Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland, UK - Good For Business, Great for Life

History

Glenrothes is a town in the middle of Fife, Scotland. It is the regional administrative capital. Building started in 1948 which makes it roughly the same age as Prince Charles: who uncovered a possibly pornographic statue to mark the town's 40th anniversary. It was built to house the workers from a nearby coal pit that was due to be expanded nearby. The expansion never happened as people preferred to use cheap oil instead.

The Development corporation panicked and attracted a slew of high tech companies to build there. The largest of which was Hughes, the biggest employer in the town.

Present

Population is approx 40,000.

Glenrothes is well known is Fife for having lots of roundabouts. Natives enjoy giving visitors directions that involve driving round as many roundabouts as possible. It is divided into 14 'precincts'. With exotic names like Macedonia (quite rough), Caskieberran, Auchmuty (pronounce it like you sneeze it) and Cadham (posh).

The nicest thing are the statues. Particulary noteworthy are the hippos walking to the paddling pond (not actually used for paddling due to broken glass) and the giant mushrooms scattered around the town. The statues range from the pretty, giant tulips, to the strange, the face on giant fingers making a V sign.

Glenrothes is roughly half way between Edinburgh and Dundee. Which makes it ideal for visiting Edinburgh and staying quite far from Dundee.

Summary

Glenrothes is one of the five Scottish new towns. The others being East Kilbride, Paisley, Livingstone and Cumbernauld. The slogan 'Good for Business, Great for Life' comes from the television advert for the town. Which if possible was actually worse than the advert for Cumbernauld, in which Cumbernauld was compared to a tree that a dog looked like it was about to pee on.