I went to Thomas Muir's scrapyard in Kirkcaldy this morning to find some corrugated roofing sheets for my woodshed. It is an old school scrap yard. They had everything from huge radial aero engines, vintage tractors, wartime heavy haulage and lifting trucks. I saw axles and artillery wheels from veteran cars and mountains of chains with links the size of a refrigerator.
The roof sheeting was described as heavy duty. I could barely lift a 9'x3' sheet. It was so strong I could stand in the middle of an eight foot span of it and it doesn't bend. I weigh about fourteen stones. They must have been made ages ago. The galvanizing was still perfect. You couldn't buy material of that quality nowadays. Long live the serial salvors.
Does anyone else feel the love for lost places like these?
