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The first photograph in this week’s trip down West Fife’s Memory Lane is from 1906 and shows the cobbled road at the junction of Maygate and…

February 5, 2021 As a coin collector I had always enjoyed most forms numismatic, although my main collection is British bronze coinage 1860 to 1970. I have got to the stage now that most of the coins I want are literally out of my reach cost wise, although I am always hopeful I will find some rare piece in a bulk lot or bargain bin. It does happen so you never know one day that elusive 1919KN in high grade my just drop into my hand. I can keep hoping. So I have now started branching out into other area’s of coinage. One such area is token coinage which I find most interesting and where this...

THIS week’s trip down West Fife’s Memory Lane looks at one of the most successful companies that operated in Dunfermline, the wholesale and retail grocery company Fraser and Carmichael. The Maygate shop of Fraser and Carmichael was added to over the years and was developed into a wholesale outlet with branches all over the central belt of Scotland, the north of England, as well as an outlet in Old Kent Road in London. The Fraser & Co shops in Dunfermline at one time included two in Pilmuir Street (one of which operated under the name of Fortune), one in Bridge Street, and one each i...