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Fife’s army of snow angels go above and beyond

Judy Hamilton with some of those enjoying the refreshments on offer at Linton Lane.
Judy Hamilton with some of those enjoying the refreshments on offer at Linton Lane.

Not all superheroes wear capes.

While the bitterly cold conditions and significant snowfall continued to cause problems across the Kingdom, Fifers across the region knuckled down and demonstrated amazing community spirit to help people stuck in snow drifts and those who perhaps weren’t best placed to help themselves.

Hundreds of passers-by came to the aid of motorists who would have been left otherwise stranded, while a number of organisations throughout Fife opened their doors to provide hot food and drink where it was required.

Motorists mucked in to try and clear the Checkbar Road off the A915 Standing Stane Road.

One of those was the Linton Lane Centre in Kirkcaldy, which threw open its doors with the help of Kirkcaldy Foodbank to offer freezing cold locals food parcels, a cup of tea and a bacon roll, and also a safe warm space to the vulnerable.

Local councillor Judy Hamilton said: “People have been tremendous. We have volunteers who’ve walked in to provide a service, somebody got bread very early on from Asda, some 4×4 drivers are taking food parcels to folk who can’t manage in.

“It is really times like this that people pull together – and the community spirit is fantastic.

“It’s been very busy and very welcome.”

With conditions still treacherous, lifeboat volunteers with the RNLI at Anstruther and Kinghorn again offered their services for several hours on Friday collecting and delivering prescriptions to those unable to make it to the pharmacy.

Community spirit was also clear in St Monans, where locals have been cooking up batches of food and taking it to needy people on foot in the absence of meals on wheels. Volunteers from Waid were among those helping out.

Police officers who could not attend the station were also out and about lending a hand where it was needed, while NHS Fife also said it had been “inundated” with offers from people with 4×4 vehicles willing to help staff get to work.