Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy is a town in Fife, Scotland. It has a population of about 47,000. It is on the North side of the Firth of Forth a large river estuary leading into the North Sea. Kirkcaldy sits between Dundee, and Edinburgh.
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Famous people from Kirkcaldy include the "Father of Modern Economics" Adam Smith and the "Father of Standard Time" (Universal Standard Time), Sandford Fleming. The current Chancellor of the Exchequer - Gordon Brown - was brought up in the town.
Kirkcaldy is famous for its traditional linoleum manufacturing centre, and its annual week-long Links Market - Europe's longest street market - which celebrates its 700th anniversary in 2004. The town still has one of the longest developed sea-fronts in Europe, overlooking the Firth of Forth river.
From 1975 Kirkcaldy gave its name to a local government district in the Fife region of Scotland. Since 1996 it has been included in the Fife unitary area. (See: Subdivisions of Scotland)