THIS week's Down Memory Lane collection looks at a time when Lochgelly was way short of collecting any awards.
But in fact it is less than 20 years ago and the photographs from Eddie Lumsden, a former Lochgelly man now living in West Fife, show how drab the cross was once in the town.
The area was dominated by the row of buildings which contained the Queen's Arms Hotel and the Pharmacists.
These were eventually cleared away and the Town Square idea created.
The photos show how drab the site once was.
If you have any photographs you would like to see in our Down Memory Lane feature send them to editorial@centralfifetimes.co.uk or take them to the Times Office, 17 Bank Street, Lochgelly, on a Monday or a Friday.
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