Bear Tavern Newburgh High St North Fife

In The Bear Tavern Newburgh High St North Fife on Tuesday nights traditional folk music sessions take place where anyone may join in and contribute to the music. See in the posts below.

Scottish Folk Music North Fife

Scottish Folk Music North Fife

Newburgh North Fife River Tay Boats

Newburgh North Fife River Tay Boats pass by inward to Perth and back to sea.

Newburgh North Fife

Newburgh was once a royal burgh of Fife, but somehow this registration fell away, the Community Council preferring instead to be purely Scottish in allegiance. The British Conservative Government under Maggie Thatcher was too much to bear for some.

Pop. (1901) 1904. The population today is only a little greater, at 2040 (est 2004). Being a small town, most residents are aware of each other and their occupations and activities. There are still many public houses but their number is dwindling, they are patronised by about 10% of the population who do the rounds.

It is situated on the Firth of Tay, 7 m. N.W. of Ladybank Junction by First Scotrail. Newburgh railway station closed in 1951 (pre-Beeching), and has never reopened, despite frequent local campaigns to re-establish some sort of rail link, as trains run through Newburgh on a regular basis.
For some time, its industries chiefly consisted of the making of linen and floorcloth, malting and quarrying, and there were fisheries, especially of salmon. The harbour was used for the transhipment of the cargoes of Perth-bound vessels of over 200 tons. But most of these industries have now gone. A linoleum factory, owned by Courtaulds, which had been the town's principal employer, closed in May 1980 after a large fire destroyed much of the building. After many years of lying derelict, the factory has since been completely demolished and cleared and its site is now a recreational waterfront. Local services and a few shops provide limited employment, but most residents now commute to larger towns. However, one quarry, for many years owned by Bell Brothers, is still operational, and is now owned by Ennstone Thistle. T Robertson & Sons, of Whinpark Quarry, still run a road contractors' business, although the quarry itself is no longer in operation.

Newburgh Waterfront North Fife

Newburgh Waterfront North Fife
A MAJOR project to honour Newburgh's history is one step closer with news the community has bought two sections of the River Tay waterfront.
Newburgh Community Trust achieved the £35,000 purchase deal under the Land Reform Act's right to buy legislation, one of the first such deals in the east of Scotland.
Trust chair Councillor Andrew Arbuckle said one of the sections included three now disused piers.
Owning this area would allow the community to repair the existing sea walls and then improve a footpath alongside the river.
The trust would work alongside Tay Salmon Fisheries chair David Clarke to develop the other section, known locally as Robertson's pier.
Mr Clarke said a comprehensive plan for the development would now be designed, with the goal of a planning application submitted in October and a start in spring 2008.
The proposal could include a restaurant, cafe, toilets and a heritage centre that remembered Newburgh's once-thriving waterfront industry.
Mr Clarke, who is also behind plans for river taxis between Newburgh and Perth, said the development would become a destination point for both boats and cars.
Councillor Arbuckle said the waterfront purchase had been a lengthy saga, but the people of Newburgh wanted to be able to decide on what happened along the river front.

Wasp Bike North Fife

Wasp Bike North Fife. The wasps continue to come and go, so far we have not had a problem with them yet. Later in the year they may become a hazard when they forage, drawn by the produce in the nearby kitchen and foodstuff. It's been fascinating to watch the construction of the bike, the innate mind that guides each individual to do what is needed in the continuance of the species. Quite wondrous.

Scots PGL Pipe Band Ceres North Fife

The Scots PGL Pipe Band From Queensland Australia parade Ceres Games Park on an unusually overcast June day.Ceres Games are the oldest free games in Scotland, always held on the last Saturday of the month of June, every year (except for war) since the charter to hold the Games was given to the people of the village by Robert Bruce in 1314 in recognition of their support at the battle of Bannockburn. The battle was fought in order to preserve the right of the Scots to determine how they would be ruled. More on Ceres

Highland Games Heavyweight Ceres North Fife

Highland Games Heavyweight Ceres North Fife

Ceres Highland Games Pipe Band North Fife

Ceres Highland Games Pipe Band North Fife

Scottish Highland Games North Fife

Scottish Highland Games North Fife. Track events, Dancing, Wrestling, Heavyweight events all take place at the same moment.

North Fife Ceres Highland Games pipe Band Presentation

The Rt. Hon. Sir Menzies Campbell CBE QC MP, leader of the Liberal Democrat Party and North Fife elected Member of the British Parliament enjoying a relaxed day as The Chieftain of Ceres Highland Games.