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By Walter Burt

Kirkcaldy, lengthy referred to as the Lang Toun, is the most important city in Fife. positioned at the north coast of the Firth of Forth, it all started to improve as a buying and selling port within the 16th century, constructing additional round salt, coal mining and nail making. in spite of the fact that, it used to be the linoleum that had the most important impression on Kirkcaldy; first delivered to the city by way of Sir Michael Nairn in 1877, it was once an important there until eventually the mid-1960s. The birthplace of Adam Smith, the economist and writer of The Wealth of countries, and of influential architect Robert Adam, domestic of crime author Val McDermid and constituency of Gordon Brown, Kirkcaldy is now a huge carrier centre for the neighborhood region. during this ebook, Walter Burt takes a glance on the historical past of the city via a suite of previous pictures, with sleek equivalents to teach the swap that has taken place.

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