Bungling workmen have blocked a memorial plaque to one of Kirkcaldy’s most famous daughters when putting up a new parking sign.
The tribute was placed on the wall at 132 High Street to celebrate the life of child writer and poet Marjory Fleming, perhaps better known as ‘Pet Marjorie’, by Kirkcaldy Civic Society in 1994.
But you wouldn’t know it walking around the town centre today, after a new sign to highlight restrictions in Kirkcaldy’s pedestrianised zone obscured it from view.
The plaque commemorates Pet Marjorie’s short life and describes her as “the youngest immortal in the world of letters”.
Born in 1803, she wrote numerous romantic poems, letters and a journal, which is now housed in the National Library of Scotland, before she died at the age of eight.
Famous Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson once described Pet Marjorie as “one of the noblest works of God”, and she gained numerous other literary admirers including Sir Walter Scott and Mark Twain.
A Fife Council spokesman said it was aware of the situation and confirmed the matter will be dealt with in due course.
For an in-depth look at parking in Fife, and what it earns for the council, see Thursday’s Courier.
