Old Photograph Tram Nether Street Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram on Nether Street in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. David Raitt Robertson Burt was born in Kirkcaldy, on 19 June 1899. He attended Kirkcaldy High School.In the First World War he joined the Black Watch and reached the rank of Second Lieutenant. He was not discharged until 1919. In 1924 he moved to Ceylon to lecture in Zoology at University College, Ceylon. He was promoted to Professor of Zoology in 1939. In 1946 he returned to Scotland to lecture at St Andrews University. His students included the marine biologist Norman Tebble FRSE. In 1930 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being, amongst others, D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson. St Andrews University awarded him an Honorary Doctorate (DSc) in 1976. He died at home in St Andrews on 8 May 1983. From the early 16th century, the establishment of a harbour at the East Burn confirmed the town's early role as an important trading port. The town also began to develop around the salt, coal mining and nail making industries. The production of linen which followed in 1672 was later instrumental in the introduction of floorcloth in 1847 by linen manufacturer, Michael Nairn. In 1877 this in turn contributed to linoleum, which became the town's most successful industry: Kirkcaldy was a world producer until well into the mid 1960s. Kirkcaldy has long been nicknamed the Lang Toun, Scots for " long town " in reference to the early town's main street. The street later reached a length of nearly 4 miles, connecting the burgh to the neighbouring settlements of Linktown, Pathhead, Sinclairtown and Gallatown, which became part of the town in 1876. The formerly separate burgh of Dysart was merged into Kirkcaldy in 1930. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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