Old Photographs And Footage Of Lochgelly Fife Scotland 

Old photographs and footage of Lochgelly, a town in West Fife, Scotland. It is separated from Cowdenbeath by the village of Lumphinnans. From the 1830s until the 1960s Lochgelly was a mining town. An area of Lochgelly was known as the Happy Lands, or Happy Valley. The town is served by Lochgelly railway station on the line between Edinburgh and Markinch. The town derives its name from the nearby body of water, Loch Gelly. The name comes from the Gaelic Loch Gheallaidh which, loosely translated, means Shining Waters or Loch of Brightness. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day