Rarely seen photographs dating back to Victorian times are to be shown at an event spotlighting Dalgety Bay’s hidden history.
Around 60 pictures taken from the Forth shoreline will be shared publicly for the first time at an evening promoting a planned heritage trail.
Ten of the images, once part of a private collection, were taken in 1894. Among them are pictures of a fire-damaged Donibristle House and the steamship SS Narova undergoing sea trials.
Some 50 photographs spanning the First World War to the 1980s will also feature. They include shots of St David’s Harbour in the 1930s; a stockpile of Second World War planes waiting to be scrapped at Dalgety Bay; and the building of Braefoot Bay tanker terminal more than 40 years ago.
Presenting the pictures at Dalgety Bay Library on Wednesday 21 February will be Dalgety Community Trust vice-chair Brian Johnston, who will also give an overview of the area’s history.
Mr Johnston’s whistle-stop tour of the town’s past will take audience members from the Bronze Age to the present day.
The Trust is in the process of creating a virtual heritage trail to be accessed at a purpose-built Heritage Centre, which the Trust is planning to build next to Dalgety Parish Church.
Says Mr Johnston: “There is so much lost and hidden heritage in the old Dalgety Parish – a lot has happened here, although so much of it is now buried under tarmac.”
Mr Johnston hopes that other rare photographs can be shared at future events prior to the town’s 60th birthday celebrations next year.
Included in the Trust’s vast photographic archive are images of the RAF Air Station at Donibristle in 1918 and the first of Dalgety Bay’s present-day homes under construction in 1965.
Dalgety Community Trust is a not-for-profit company, founded in 2019 by a group of local volunteers. The group’s stated aim is to develop and deliver priority community projects that have a positive social, environmental and economic impact.
The talk on 21 February will start at 7pm. Admission, including complimentary refreshments, is £3.
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