The opening of the Largo Harbour Bridge has been covered here before. However, this photograph is so good that the topic needs to be revisited. Taken on 3 October 1914, only a matter of weeks into World War One, the image features ladies on the left selling flags for charity. Belgian refugees were an early focus of wartime fund-raising and these ladies were probably collecting for this cause. Indeed a group of refugees from Belgium arrived in Kirkcaldy only days later.
The decorated car, registration SP 708, belonged to local builder Walter Horne. This was the first car to cross the new bridge after the cutting of a red, white and blue ribbon with a pair of silver scissors. Flags and bunting can be seen hanging around the bridge. The buildings in the background from left to right are The Railway Inn (light-coloured gable end), Alexandra House (centre), Edina View (3-storey terrace with former windows and many chimneys) and the Crusoe Hotel (extreme right).
(Source: Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery)
The decorated car, registration SP 708, belonged to local builder Walter Horne. This was the first car to cross the new bridge after the cutting of a red, white and blue ribbon with a pair of silver scissors. Flags and bunting can be seen hanging around the bridge. The buildings in the background from left to right are The Railway Inn (light-coloured gable end), Alexandra House (centre), Edina View (3-storey terrace with former windows and many chimneys) and the Crusoe Hotel (extreme right).
(Source: Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery)
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