THE photographs in this week’s trip down West Fife’s Memory Lane look at Dunfermline Athletic’s footballing past.

Coming up on October 20, in the Carnegie Hall in Dunfermline, is a ‘Football Comedy Night’ presented by former Pars manager Dick Campbell.

For Pars fans, Dick is best remembered for his time managing Dunfermline Athletic after he became Bert Paton's assistant. Paton and Campbell guided Dunfermline to promotion in the 1995–96 Scottish First Division season and also achieved what was then their highest league position in the Premier Division, finishing fifth in the 1996–97 Scottish Premier Division season, with their team known for their adventurous, attacking style of play.

Joining Dick as he takes to the stage with his hilarious stories and football anecdotes will be impressionist Paul Reid, described by ex-Scotland manager Craig Brown as "in my opinion the best sports impersonator in Scotland". Completing the line-up will be Frank McAvennie, best known for a football career at the very top with Celtic and West Ham, and now a very funny and accomplished after-dinner speaker.

Our first photograph shows Dunfermline Athletic captain Ron Mailer and some of the 1961 Scottish Cup-winning squad posing for pictures with the cup.

The next image is of East End Park on Halbeath Road when the new stand was being constructed.

Veronica Baxter relates a story she remembers from that time: “My dad, the late Evan Parry (Evie), worked on this construction. Every time we passed it he'd tell me he built it single-handed. It took me many years to realise this could not have been so – I think of this story every time I pass it!”

Graeme Young lived near the ground and also remembers that period: "The sixties were a great time to support the Pars. Two Scottish Cup wins and some great European nights. I lived with my parents and sister in Gowanbrae Drive at the time – Jock Stein used to live round the corner from us when he was manager.”

John Wilson recalls a story surrounding some other work undertaken at East End Park: “I remember being down in one of the foundations when Jock Stein came down the ladder to chat. I told him to get out of the foundation and accompanied him up the ladder in time to see the 22 RB crane topple onto the south-west corner of the pitch. The driver, who we thought had suffered a heart attack, was actually under the influence! Happy days.”

Colin Lynch remembers some work he carried out at East End Park: “I installed the PA and music system in the whole stadium. Got a telling-off for testing loud rock 'n' roll music and not knowing a funeral service was being held in the graveyard! I worked for Andrew Thompson in Bonnar Street at the time.”

The final photograph is of club captain Roy Barry and some of the players from the 1968 Scottish Cup-winning side.

Tickets for the ‘Football Comedy Night’, supported by ‘Stephens Bakery’ and with the Press as media partners, are on sale from the Carnegie Hall box office on 01383 602302. More photographs like these can be seen in Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries as well as at facebook.com/olddunfermline