Singer-songwriter and filmmaker Richard Jobson, footballer Doug Rougvie and actor Michael Nardone are from the town, as was John George, a miner who became a Unionist MP.
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Stagecoach operates the 19, 19A, 19B services between Ballingry and Rosyth which run through Lochore, Crosshill, Glencraig, Lochgelly, Lumphinans, Cowdenbeath, Hill of Beath, Crossgates, Halbeath and Dunfermline, operating at up to every ten minutes on week days and Saturdays.
In 1997 First launched Fife First to compete withStagecoach Fife (who had recently started competing with First in Glasgow)on route 56 between Edinburgh, Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath and Ballingry, using vehicles transferred from Lowland, Midland and Rider York and painted in allover red.
The school's catchment area covers Lochgelly and the surrounding towns and villages of Ballingry, Cardenden, Crosshill, Glencraig and Lochore.