We need to hear from individuals who have used or accessed the docks for recreational reasons, how and when they did so and why. We need to collect evidence from the community to establish community rights of access.
If you have any knowledge or experience of public access as described above, could you please contact David at BurntislandHAT@gmail.com (attention David Paty). David is collecting and collating the information we seek. This can be something as simple as having walked from Lammerlaws Road to the station on your way to and from work, regularly fished from the southern or western breakwater, or just walked your dog.
A simple email along the lines of: “I, Jock Tamson of 14 Lochies Road, Burntisland commuted to my work at Rosyth Dockyard by train for 14 years between 1972 and 1986, accessing the railway station via the East Dock from Lammerlaws Road. As a boy I helped my father, James Tamson, moor, load and unload his fishing boat at Shank’s Pier. For over twenty years we both fished for mackerel from the Western and later the Southern Breakwater. We were never challenged by Forth Ports, Burntisland Ship Builders, Consafe, the Royal Navy, MoD, or others for doing so. I would be pleased to discuss this with David Paty and can be reached text 01592 87xxxx or by email at Happyislander@btxxx.com. “