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| Established | May 05, 2005 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modified | Wishful Thinking May 12, 2005 03:38pm |
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This consists of the old Kirkcaldy seat, minus three wards, one of which was shared with the old Central Fife seat. It also includes nine wards from the old Dunfermline East seat, including one shared with the old Kirkcaldy seat. The seat stretches west along the Firth of Forth from Kirkcaldy through Burntisland to Dalgety Bay near the Forth road bridge. Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly lie inland. Kirkcaldy's main industries are linoleum and paper-making. Known as the 'Lang Toun', Kirkcaldy stretches in an arc along the north of the Firth. It is the largest town in Fife and expanded rapidly in the 19th century with the development of textile, linoleum and coal industries. Adam Smith the political economist and author of The Wealth Of Nations came from Kirkcaldy and the novelist John Buchan spent part of his early youth there. A former mining town, Cowdenbeath lies to the southwest of Lochgelly; originally a small agricultural settlement with a coaching stop on the route north to Perth. It expanded rapidly with the development of the Fife iron and coal fields between 1850 and 1914. The population grew during this period from 1,000 to 25,000 but declined to its present level following the pit closures of the 1960s. Cowdenbeath now supports a wide range of light industries, including engineering, textiles, food processing, construction and plant hire.
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