parents after the Michael disaster have lived in Lancashire for 50 yrs but to see my home county brings memories flooding back. thanks for taking the time to produce this very sentimental journey.

Very good video thanks for this upload.