Lochgelly is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is located between Lochs Ore and Gelly to the north-west and south-east respectively. It is divided from Cowdenbeath by the village of Lumphinnans. According to the 2007 population estimate, the community has a population of 6,834. In the 1970s brand-new investment was brought in the type of a factory and also development workplace built by the Andrew Firm. This created microwave antennae under the banner of Andrew Antennas, symbolised by a red lightning flash on the recipes they made. These recipes were primarily for business and military usage. The firm situated at the end of "The Avenue" on the south-east side of the village. Adjacent areas were used for testing new equipment. Lochgelly is additionally the house of the most reputed company that generated tawses, John Dick (Saddlers), as well as was thus a synonym for that typically Scottish gadget for corporal punishment.