*The watermark is for internet copyright purposes only and will not appear on the purchased printThe 1950s was a period of major building and expansion in Kirkcaldy (the extensive Templehall development, for example). Linktown had been partially redeveloped in the 1930s but by the 1950s was again in a dreadful and decaying state. The answer was simply to level vast parts of the Links area and rebuild. This picture, dating from 1954, shows the street before redevelopment started