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    KIRKCALDY IN 50 OBJECTS

    Oct 09, 2021 2 minutes

    Kirkcaldy Civic Society was founded in 1974 as a direct result of public campaign to save the historic Volunteer’s Green

    For centuries Volunteer’s Green had been common land-the remaining acre of lands given to Kirkcaldy in 1644 by royal charter from Charles I for the common good of the residents of Kirkcaldy. But in 1972 the town council proposed to use a large

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