Well done to this early 1900s photographer for taking a shot looking west towards Leven, rather than the more familiar view facing in the other direction towards the Lundin Links Hotel! It's great to see how this stretch of the street looked at this point in history. Development had progressed up to the wooded area where the Montrave Hall would be built in 1910. An old street name sign still remains today on the wall of the last house in the distance (next door to the hall) reminding us that this was once the outer limit of Leven Road on that side of the road (see photo below).
The people featured in the old postcard image greatly add to the atmosphere of the shot. Two well-dressed ladies walk away from the camera perhaps returning home from errands at the village shops. Two girls to the left may be carrying golf clubs or tennis racquets, given that they are so close to an opening at the roadside which would have led to the newly created tennis courts. The boy next to them may well have been making deliveries from the basket over his arm. All the youngsters seem very interested in the camera anyway!
The people featured in the old postcard image greatly add to the atmosphere of the shot. Two well-dressed ladies walk away from the camera perhaps returning home from errands at the village shops. Two girls to the left may be carrying golf clubs or tennis racquets, given that they are so close to an opening at the roadside which would have led to the newly created tennis courts. The boy next to them may well have been making deliveries from the basket over his arm. All the youngsters seem very interested in the camera anyway!
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