Launch a Memory Anstruther

Thomas Tait Birrell 1905-1997

Tom (on the left in the photo), born next door to Anstruther Fish Bar and buried in Anstruther cemetery, was a fireman and deckhand as a teenager aboard KY199 The Venus in the 1920s. He later became a police constable. Tom’s brother, David, fished out of Pittenweem for much of his life.