text: Following the sudden decline of the town 's harbor caused by the closure of the Lady Blanche Pit , the town was amalgamated into the royal burgh of Kirkcaldy under an act of parliament in 1930 .
simplified: When the coal mine , the Lady Blanche Pit , closed suddenly use of the harbor almost stopped . The town was joined with the royal burgh of Kirkcaldy in 1930 .