Lochgelly

Lochgelly (Gaelic: "Loch Gheallaidh") is a town in Fife, Scotland. It was originally a mining town, but with the industry now dead the town has slipped into economic and social deprivation as with other former mining towns. Lochgelly is now classed as town in need of regeneration "economically and socially". It is separated from Cowdenbeath by the village of Lumphinnans.

Lochgelly is also the home of the most reputed firm that produced tawses, from the Fife town, and hence a synonym (spelled without a capital L) for that typically Scottish device for corporal punishment.

Lochgelly as part of the old parliamentary constituency of West Fife was known as "Little Moscow" up to the 1950s owing to its Communist political leanings.

It was announced in the U.K. press on April 23 2007, that Lochgelly has the cheapest average home price in Britain (£104,738) and was the final place in the country to have had an average property price less than £100,000.Fact|date=June 2007

The town is served by Lochgelly railway station.

Sport

Football

Lochgelly is home to the junior football club Lochgelly Albert F.C. Former clubs include Lochgelly United F.C. who played in the senior leagues between 1890 and 1928 and Lochgelly Violet.

Community organisations

To tackle issues of multiple deprivation in the town various organisations such as the Coalfields Regeneration Trust have been given funding monies to distribute locally via community based groups such as social enterprises, charities and voluntary groups.

Lochgelly has a free magazine distributed locally to every home in the town, this service is provided by the Lochgelly Community Regneration Forum, the magazine is designed for free by a locally based not for profit Social Enterprise (Subliminal Directions). The Lochgelly Community Regneration Fourm (LCRF) is a group of voluntary members made up from the local community which acts as a middle ground between the local community and Fife Council. The LCRF represents the local communities interest and provides a forum to raise local issues with the Fife Council.

External links

* [http://subliminaldirections.org.uk Subliminal Directions]
* [http://www.babygroe.co.uk BabyGROE]
* [http://www.recyclefife.org.uk Recycle Fife]
* [http://www.lochgelly.org.uk The Voice Magazine]
* [http://www.lochgelly.net Lochgelly Interest Site]
* [http://www.lochgellyalbert.co.uk Lochgelly Albert]
* [http://www.lochgellyband.com Lochgelly Brass Band]
* [http://www.lochgelly-tawse.co.uk Lochgelly Tawse]
* [http://www.oldlochgelly.co.uk] pictures of Lochgelly past & present

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