Difference between revisions of "Kirkcaldy"
(sp.) |
(remove nonsense, errors and obscenity) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | '''Kirkcaldy''' is a major market and manufacturing town in the Kingdom of [[Fife]], eastern [[Scotland]]. It is known as the 'Lang Toun' | + | '''Kirkcaldy''' is a major market and manufacturing town in the Kingdom of [[Fife]], eastern [[Scotland]]. It is known as the 'Lang Toun', a reference to its former historical shape |
It has been a major commercial centre since the late [[medieval]] period, with a trade in [[salt]], [[coal]], and [[wool]], and, in recent centuries, [[whale oil]] and [[linoleum]]. Salt boiling and the boiling of [[whale]] blubber on the beach to extract oil must have given the town an interesting olfactory environment, so it is perhaps unfair that the linoleum industry gets the sole blame for Kirkcaldy's reputation as a malodorous town, as recorded in the poem 'The Boy on the Train' by Mary Campbell Smith, which concludes: | It has been a major commercial centre since the late [[medieval]] period, with a trade in [[salt]], [[coal]], and [[wool]], and, in recent centuries, [[whale oil]] and [[linoleum]]. Salt boiling and the boiling of [[whale]] blubber on the beach to extract oil must have given the town an interesting olfactory environment, so it is perhaps unfair that the linoleum industry gets the sole blame for Kirkcaldy's reputation as a malodorous town, as recorded in the poem 'The Boy on the Train' by Mary Campbell Smith, which concludes: | ||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
http://www.spl.org.uk/popular/boy-in-tra.html | http://www.spl.org.uk/popular/boy-in-tra.html | ||
| − | == Famous | + | == Famous residents == |
* [[Adam Smith]], economist and Father of Monetarism | * [[Adam Smith]], economist and Father of Monetarism | ||
| − | * Sir Sandford Fleming, | + | * Sir Sandford Fleming, who introduced [[Universal Standard Time]] |
* Robert Adam, architect | * Robert Adam, architect | ||
| − | + | ||
[[Category:Scottish Towns and Cities]] | [[Category:Scottish Towns and Cities]] | ||
Revision as of 21:11, May 31, 2007
Kirkcaldy is a major market and manufacturing town in the Kingdom of Fife, eastern Scotland. It is known as the 'Lang Toun', a reference to its former historical shape
It has been a major commercial centre since the late medieval period, with a trade in salt, coal, and wool, and, in recent centuries, whale oil and linoleum. Salt boiling and the boiling of whale blubber on the beach to extract oil must have given the town an interesting olfactory environment, so it is perhaps unfair that the linoleum industry gets the sole blame for Kirkcaldy's reputation as a malodorous town, as recorded in the poem 'The Boy on the Train' by Mary Campbell Smith, which concludes:
For A ken masel by the queer-like smell
That the neist stop's Kirkcaudy!
http://www.spl.org.uk/popular/boy-in-tra.html
Famous residents
- Adam Smith, economist and Father of Monetarism
- Sir Sandford Fleming, who introduced Universal Standard Time
- Robert Adam, architect