Old Photographs Kirkcaldy Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram, shops and people on the High Street in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. 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.



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Old Photographs High Street Kirkcaldy Scotland

Old photograph of High Street, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Adam Smith, was born in Kirkcaldy in 1723. He became a well renowned lecturer in economics and he is best remembered for the first serious study of economics on a massive and International scale originally titled, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations and later abbreviated by publishers to The Wealth Of Nations. It was written at his mother’s house in the High Street of Kirkcaldy.



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Old Photograph of Kirkcaldy Scotland

Old Photograph of a Tram and houses in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Kirkcaldy Corporation Tramways operated a tramway service in Kirkcaldy between 1903 and 1931. The Kirkcaldy Tramway had two main routes, a lower one extending into Dysart, and the upper one connecting with the Wemyss and District Tramways Company line. Both routes were linked by connections on Whytescauseway and St Clair Street.



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