Thomas Tait Birrell
About his ancestors, in his own words: “Grandfather’s family well known for fishing skippers. Brother skippered first steam boat, fishing from Anstruther. Also last skipper of Forth Ferry was Thomas Birrell, same family. Great Grandfather William Smith was captain of the last whaler sailing out of Dundee. He fished in Smith’s Sound, Greenland… On retiring he bought the Smuggler’s Inn, west Anstruther and finished his own best customer. His log books, which were used in the film “Moby Dick”, are
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