The two faces of Dysart - delightful or dismal?
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The tourist information brochure describes Dysart in Fife as “a picturesque village on the shores of the Forth”. That may well depend on where you stand. One of the highlights of Dysart is the 16th century Tolbooth, pictured below.
Dysart TolboothÂ
However this is the other side of the square in which the Tolbooth stands.
I just think it’s a bit too much of a contrast. It gets even worse if you walk a bit further down the street and there is a whole block of boarded up flats.
It night be wise to keep visitors down by the shoreline where there are the pretty restored white houses of Pan Ha’.
There’s also “Sea Beams” by Donald Urquhart, at the sea front, with 9 vertical oak beams painted to reflect the varying colours of the sea, part of the Dysart Artworks Initiative.
Perhaps the local authority should spend more money on home improvement initiatives and less on art and glossy brochures. I know that every town and city has its less salubrious side and everywhere can’t be picture postcard perfect but it may be advisable not to mention the Tolbooth until the area around that location is given a facelift.
November 8th, 2007 at 12:52 am
The Flats diagonally oposite the Dysart Toolboth are to be demolished by the end of the year (07) the plans can be viewed at http://www.fifedirect.co.uk
There are many other houses to be demolished in the former Royal Burgh so just wait to see the transformation
best regards
Kay Carrington
November 9th, 2007 at 12:07 am
Thanks for that information, Kay. I think that the demolition will vastly improve the area around the Tolbooth. The area does have great potential.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:30 am
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