Dear blog reader
I wonder if you would allow me this week a personal indulgence this week?
I have 2 vivid donkey memories from growing up in Cairneyhill, a live donkey at a traditional Easter service at Cairneyhill Church and donkeys in a field at Craigflower Woods close to Cairneyhill.
I do wonder if the donkeys mentioned in this week’s blog post were the same as the donkeys in my memory?
Best wishes
Jacqueline
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STIRLING OBSERVER, FRIDAY 11TH JULY 1997
IT’S THE GREATEST SHOW OF THE EARTH
Thousands of people flocked to Keir Mains fields on Saturday to soak up the atmosphere and the sun at one of the biggest agricultural shows in the area – the Doune and Dunblane Show.
This year the theme was ‘fun for all the family’ and the show certainly lived up to that with a variety of activities to suit all ages from quad bikes, go-karts, bouncy castles and amusements to trade stands selling everything from cars and tractors to sweets, clothes and crafts.
Judging began at 9.30am and an impressive variety of livestock was on show before Archie Stirling of Keir, owner of the showground, presented this year’s trophies and prizes to the winner.
DONKEYS IN HAND
Class 213: 1 Mr Iain Thomson (Taponoth the Cosmopolitan), 102 Main Street, Cairneyhill, 2 Mrs E A Crawford (Adamton Fizzy Flyte), Lochside House, Kinghorn.
DAILY RECORD, MONDAY 26TH JULY 1999
FORTUNE FOR PET DONKEYS
A couple are leaving all their money to their five pet donkeys.
Iain and Jean Thomson have made a will which ensures the animals continue to live in luxury after they die. The donkeys stand to inherit £100,000 – enough to keep them in carrots and hay for the rest of their lives.
Iain, 62, of Cairneyhill, Fife, said ‘Donkeys can live to 50, so they’ll probably outlast us. We’ve been married 30 years but we’ve no kids.’
‘The donkeys have been our children and we want them to be properly looked after when we are gone’.
A solicitor said: ‘It’s common to leave things to pets, but I’ve not heard of donkeys being involved before’.
Cairneyhill People and History 