Just over the road from the Douglas Arms in Methilhill, Fife, there is a side street which has a small War Memorial set in a small recess separated from an area of parkland by a fence.

The memorial is dedicated to those from Methilhill who gave their lives in the service of their country. There are no names on it. I assume these will be on the main Methil Memorial.

Methilhill is a part of Methil, up from the main town and the sea and situated between the lower part of the town and the curve of the River Leven.

This is The Douglas Arms. (Poked out eyes again, sadly.)

This is a flat roofed extension to a house right next to The Douglas Arms.

It may have been deco once but is more likely just flat-roofed.

Methil is one of those post-industrial towns which now litter Scotland. There is still some shipbuilding/oil related work going on there but, like most of Fife, Methil is somewhat down on its luck.

It does have Art Deco though. This building is on Wellesley Road. The red paint is the main deco feature as the eyes have been poked out.

Just along from it there is this pub on a corner, now looking for a new owner, which has deco detailing to the roofline.

Glenrothes is a new town situated in Fife. Building began there in the 1960s.

Consequently there is no War Memorial.

However a small memorial cairn has been erected by the Pitteuchar shopping area Community Centre hard by the car park.

On it are inscribed two names, Privates Mark Ferns and Scott McArdle. The date given for both is 2005.

One of the places we visited last summer was the small village of Culross in the west of Fife (almost as far west as possible in Fife.)

The War Memorial is set in a small memorial garden hard by the car park at the west end of the village almost as close to the river Forth as you can get. The lower names here are for the dead of World War 2. The other names are for World War 1.

The lowest name here is for a soldier who died in Iraq in 2007.

Pittenweem is a fishing village in the East Neuk of Fife. It’s got a famous* chip shop (which was queued out of the door when we tried to buy some of its product.) There are two other chippies in the place. We tried the one furthest west next time. Much quicker service and a very good fish supper.

A few weeks ago I found the War Memorial. The left photo is from the road, the one on the right is from the churchyard itself.

*Famous in Pittenweem. (To be fair Prince Charles and Camilla are said to have partaken of its wares.)

Cupar used to be the county town of Fife but hasn’t been an administrative hub for a long time now. Despite having a supermarket on the edge of town a few traditional shops still remain in the centre – including Luvian’s café/ice cream/wine shop which has nice Art Deco detailing on the roof line and around the doors

Cupar’s War Memorial is well situated at the edge of a small park and looking straight up one of the two main streets (which together make up a “T” joining at the town cross.) I don’t much go for the memorials with angels on them. The pillars, with 1939 and 1945 now carved on them, redeem this one a bit though.

This is in Commercial Road, Leven. It’s an estate agent’s now.

Poundland. I can remember when this was a Woolworths.

This one is on the promenade. It may have been a toilet block. I don’t know what it’s used for now. You can just see New Bayview, East Fife’s ground, in the background over the River Leven. You wouldn’t have been able to see it when Methil Power Station stood in between.

This is more or less how I first glimpsed it. It’s in North Street, just off the main shopping street, which is now pedestrianised.

This is the front view.

I’m not sure if it’s still a snooker club. The damaged sign and general dilapidation argue against it.

The stained glass (what survives of it) is nice. And the detailing above them.

This is the view from the west.

This is the Home Connections shop in Buckhaven, Fife.

There are typical strong horizontals accentuated by the painting scheme. The thin white lines are a nice touch. Pity the replacement windows don’t follow Art Deco style.

Just a gap site away is this minor deco pair of shops.

Two more photos of Home Connections are on my flickr.