YOU can brush up on Dunfermline s rich and colourful history by strolling the cobbles of Bruce Street to view the new paintings celebrating two strong women. The stunning public art installations, in honour of St Margaret and Moira Shearer, the famed ballet dancer and actress, have been unveiled as part of a project to create vibrant shopfronts and bring the town s past to life. The lottery-backed initiative, which also saw the Bobbin Canopy erected last year, looks to revitalise and bring people back to one of the oldest streets in Dunfermline by transforming it into a unique piece of ‘living theatre’.
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THE latest stage of an initiative which will bring Dunfermline s Bruce Street back to life has been unveiled. Vibrant shop front art installations have been created, telling the stories of the town in days gone by. It is part of the Great Place Scheme Project which is a three-year National Lottery Heritage-funded scheme aiming to transform the street into a unique piece of Living Theatre . The window displays follow the installation of a Bobbin Canopy – a sky of lights and bobbins, cylinders used to hold thread – to recognise the street s weaving history. One of the shopfront displays unveiled already, at number nine, celebrates artist Andrew Blair, who lived and worked in the street in the mid-19th century.