The Pathhead Smuggler and the Porteous Riots
On January 9th 1736 Andrew Wilson, a baker, from Pathhead, and incorrigible smuggler, tried to rob John Stark, the collector of excise in...
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Tom Reid
- Jun 14, 2023
- 18 min
Two Parish Churches - Kirkcaldy and Dysart
Kirkcaldy 777 years ago, on Tuesday, March the 21st 1245, the Bishop of St Andrews, David de Bernham, 'maximus episcopus Scotorum'...
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Tom Reid
- Aug 4, 2022
- 22 min
William Williamson
William Williamson, one of the most notable architects from Fife, and one of the most accomplished of his generation, was born at a house...
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Lesley Lettice
- Jul 3, 2022
- 4 min
Art for All at Kirkcaldy Galleries
Valentine Rose - Vettriano Flowers and Fruit with a Japanese...
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Gavin Grant
- May 29, 2022
- 3 min
Flooring the World – Exploring the Fife Linoleum Industry
An exciting new social and industrial history project has just been launched by OnFife. Flooring the World – Exploring the Fife Linoleum...
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Tom Reid
- Mar 19, 2022
- 18 min
Old Stone-built Schools of Kirkcaldy
The 1863 book, ‘Historical Sketches of Pathhead and Vicinity’ by Robert Brodie, contains what may be one of the earliest documented...
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Tom Reid
- Nov 27, 2021
- 20 min
The Premier Architect of Scotland comes to town
The Edinburgh-based Robert Rowand Anderson (1834 - 1921) was generally regarded as the pre-eminent man in Scottish architecture during...
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Tom Reid
- Sep 9, 2021
- 9 min
Three Baronial Villas
Three of the finest late-Victorian villas in Kirkcaldy are conveniently grouped together near the roundabout on Bennochy Road where it...
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Tom Reid
- Jul 15, 2021
- 11 min
The Architect J.D. Swanston
On 25 January 1956 one of the architects who helped to shape Kirkcaldy in the Edwardian era, JD (John Daniel) Swanston, died aged 88 at...
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Alan Crombie
- Apr 29, 2021
- 5 min
From Kirkcaldy to New Zealand and the sound of wedding bells.
Our story on Law’s Close published earlier this month brought some interesting information from the other side of the world. In fact, it...
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David Potter
- Apr 5, 2021
- 31 min
The Worthy Doctor
Very few Kirkcaldy people now will have heard of Dr John Smith of Brycehall, a man who practised medicine in Kirkcaldy with great...
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Alan Crombie
- Sep 17, 2020
- 4 min
The “Boy in the Train” – An Update.
When the research has been completed, the narrative written, the end result added to the website and the computer lid closed – that...
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