Old Photos

Although the Fairbairns were on my mother's side of the family, by coincidence my father grew up in the area. The first four years of his life were spent in Cove Village and then he and his family moved up to Cockburnspath itself, where he lived until he was 16. Even when he moved to Edinburgh to begin working, he still came home every weekend until he got married.

He was and still is a very keen amateur photographer and after finding these photos in his collection recently passed them on to me to put onto this site. All photos can be made larger by clicking on them.

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  1. View Cove shop

This photograph was taken inside the Cove shop about 1964 which was run by two sisters Frances and Ann Fairbairn. The juice bottle in the front is Aitken's Cydrax which was an apple based soft drink. It is taken from the back of the shop looking towards the door which took you out into the square. The shop no longer exists and a house was built on the site.

  1. View RAF radar station

This is the remains of an RAF radar station lying between the Cove Harbour and Pease Bay. During the war it was used to detect low flying German aircraft, the high flying aircraft were detected by the radar station at Drone Hill on the Coldingham moor. This photo was taken

  1. View Sparrow Castle

This is a shot looking up the Causy towards the square. The building on the left is Sparrow castle. Just past Sparrow Castle on the left Ned Torrie kept horses in a stable. The boy running in the picture is my uncle, Allan Richardson.

  1. View The square

Looking down towards the Square with the Mercat cross in the very centre of the picture. Behind the building on the right is St. Helen's church.

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This photo was taken from outside the "Con's" (the convenience) where young boys and girls would meet. The shed on the left was where the grocers Hay's garaged their lorry and stored produce, with their shop being just opposite

  1. View School corner

Robert Fairley, Allan RIchardson and Davie Darling are coming round the corner at the school playground having started off on the bogie at Callander Place. The wood at the back is the Dean where all the Co'path boys played at sometime. A boy was usually sent to the bottom of this corner to make sure that no cars were coming. This was taken about 1960/61.

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  3. View looking along Callander Place (where my father lived)
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  5. View crofts road
  6. View field
  7. View garagecopath
  8. View hoprig road
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  18. View Callander Place, Co'Path (view from my Granny's window)
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  20. View COPATH TOP VIEW

Fairbairn Family

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