Glenrothes (glĕnrŏth`əs), town (1991 pop. 33,639), Fife, E Scotland, on the Leven River. Glenrothes was designated one of the new towns new towns, planned urban communities in Great Britain, developed by long-term loans from the central government and first authorized by the New Towns Act of 1946.
..... Click the link for more information. in 1948 to provide housing, community services, and increased social and economic diversity for an expanding mining area. In 1961 the Glenrothes colliery closed. The town is intended to relieve overpopulation in Glasgow Glasgow , city (1991 pop. 688,500) and council area, S central Scotland, on the river Clyde. Glasgow is Scotland's leading seaport and largest city and is the center of the great Clydeside industrial belt.
..... Click the link for more information. . Its industries include light and electronic engineering, computers, plastics, and food processing.

Glenrothes

Town (pop., 1995 est.: 36,000), Fife council area and historic county, eastern Scotland. It was established in 1948 as the country's second new town to provide housing for coal miners near the experimental Rothes Colliery. When the coal-mining industry declined, new industries were developed, including the manufacture of electronic components, computers, and plastics.

Glenrothes

a new town in E central Scotland, the administrative centre of Fife: founded in 1948. Pop.: 38 679 (2001)

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He lost control as he rode on a bing at Coaltown of Balgonie, in Fife, on Sunday afternoon.

Barb wire bike crash by The Mirror (London, England)

They and their guests at a bowling club in the nearby village of Coaltown of Balgonie then tucked into a wedding cake shaped as a Halloween pumpkin with a skeleton bride and groom on top.

I WOOOOOH! DO YOU TAKE THIS WOMAN TO BE YOUR LAWFUL WEDDED WIFE by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

Fleming, 16 Lady Nina Cottages, Coaltown of Balgonie, Fife KY7 6JB.

Best things come in little packages; RECORD PETS by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

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