The majority of residents who attended The Courier’s referendum roadshow in Newburgh and Auchtermuchty indicated they felt they were “better together”.
In Newburgh, 59% of the people interviewed voted No in our ping pong ball poll while 41% voted Yes. Meanwhile in Auchtermuchty, 78% voted No and 22% voted Yes.
Andrew Mutch said: “I just don’t trust Alex Salmond and feel voting Yes would harm our oil and whisky industries rather than improve them.”
George MacDonald, 79, said: “I think people get too caught up in the romanticism of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce but that’s not reality. We’re fine as we are.”
Jane Harrod, 72, said: “My main worries are that pensions will going down and taxes will go up.”
And Annabell Duff, 83, added: “Better the devil you know.”
However, war veteran Thomas Lennie, 89, said he felt people should be “more patriotic”, saying: “There’s absolutely no reason why we can’t go it alone and I believe an independent Scotland will be a good thing for future generations.”
And two first-time voters, Adam Stanford and Jake Hutchison, both 18, agreed, saying they felt the time was right for Scotland to go it alone.
The roadshow resumes on Monday in Kelty and Cowdenbeath. Follow them all at www.thecourier.co.uk/indy-roadshow.