1970s Shops

22/10/2013

This is the era of my earliest memories of Lundin Links! As a youngster I never set foot in the antique shops but remember them as being quite intriguing. I was often in the Newsagent run by the Jurecki's (for comics, sweets or to return Barr's bottles) and Post Office run by the Goodall's (for ice lollies and cream cakes). As I grew older I'd be sent an errand to the Bob the Butcher's or Stebbing's Pharmacy.

There was a small hardware store on Emsdorf Street called MacMillan's. Usually we would buy things like batteries there but one day a small swan ornament caught my eye, so I saved up my pocket money to buy it. I still have it . This shop (since demolished) hung a 'Pink Paraffin' sign like the one below in the window, which I always liked. If you have memories of the local shops - please share them by commenting!

9 Comments

Andrew Kirkcaldy

15/2/2015 05:10:11 am

Certainly brings back memories! Dad is 'Bob' the butcher and we lived above the shop from the early 70's until his retiring and selling around 2004. I found the antiques shop fascinating too when I was younger and popped in often. It was owned by the Robb's. After they retired, I remember it being a dried flower/gift shop for a while. The grocers next to Dads shop was run by Mrs Watson (I think her name was Isabel) and if I remember correctly she also ran the Post office for a while. They lived in the big house behind the post office on the corner of Links road and Crescent road). There was also a dress shop for a number of years (Faye's I think it was called) on the other side of our shop which has been Jane's hairdressers for years now. I too remember MacMillans hardware store, John I think was his name. Round the corner from the bank on Crescent road I am sure there was a small shop too but I can't remember much about it. Many happy years spent there in Lundin Links!

Lindsay Mclachlan

13/7/2020 03:51:35 pm

Hi Andrew I remember your family well. My parents Bob and Betty Webber co-owned the Lundin Links Hotel from 1977 to 1982ish.

Ron Kidd

30/6/2015 09:55:53 am

When we moved to LL in 1975 there was also a grocer/wine merchant whose name began with a"J" - NOT Jureki pronounced (phonetic spelling) yakomeenie!!. It is now the computer business.

Vintage Lundin Links

30/6/2015 11:21:16 pm

Yes, the grocer's shop which was originally Somerville's was run by the Jacominis (not sure of spelling but you are right about pronunciation) in the 1970s. It always confused me as the sign above the shop was unchanged until 1982 by which time a Mrs Watson had the shop. It still read "Somerville" until it changed from a shop to an office.

Diane

27/1/2017 03:56:36 am

When I lived in Largo in the 1940s to 50s the butchers was Andersons.
The dress shop was owned by 2 ladies. They had an accidental fire which my father spotted on his way home from work. He helped move stock out of the shop. The ladies gave him later a dress for my toddler sister. I have a photo of her wearing it; it always smelled slightly of smoke, but clothes were rationed to she wore it!
The pharmacy was sold to a widower with a daughter my age. She played the harp; very exotic.
The paraffin shop was run by a chap who became widowed with 2 young sons. We used to take our accumulators there for recharging /exchange for our radio - no electricity in Drum Park. I collected one which had acid on the outside and burned a hole in my raincoat. A disaster during Wartime.

Jan Kerr

30/9/2017 12:58:09 pm

The antiques shop (now Jane's Gife Shop) was once owned by a lady who started off in a garage in Emsdorf Road. I cannot remember her name but I think she lived on the corner of Emsdorf/ Crescent Road.

Cynthia Prentice

28/1/2018 02:43:57 pm

I have vivid memories of visiting the shops whilst visiting my two Aunts and Uncles who lived in Lundin Links, one on the main road, the other in Crescent Road. The grocer's shop always struck me with the exotic smells of roasted coffee and spices? but I was never allowed to touch! I used to go up and buy sweeties from the Post Office, I believe but in the fifties, I seem to remember another shop where sweeties could be bought too. I always loved coming to Lundin Links and visiting the old town, which I have done many a time as an adult and regret not being able to live there too!

Jennifer link

24/1/2024 12:20:32 pm

I lived in Lower Largo from 1955-1973 and attended Lundin Mill School from 1960-1967 (headteacher the wonderful but strict Miss Elizabeth Stott) until moving to Buckhaven High School 1967-1973. Mrs Stebbing (the younger) was a school teacher plus the inspirational leader of the local Rangers group. Lyndsay Yacamini was a schoolmate of mine. The picture house La Scala was on the left side of the road to the right hand side of the Lundin Links Hotel (never paid much attention to street names). They used to invite all the schoolchildren free once a year to a film. On the way home, we would buy a 3d bag of chips from Granny Forte’s chip shop before the bridge in Lower Largo. I have very many more memories of my childhood in Lower Largo/Lundin Links if of interest. It is wonderful to see photographs of the area which still figure in my dreams of the past.

Robert McNicol

25/9/2024 03:46:55 pm

Great memories. Remember the shops in Lundin Links. Mc Millans the Ironmongers, Alex Stebbing the Chemist, Goodalls the Post Office also. Then Bob Kirkcaldy the Butcher followed by Sandy Yacamini in the Licenced Grocers - Lindsay Yacamini was also at School with me. The Royal Bank of Scotland was on the corner of Crescent Road.
Lundin Links hotel was owned by Mr Muriso till 1965 when it was taken over by Bill Mathieson. Jurecki's took over from Forshaw in 1964.
I remember there was a barber shop attached to the cinema for a while.
I lived in Lower Largo from 1964 until 1978 and remember Miss Stott as strict but fair.
I'm trying to guess who the "Jennifer" in the earlier article could it be the former Jennifer Mc Laren??

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