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Home Gallery Historical Info Local Place Names Memories Hall of Fame Links Email	Welcome This site contains photos of the Fife villages of Lochore, Ballingry, Crosshill and Glencraig commonly know as the Benarty area. The site was built using material supplied by various sources however the majority are taken from a collection of photographs relating to the Benarty area collated by Jim Campbell and Nicholas Fox. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged. The rationale for the site was, basically, to develop my web building skills however as I've always had an interest in local history and in particular the history of the Benarty area it made sense to combine both interests and this site is the result. The site is still a work in progress and will be developed and improved through time. You Can Help If you have any suggestions or improvements for this site please email them to me. If have any old photos, drawings etc relating to the Benarty area and would like to see them on this website then please get in touch. I can uplift your photos and scan them and return them to you as quickly as possible. Alternatively if you have digital copies of your photos why not email them to me. Don’t throw them away or lock them away in a cupboard send them to me then they can be enjoyed by many people throughout the world. You can contact me by using the email link on the left Latest News 27/06/10 Short video footage of Benarty Gala day parade 2010. 08/06/10 I found some old film footage which has been added to the Video section of the Gallery page. The video has been upload to You Tube in two sections and shows various places in Fife. Part 1 shows the Mary Pit and what is now Lochore Meadows while near the end of part 2 Benarty Square in Ballingry can be viewed. 07/06/10 A new page, Local Place Names, has been added to the site. The new page contains a list of place names in and around Benarty. The information is taken from Edward Henderson’s A Parish Alphabet which was printed in 1990 as an addendum to his excellent book, The History of Lochoreshire. 28/04/10 A new item has been added to the Memories Page. Read John Ross’ memories of growing up in Lochore and Ballingry. I have also added some up to date photos of the Benarty Tavern, the former site of Crosshill Club and the new extension at the Benore Care Home, see the Benarty Now page. 19/02/10 A new video showing Benarty FC playing Hill of Beath has been added. The video was filmed in 1998. A new photo showing a 1958 Ballingry bus in stuck mud has been added to the Ballingry Gallery and 2 new photos of local Priests have been added to the People Gallery. A few new links have been added to the Links Page. 13/01/10 I have added a new link to the Scottish Screen Archive which is Scotland’s national moving images collection. As the name suggests it has a vast array of old films from all over Scotland including Fife.
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Welcome

This site contains photos of the Fife villages of Lochore, Ballingry, Crosshill and Glencraig commonly know as the Benarty area. The site was built using material supplied by various sources however the majority are taken from a collection of photographs relating to the Benarty area collated by Jim Campbell and Nicholas Fox.
All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.

The rationale for the site was, basically, to develop my web building skills however as I've always had an interest in local history and in particular the history of the Benarty area it made sense to combine both interests and this site is the result. The site is still a work in progress and will be developed and improved through time.

You Can Help
If you have any suggestions or improvements for this site please email them to me.
If have any old photos, drawings etc relating to the Benarty area and would like to see them on this website then please get in touch. I can uplift your photos and scan them and return them to you as quickly as possible. Alternatively if you have digital copies of your photos why not email them to me.
Don’t throw them away or lock them away in a cupboard send them to me then they can be enjoyed by many people throughout the world.
You can contact me by using the email link on the left

Latest News
27/06/10
Short video footage of Benarty Gala day parade 2010.

08/06/10
I found some old film footage which has been added to the Video section of the Gallery page. The video has been upload to You Tube in two sections and shows various places in Fife. Part 1 shows the Mary Pit and what is now Lochore Meadows while near the end of part 2 Benarty Square in Ballingry can be viewed.

07/06/10
A new page, Local Place Names, has been added to the site. The new page contains a list of place names in and around Benarty. The information is taken from Edward Henderson’s A Parish Alphabet which was printed in 1990 as an addendum to his excellent book, The History of Lochoreshire.

28/04/10
A new item has been added to the Memories Page. Read John Ross’ memories of growing up in Lochore and Ballingry.
I have also added some up to date photos of the Benarty Tavern, the former site of Crosshill Club and the new extension at the Benore Care Home, see the Benarty Now page.

19/02/10
A new video showing Benarty FC playing Hill of Beath has been added. The video was filmed in 1998.
A new photo showing a 1958 Ballingry bus in stuck mud has been added to the Ballingry Gallery and 2 new photos of local Priests have been added to the People Gallery. A few new links have been added to the Links Page.

13/01/10
I have added a new link to the Scottish Screen Archive which is Scotland’s national moving images collection. As the name suggests it has a vast array of old films from all over Scotland including Fife.

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