Tour Scotland Video Winter Sunrise Anstruther East Neuk Of Fife

Tour Scotland Winter video of sunrise behind the harbour on ancestry visit to Anstruther, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Herring fishing remained a feature of the area until the mid 20th century when, after a record catch in 1936, the shoals mysteriously declined until the industry effectively disappeared by 1947. At one time, the town was well served by trains on the Fife Coastal Railway. The line was closed to passengers in 1965. Since the 1950s, Anstruther has been a summer tourist destination along with much of Scotland's beautiful East coast.

David Martin, born 1 April 1737, died 30 December 1797, was a British painter and engraver. Born in Anstruther Easter, he was the first of the five children of John Martin, born 1699, died 1700, Anstruther Easter's parish schoolmaster, and his second wife, Mary Boyack, born 1702, died 1783. He accompanied the portrait painter Allan Ramsay on his tour of Italy in 1756, having already been taught by him, and after returning became a student at the St Martin's Lane Academy in London, England. On 20 July 1771 he married Ann Hill, born 1743, died 1775, but all three of their children died in infancy.

Professor John Goodsir, born 20 March 1814, died 6 March 1867, was a Scottish anatomist. He was a pioneer in the study of the cell. He was born in Anstruther, the eldest son of John Goodsir, surgeon and his wife, Elizabeth Dunbar Taylor. John was baptised on 17 April 1814. His younger brother was Reverend Joseph Taylor Goodsir. His brother Harold Goodsir perished on the Franklin expedition. Aged 14 he was initially apprenticed to a Robert Nasmyth, a surgeon and dentist at 78 Great King Street in Edinburgh. He then studied Medicine at both St Andrews University and Edinburgh University, gaining a licence as a surgeon. He then moved back to Anstruther where in 1839 he wrote his first noted essay on Teeth.

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