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Methil has seen many changes, especially over the last hundred or so years. First of all the town experienced a massive boom based upon two foundations - the large expansion of Fife's coalfields and the rapid development of Methil's docks and coal exporting facilities. The forty years prior to 1921 saw a six-fold increase in population to over 20,000. Methil continued as a thriving centre of industry and commerce during the middle years of the 20th century. However, since the Second World War the area has increasingly had to cope with the effect of a terminal decline in the coal industry and find ways of adapting to its changed circumstances.