Wester Aberdour has the more ' olde worlde ' feel of the two, with the narrower through road more closely hemmed in by shops and hotels.

Aberdour has a very popular yearly festival, which runs from late July to early August and features musical events, shows, sporting events and children's events.

For much of its history Aberdour was two villages, Wester Aberdour and Easter Aberdour, on either side of the Dour Burn.

Virtually between the two former settlements, though actually part of Easter Aberdour, lies Aberdour Castle.

The main result was a growth in the building of large and attractive houses, especially down the hill from Wester Aberdour to the West Sands.

Several scenes of Richard Jobson's 2003 movie " 16 Years of Alcohol " were filmed at the Black Sands in Aberdour.

Aberdour (;, ) is a scenic and historic village on the south coast of Fife, Scotland.

However, in the 1850s the traffic changed dramatically, and Aberdour Harbour became a popular destination for pleasure steamers from Leith.

The railway came to Aberdour in 1890, with the building of the line east from the newly opened Forth Railway Bridge.

Ticket inspectors on the train line through Aberdour were known for their sing song refrain: " Half an hour, Half an hour, Half an hour to Aberdour-tickets please.

A fire in the late 17th century was followed by some repairs, but in 1725 the family purchased 17th century Aberdour House, on the west side of the burn and in Wester Aberdour, and the medieval Castle was allowed to fall into relative decay.

After a period of dereliction Aberdour House was developed for residential use in the early 1990s.

The A921, the main road along the south coast of Fife, leads down the High Street of Wester Aberdour, before kinking sharply left to cross the railway line, then right again to progress through Easter Aberdour's Main Street.

One now leads to Aberdour railway station, a beautifully kept and cared for example of a traditional station, in keeping with its role of transporting at least a quarter of the village's working population to their work each day.

A second lane leads alongside the railway line to Aberdour Castle, while a third leads to the restored Aberdour House.

For many this area is the highlight of any visit to Aberdour ; parking at the foot of Shore Road is usually at a premium.

Another road leads coastwards from Easter Aberdour.

Hawkcraig Road leads past St Fillan's Church and through Silversand Park, home to Aberdour Shinty Club, en route to the much better parking area on Hawkcraig.

The Aberdour obelisk was built by Lord Morton on his departure from the village to relocate to a large home in Edinburgh, it was built so he could see his former hometown from his new house when he looked through binoculars-it stands in a cowfield between the castle and the beach.

Aberdour was a 2005 finalist in the prestigious " Beautiful Scotland in Bloom " awards.

The Grafin, who was charmed by her, told her, `` Your sister who was here two years ago has quite dark hair.

But in our case -- and neither my wife nor I have extreme views on integration, nor are we given to emotional outbursts -- the situation has ruined one or two valued friendships and come close to wrecking several more.

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In fourteen recent test launchings, at ranges of five thousand miles, Atlas has been striking on an average within two miles of the target.

We note that, first, America has already made great contributions in the past two years to the world's fund of knowledge of astrophysics and space science.

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Plato feels that man has two competing aspects, his rational faculty and his irrational.

The movement toward European unity has been expressed in two currents: federalism and functionalism, one looking to the constitution of a United States of Europe, the other building on wartime precedents of practical cooperation for the solution of specific problems.

`` The established pattern of relative calm in the field of race relations has continued in all areas '', reported this group headed by Harold Colee of Jacksonville and including two South Floridians, William D. Singer and John B. Turner of Miami.

My son, who has completed two years in engineering school, has a summer job on a construction project as an unskilled laborer.

The biggest nuclear device the United States has exploded measured some 15 megatons, although our B-52s are said to be carrying two 20-megaton bombs apiece.

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But the task is beyond me because I hold it impossible to compress in a sentence or two the complicated and prodigious contributions Sam Rayburn has made as an individual, as a legislator, as a statesman and as a leader and conciliator, to the majestic progress of this Nation.

All but two of my nine terms in the House of Representatives has been served under the Speakership of Sam Rayburn.

Since accurate base maps are necessary for any planning program, the first step taken by the planning division to implement the long-range state plan has been to prepare two series of base maps -- one at a scale of 1 inch to a mile, and the second a series of 26 sheets at a scale of 1 inch to 2000 feet, covering the entire state.

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The president has little influence in day-by-day curricular changes, but if he looks ahead two, three, or five years to anticipate issues and throw out challenging ideas, he can open the way for innovation, and he can also have a great deal to say as to what path it will take.

As has been the custom for the past several years, John Cross, Jr., Bench Show Chmn. of Westminster, arranged for the Juniors' meeting before the Class, and invited two speakers from the dog world to address them.

The outboard engine of today has a phenomenal range of one to 80 horsepower, unheard of a few years ago for a two cycle engine in quantity production.

She hesitated, she hopped, she rolled and rocked, skipped and jumped, but in some two weeks she started to pace, From that time to this she has shown steady improvement and now looks like one of the classiest things on the grounds.

Marlin has made two contributions to the harvest of new offerings.

High Standard has also added two models to its line.

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