Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes music, East along the narrow John Street, George Street and Shore Street on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the harbour in Cellardyke in the East Neuk of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. By the late 19th century, Cellardyke was a premier fishing powerhouse. Its streets housed hundreds of sea captains. The historic backbone of the village was its exceptionally long Main Street, which was later subdivided into George Street, John Street, and James Street. Driving down George and John Streets, you will notice houses crowded closely on both sides. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, James Street was packed with vital local infrastructure. It hosted drapers, outfitters, barbers, bakers like Donaldsons and Black & Son, and essential post office. James Street and its immediate offshoots were famous for industrial oilskin manufacturing. Factories like Duncan & Black waterproofing gear provided crucial employment for local women while the men were at sea. Shore Street was home to wealthy shipowners and captains. Most famously, No. 26 Shore Street was the birthplace of Captain Alexander Rodger, born 1801, died 1877. Rodger went on to own the famous tea clipper Taeping, which won the legendary Great Tea Race of 1866 from China to London using a crew largely comprised of skilled Cellardyke fishermen. This is where I was raised in Scotland. Cellardyke was formerly known as Nether Kilrenny, Scots for Lower Kilrenny, or Sillerdyke, and the harbour as Skinfast Haven, a name which can still be found on maps today. The harbour was built in the 16th century and was rebuilt in 1829. The modern name of the town is thought to have evolved from Sillerdykes, a reference to the sun glinting off fish scales encrusted on fishing nets left to dry in the sun on the dykes, or walls, around the harbour. Fishing was a hazardous occupation, and over the years a number of boats from Cellardyke were lost. On 6 April 1826 a boat was lost. Seven of the crew perished and one survived. On 28 May 1844 a boat with eight crew members was lost. Two years later, on 23 April 1846 a boat with seven crew was lost. On 3 November 1848 a boat with eight crew was lost. The next loss occurred on 10 May 1865, when a boat with eight crew disappeared. In 1910 a boat from Pittenweem sank off Cellardyke with the loss of three lives. There was one survivor. In addition, on 1 July 1837 a boat from Cellardyke carrying people on an excursion to the Isle of May as part of a celebration for the start of the herring fishing foundered. Seventeen women and children lost their lives. I was raised in this old fishing village on the East coast and attended Cellardyke Primary School and Waid Academy in Anstruther. I was raised a Dyker. The Fife Coastal Walking Path goes through Cellardyke and runs from the Forth Estuary in the south, to the Tay Estuary in the north and stretches for 117 miles. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip. Meteorological Autumn ior Fall s different from standard and astronomical Autumn and begins September 1 and ends November 30.
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