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Glenrothes

This New Town was originally built to provide housing for miners ad the new Thornton Super-Mine. The Thornton mine never happened so Glenrothes had to attract other indistries to support itself. In its time Glenrothes has played host to a large variety of engineering, electronics, and other manufacturing industries. Because it is a New Town, everything has been carefully planned in the style people seemed to think was best around the 1960s. In other words, it's all concrete and roundabouts.

Long. -3.17024, Lat. 56.19677 | written on 22nd Oct 2005 by Chris | Email this to a friend | abusive?

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Ed replies: Me and my mates used to go to Old Sarum and tie ropes to the old Oak trees hanging over the hand-dug iron age fort battlements. It was particularly entertaining when anyone fell off while over the deep bit of the trench. If you sit on the edge of Old Sarum facing north, you can see out over the fields rolling towards Boscombe Down.

written 13th Dec 2005 | abusive?

Ed replies: Hmm that wasn't meant to go in Glenrothes - I wrote thatabout 'Old Sarum' near Salisbury, Wilts. Promise the Old Sarum map was there, promise...

written 13th Dec 2005 | abusive?

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