Pier and Viaduct

The above inter-war image - and close-up detail below - show Lower Largo harbour ready for summer entertainment. The Pier Pavilion framed by an arch of the railway bridge.  Note the two men using viaduct as a walkway between Largo Station and Lundin Links.  No doubt there was a variety of entertainment put on at the stage on the pier but the pierrots were typical seaside entertainers.  The 'pierrot' name is derived from the Italian comedy troupes that wore clown-like outfits with pom poms and cone-shaped hats. These groups provided unsophisticated entertainment - songs, dances and jokes.  Here is a sample of a comic song heard locally in the 1920s...

A herring man frae Paisley
Cam aw the way tae me
To see if I could keep his fish
Frae smellin', don't you see.

Says I, "My Man, I'll tell you
Wi-oot the slightest Chaff, 
The way tae keep your fish frae smellin's
Cut their noses aff!"

​Click here to see a crowded Pier Pavilion during a 1930s show.