Pack-Out at the Pier

10/9/2014

A few weeks ago I did a post about the once-popular annual 'Flying off the Pier' contest at Lower Largo. Well, I just spotted that someone had shared the above photo via the 'All those years ago' feature on the East Fife Mail's Facebook Page. It's a cracker of a photo - close up on the 'flying craft' and 'flyers', with a huge crowd in the background. Looks like members of the Leven and District Round Table taking the plunge. I'm not sure where the photo originated or which year this was - if you know more or have other images of the event, please get in touch.

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Ron Kidd

28/10/2014 01:48:47 am

The photograph of the "Flying of the Pier competition shows Kirkcaldy Round Table's entry. They entered a modified version the following year but still didn't fly! The annual competition started as a Denholm Cup challenge between tab Watkins and Norman Brown at a Leven RT meeting in the Crusoe Hotel. The challenge was to see who could fly furthest of the bridge. Neither flew but it did develop into a very successful fund raiser mainly for The RAF Benevolent Fund.

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