Tour Scotland 4K early Winter travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, East on the A917 road, through St Monans and Pittenweem, on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to the Fish Bar and Fish and Chips Shop on Shore Street by the harbour in Anstruther, in the East Neuk of Fife. It has served Prince William, Tom Hanks, Tim Hinkley and Robert De Niro. The most popular order is haddock and chips although hake, halibut and lemon sole are also served. Unlike many Scottish fish and chip shops, it also has a restaurant and is nautically themed with 52 seats and views over the Firth of Forth. It also hosts an ice cream parlour and sweet shop and employs over fifty staff. Fish and chips became a common meal among the working classes in Scotland as a consequence of the rapid development of trawl fishing in the North Sea, and the development of railways which connected the ports to major industrial cities during the second half of the 19th century, This is the town in which I was raised in Scotland. The A917 is the East Fife Coast Road, running round three sides of the rectangle between Largo and St Andrews. Anstruther was created a burgh in 1541 with the right to build a harbour, and thirty years later when it was erected into a Burgh of Barony and John Anstruther of Anstruther was authorised by King James VI to build a harbour for fishing and trading vessels. Anstruther Wester received a royal charter in 1587. Eleven years later a Spanish ship which had been part of the Armada was wrecked off shore but its sailors were given a warm reception from the townsfolk and helped to return to their native land. The town continued to grow throughout the 17th and 18th centuries with increasing emphasis on fishing and trading. The town continued to grow throughout the 17th and 18th centuries with increasing emphasis on fishing and trading. Trade was vital to Scotland at this period to secure a much wider range of goods than would otherwise have been available. Ships from Anstruther and other East Neuk ports regularly sailed to ports in the Baltic such as Danzig (Gdansk) and to the Low countries where there were sizeable communities of Scots. At one time the settlement had an anti pirate squad, it was also a lucrative picking ground for the Press Gangs of the Royal Navy. Anstruther Captains were famed for their seafaring skills in the 19th Century a number were actively involved in trade across the oceans, several in particular played a major role in the China tea trade. Anstruther was the capital of the herring fishing industry in Scotland during the winter months up until WWII when the herring shoals deserted the surrounding waters. Today there is little evidence of fishing within the harbour which has given way to leisure craft. Anstruthers main industry today is tourism. When driving in Scotland, slow down and enjoy the trip.
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