Old photograph of Scots at the entrance to Beveridge Park in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. The park dates back to 1892, when Provost Michael Beveridge bequeathed 104 acres of Raith Estate to the people of Kirkcaldy. Born in Kirkcaldy in July 1836, as a young man Michael worked with an insurance company in London but, still in his 20s he went into business in his home town with James Shepherd, a native of Elgin. They started a new floorcloth factory, built in Factory Road, near the railway line, which was so successful that 12 years late they were able to move into linoleum production. They formed the Kirkcaldy Linoleum Company in 1877, beginning operations at Rosslyn Works, and within a few years they expanded into another two factories. In 1886, he was made Provost and served for four years until his death from pleurisy at the age of just 54.
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