FIFE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
"OLD TAYPORT"
Picture and text reproduced by kind permission of
Stenlake Publishing
Scotscraig Smithy, Tayport
The Scotscraig Smithy on the Cupar Road is still
easily recognisable today. The last blacksmith was James Johnstone;
one of the smiths that preceded him was James Wallace, and it is he
who is seen standing second from the right with his hands on his
hips. The blacksmith and his family were provided with the cottage
that adjoined the smithy. In 1911 the cottage and former smithy were
occupied by John Redpath, who established the Burnbank Nursery on the
premises. The nursery is still owned and worked by his family.
(Text by Mairi Shiels)