tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-189937262011-10-11T17:50:32.146ZGlenrothes news, views and refuse.Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-77717652266966810802009-11-10T12:21:00.002Z2009-11-10T12:23:18.889Z

The site has moved permanently to http://www.glenrothesspoon.comso please update your bookmarks!

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-84171650967216414422009-09-27T22:32:00.004Z2009-09-27T22:44:39.200Z

from radio times: "Architecture critic Jonathan Meades concludes his quixotic tour of Scotland in Fife. Driving around a number of lower league football towns, he celebrates an oil refinery, takes potshots at overpaid footballers and extols the virtues of Irn Bru as a tanning agent."http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00mwqvq/Jonathan_Meades_Off_Kilter_Episode_3/

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-32698054265082154472009-05-09T10:39:00.003Z2009-05-09T10:49:18.015Z

The design plans for the new Fife Institute of Physical and Recreational Education are available onine - there are a load of related pdf documents here, and this link is to the overall design statement (another pdf) if you just want to have a look at an overview.Here's a link to the topic in the forum.

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-82090838432072866102009-02-06T17:25:00.000Z2009-02-06T17:27:15.116Z

Here's some on the spot reporting :) :and here's the related thread in forum...

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-31678703706125775972009-01-29T14:18:00.002Z2009-05-09T10:52:17.035Z

The cheeky buggers at Prospect magazine have just voted Glenrothes Scotland's most dismal town! Here's the BBC reporting it, and here's the 'carbuncle awards' website.Don't they know we're only a few years away from being retro cool? No foresight, and besides I kind of like some of the architecture, unfortunately it seems to be the town centre that's let us down, and given the rate at which shops

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-56832610576575674052009-01-29T14:07:00.004Z2009-01-29T14:15:47.346Z

Bernard the Saint Bernard, the "beast of balbirnie" passed away on Tuesday. After he was rescued from his previous owners he had a great life, full of walks, food and drool - I'll miss him loads. Here's his appearance on GMTV as memorial.

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-70682400097095992462009-01-16T09:30:00.003Z2009-01-16T09:36:08.714Z

Another Beast sighting in Glenrothes, after it was seen in Methil recently. Must have just been visiting.

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-14116250281278749652008-11-07T00:44:00.003Z2008-11-07T00:53:21.343Z

Labour hold the seat with 19,946 votes, the SNP got 13,209. Here's the BBCs report.

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-89007466836738836412008-11-04T20:29:00.003Z2008-11-04T20:32:55.783Z

I went to The Courier Hustings Tonight but I left early . This is was mainly due to the fact that the supoosedly "randomly" selected questions weren't exactly random and the fact that the political editor had no control over the audience . The Glenrothes Gazette Hustings was far better controlled .

MrSharpshooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598445640668868884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-70755138490317906442008-10-22T22:01:00.008Z2008-10-23T17:25:33.960Z

There are only 14 days to go until the 2nd most talked about election in the world (possibly), and as the media swarms through the town centre, journalists chill out in the CISWO and the Acorn and Gordon and Sarah, Alec, David and who knows who else turn up on your doorstep with a handful of flyers and sincere promises, the world turns it's attention to the Glenrothes Spoon poll. As of today the

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-18981547219797349902008-10-14T19:08:00.010Z2008-10-14T19:24:27.734Z

The Press Association is reporting that Gordon Brown has written a letter to a number of MP's stating that he will be coming to Glenrothes to campaign !

MrSharpshooterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598445640668868884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-32144950711072028882008-10-03T12:53:00.006Z2008-10-07T19:24:17.905Z

At least according to this report in the Daily Record he is...edit: and here's the guardian, the telegraph and the bbc reporting it today.

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-5109048322357676442008-09-26T09:36:00.007Z2008-09-26T21:59:41.891Z

I'm still watching this as I type but its basically a summary of everything by-election related up till now. So far there's been dodgy pronounciation of Cardenden and the Tory guy comparing himself to Rocky, so there's a couple of reasons to watch already.....they also have a questioning session with the SNPs Peter Grant and Labour's Lindsay Roy.It's available online for 27 days after today -

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-19677368046723072182008-09-23T22:15:00.003Z2008-09-23T22:22:15.346Z

The BBC went to the Ciswo, and STV hit the Acorn - you can see the interviews they did there by following these links: BBC's Reporting Scotland and STV's Scotland Today. There's also this thread in the forum following the reporting. Hurry up though, they don't say how long they'll stay online for.

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-54856295921025909522008-09-22T14:38:00.003Z2008-09-22T14:46:51.398Z

The news section on the right of this page just keeps getting busier with more and more speculation about the importance of the Glenrothes by-election result to Labour and to Gordon Brown. I found a handy page on wikipedia that should give you up to date information on who's standing etc. - it's here.I also added the SSP and UKIP candidates to the by-election candidate celebrity lookalikes as I

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-24381365146184579802008-09-11T19:39:00.003Z2008-09-11T19:47:16.451Z

it looks like the SNP vote may be a wee bit inflated on the poll - I just read a comment below that says an SNP blogger has been linking to it, so I checked the analytics thing for the site and 19 hits have come directly from snpyouth.org.I can't find the link so maybe it's deleted now, but if you like you can subtract 19 votes from the SNP to get a more realistic idea of what regular visitors to

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-20890372161238025612008-09-05T18:15:00.004Z2008-09-05T21:43:18.520Z

Now that all the candidates have been announced, it's time to start deciding who gets your vote. But don't worry - Glenrothes Spoon is here to ease that decision making. We've fed the 4 main candidates into a celebrity lookalike site and the results are over here.

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-37292021473538480542008-08-26T15:00:00.004Z2008-08-26T15:42:25.391Z

The official Glenrothes Spoon top 5 worst Glenrothes related videos on youtube are now available for viewing in this thread in the forum where you can watch them all and add more if you can find them (which won't be hard!)

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-57001368115196302552008-08-14T13:31:00.006Z2008-08-21T22:32:46.007Z

Glenrothes is all over the news this week following the untimely death of MP John MacDougall.I've set up a poll over on the right of this page so we can try and get an idea of how the visitors to this site will vote - it's totally anonymous so please tick one of the boxes and we'll see what happens (you can only vote once, but you can change your vote if you have a change of heart or someone

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-49065383741534621782008-08-01T10:30:00.003Z2008-08-01T10:48:42.687Z

The Glenrothes mini festival was rained off in July then rescheduled for today, and it looks like it's been cancelled today too thanks to last night's rain...

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-54646790715827432462008-07-25T11:27:00.004Z2008-07-25T11:57:32.771Z

Free buses from Glenrothes and Markinch will take you to the festival with a tent that's big. Here's the metro with the line up etc. Phil Kay is compering, and amongst many others, The Frank and Walters are playing, a band I'd totally forgotten about, but have just looked up again on youtube.... I think I bought this single when it was out, or had in on a compilation cd (15 years ago! probably a

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-37264106943121336332008-07-23T20:49:00.001Z2008-07-23T20:52:09.097Z

goes to the Gazette for this gem...

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-70949020796867894922008-07-22T08:48:00.004Z2008-07-23T19:30:18.205Z

A Canadian photographer by the name of Sylvia Grace Borda has just opened an exhibition in Edinburgh entitled "Holiday in Glenrothes" - have a look at this article from the Herald to read more. The pictures aren't on her site yet, but you can see her pictures of East Kilbride to get a flavour of her work: http://www.sylviagraceborda.com/ They didn't do much for me, but maybe that's just because

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-3883504013310096342008-07-19T09:10:00.004Z2008-07-19T09:11:58.122Z

Click here!

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-41380944375330443182008-07-15T17:28:00.005Z2008-07-15T17:37:28.017Z

A friend of mine - Louise Cunningham from Glenrothes, suffers from a condition called Neurofibromatosis type 2 and has just set up a bebo group to raise awareness and help others with the disease. If you have a couple of minutes to spare please have a look at http://www.bebo.com/Nfworldwide and consider joining the group to show Louise some support.Thanks,Mark

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-76020875304982630562008-07-05T12:12:00.004Z2008-07-05T12:23:41.490Z

Glenrothes turns 60 this year, and will shortly be joining the pension queues in the post office. Here's the BBC reporting on the story. There are celebrations planned all year round, although I think a massive party in the Kingdom Centre on a Saturday night with free drink all round, live music, guest dj's and ceilidh bands is what's really needed. Please sort it out council members, as

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-2903227655067758752008-05-29T11:26:00.006Z2008-05-29T12:03:41.841Z

It's "The Games" on Sunday again, and although Dougray Scott and Joe Mangle off of neighbours are looking unlikely to show, the gazette says the games are set for an invasion. Anyway, I thought it was a nice opportunity to resurrect a few of the old Markinch.net site (now defunct) pages to do with the town and the games and so on... so after a lot of faffing around I've managed to get a few

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-55954627551476224622008-05-16T15:17:00.009Z2008-05-19T15:07:31.941Z

In 1959, "New Day" was made to promote Glenrothes and the benefits of moving here (it's about 25 minutes long):Part 1:Part 2:There's a bit more information on the film over at the Scottish Screen Archive and you can buy a copy on DVD there if you like.If you've got any comments, or that's you in the field, visit the forum! There's also a thread in there about refilming this film today, titled "a

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-66527251292404536462008-01-12T12:40:00.000Z2008-01-12T12:54:30.174Z

doing doughnuts outside the co-op... the topic in the forum

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-48676318525001738872007-10-03T20:09:00.001Z2008-05-18T19:30:14.868Z

:)click here for the scoop!

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-6092329562299380162007-09-09T19:35:00.000Z2007-09-09T19:42:43.885Z

sort it oot!click here

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-30050993077286276902007-08-05T17:39:00.000Z2007-08-05T17:41:37.202Z

Still few details available but here's the BBC link and here's the topic in the forum.

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-11841799215332093072007-08-04T13:35:00.000Z2007-08-04T13:49:56.090Z

I've seen a few of them up the town centre myself:"There have been 29 sightings of unidentified flying objects in the skies above Fife in the past nine years, with the Levenmouth and Glenrothes areas proving a particular draw for little green men." Here's the link

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-90051275248163514572007-07-04T19:08:00.001Z2007-07-08T20:29:27.930Z

Late night dog walking up Balbirnie? Don't go knocking if the car's a rocking. Or at least read this first!

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-67862861349938001972007-06-13T08:54:00.000Z2007-06-13T08:59:39.551Z

something went a bit wrong with the site yesterday, so I've stripped it down to this until I get it sorted out!Here's a link to the forum until I get the header bit back up and working.

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-83883537601272911712007-05-11T18:35:00.000Z2007-05-11T18:41:00.505Z

sergeant, a band from Coaltown and probably Glenrothes, but mainly Coaltown, and Leslie... are playing many a festival and big gig over the next few weeks and months so I thought I'd give them a mention before they become giant stars so I can look back and gloat about knowing about it beforehand... here's their myspace!

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-60834537533095513392007-04-09T20:40:00.000Z2007-04-09T20:50:45.722Z

Here's an article from the Daily Record (link), looks like Glenrothes is getting a bit of a name for itself..... "The 20 officers checked their stab-proof vests, batons and handcuffs before beginning their mission to reclaim the streets and make adults take responsibility for their drunken youngsters."

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-14959129249051508042007-03-16T17:46:00.000Z2007-03-16T17:49:02.331Z

Here's a link to the Scotsman's report on the possibility of an Edinburgh airport runway in Glenrothes.And here's a link to the topic in the forum!

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-60512095103670859782007-03-11T22:23:00.000Z2007-03-11T22:38:51.761Z

There's some interesting stuff on youtube when you search for "Glenrothes" now, including a fight outside a chipshop, some football and the amazing Glenrothes water parkHere's some footage of last year's B in the park in the town park:

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-78011497464289798232007-01-08T12:25:00.000Z2007-01-09T08:51:04.659Z

Belated Happy New Year!I've just added some live news and events sections to the area on the right of this post. It should (fingers crossed) produce constantly updating Glenrothes related information... If you hover your mouse pointer over the headline it should show you a summary of the story - click on it for the whole thing.Cheers,Mark

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-1153493752392339942006-07-21T14:45:00.000Z2006-07-21T14:55:52.413Z

Google Earth has always represented Glenrothes and the surrounding area as a blurred bunch of fields, but Microsoft have stepped forward to meet the challenge and you can now see the town from above in glorious detail. Find your house, look in your neighbour's back garden, and stare at the bus station and Morrisons until you can't anymore. Go to this forum thread for the direct link.

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-1145624691340231202006-04-21T13:00:00.000Z2006-04-21T13:05:00.656Z

Haven't added anything to the front page for a bit, so here's a picture of a hippo taken by Douglas McIntosh.There are loads of photos of Glenrothes on Flickr now, click here to see them....

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-1137951755550974082006-01-22T17:33:00.000Z2006-01-24T14:09:01.100Z

There's some news in this week's Gazette concerning the possible sale of the land (for housing) that the Fife Institute stands on.Click this link for the story. We don't think that's such a great idea, considering that it's pretty much the only public leisure facility left in the town. So there's a discussion thread and a electronic petition over at this link in the forum, please let us know

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-1136898369980314892006-01-10T12:53:00.000Z2006-01-11T10:26:37.880Z

It's all happening with the Beast of Balbirnie story over here, keeps on getting bigger and bigger...There's also a quality clip from an old "Welcome to Glenrothes" style film in the forum here which shows some parts of the town 50 years ago, and some award-winning housing, which I'm pretty sure one of my friends used to stay in, completely oblivious to it's award-winning status.Anyway, there's

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-1135368875607616392005-12-23T20:11:00.000Z2005-12-29T14:39:06.506Z

I shuffled the site around a little bit for the new year, so the blog appears here, and you can get to the forum and links pages with the buttons up the top.Guid.I just finished writing up the "Balbirnie Beast - Solved!" post in the forum, and I'm absolutely certain that it is solved. ;)Go and have a looky if you like (its in the Events and Announcements section)Click here to go straight there...

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-1133217214884695512005-11-28T21:56:00.000Z2005-11-28T23:42:28.340Z

so a blog, eh? based on glenrothes? sounds like a larf........My names Theodore Broon , and have lived in the "g-rothes" for nigh on 22 years. Im currently sitting in my house in Finglassie (thats where my chair is), trying to decide who is prettier; Girls Aloud or The Pussy Cat Dolls.Its a close run thing, both groups of super vixons have many plus points and few negative points. Very much like

broonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11125431132575924773noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-1132930230577962292005-11-25T14:31:00.000Z2005-11-25T14:50:30.586Z

i love the snow.much to the horror of everyone who drives/has to go outside/has a job/hates snow, i was jumping for joy when i found out it was snowing this morning. until i actually tried to get out of bed, and realised my extremities were frozen. we dont have any heating. which is quite unfortunate since the temperature outside is about 3 degrees. although the tv said it would feel about -10.

Gemznoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-1132522338191868342005-11-20T21:11:00.000Z2005-11-20T21:32:25.046Z

we went to The Golden Acorn. Of which I hear there are now rumours that there'll be some music played in there shortly! Exclusive! maybe. possibly it'll be like this place soon.anyway, I searched to see if there was any acorn related stuff on the web, to put in here, and I can't see much other than hotel booking sites. Although I did find this site in the search, which makes for interesting

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-1132319882866548782005-11-19T21:11:00.000Z2005-11-18T13:18:02.876Z

Hello,Glenrothes is a strange place, and after living in 6 different towns and cities, it does appear stranger than the rest. Thats not to say that I dont love it and had a great time being brought up here and turning into a grown up.But thats the thing. I have grown up now, and not having any children and not liking Bingo, there is not a lot to do, truth be told. And it makes me feel a little

Salt, pepper,salad cream?http://www.blogger.com/profile/12234378582476609772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-1132272387552016002005-11-18T20:04:00.000Z2005-11-18T00:08:48.320Z

Just over here is evidence that Markinch needs more signposts with big lettered instructions and pictures on them, and maybe more barriers to stop people rambling into the street and getting hit by cars whilst they mutter to themselves about chips.At least it didn't knock Fife's first ever gay wedding off the front page of the gazette though. I just don't understand why they want that pink

Enid Blytonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18993726.post-1132317461766083002005-11-18T12:28:00.000Z2005-11-18T12:37:41.776Z

hello, i am gemma. I thought it would be nice to write some things here about Glenrothes.I come from the heart of Glenrothes, the town center, usually known as Auchmuty, but we dont like to tell people that because they automatically assume we're drug dealers/prostitutes/old. We are none of those. :DSo, Glenrothes. I've lived here my whole life,starting out in Markinch (nice place), moving to

Gemznoreply@blogger.com1