Fife at Work: Britain in Old Photographs

An evocative pictorial history of Fife’s traditional industries This fascinating pictorial history takes a look back at the days when Fife was home to a wide variety of traditional industries, including mining, farming, fishing, pottery and textile factories, shipping and shipbuilding. Featuring 170 archive images, each accompanied by an informative caption, this volume recalls the people who lived and worked here
the linen workers at their looms, the farmer’s feeding lambs, the miners heading to their collieries, and the fishermen with their nets
all of which paint a vivid picture of a way of life now largely disappeared. While a number of Fife businesses have been handed down through several generations, adapting and modernizing as necessary over the years, many have finally closed after decades of trade, but are nevertheless fondly remembered. SELLING POINTS: . Fife’s industrial past as told through archive images . Richly illustrated with 170 old photographs and postcards . A welcome addition to The History Press’ popular In Old Photographs series . Compiled by a local author and retired journalist 170 b/w images