Category: Kirkcaldy Street Names
McKenzie St.
Tolbooth Street
An example of the two different typefaces found on Kirkcaldy’s ceramic street signs next to each other in the same street name.
Douglas St 2
Russell Place
This week’s street name I chose because of the nice shadows cast by the bare trees across the wall.
Asquith St
East Albert Road
This weeks street is close to my favourite and very probably the one that laid the seed for the whole project.
A few years back I was doing a lot of walking – on the dole and very broke – and found myself on East Albert Road, except the sign was subtly damaged and I was convinced it was called Last Albert Road. Which instantly became my favourite street name ever, until I was corrected.
Anyway I reckon that’s what got me interested in the ceramic street signs in the first place.
Montgomery St 2
The second in our weekly series of Kirkcaldy’s ceramic street signs.
This one’s an oddity, just displaying Montgomery – the Street is missing for some reason.
Park Place
First of a new series.
My home town, Kirkcaldy, used to be renowned for it’s pottery in the past, and one remnant of that long extinct industry is the continuing existence in older parts of the town of ceramic street name signs.
My intention is, if possible, to take a complete record of these remaining street signs.
I’m particularly fascinated by the typeface used and would love to know more about it.