DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 1950
LICENSING COURT POST
Newly-appointed member of Dunfermline District Licensing Court, Mr James Fairley, Cairneyhill, is a noted horticultural expert.
Head of the firm of James Fairley & Co., nurserymen, he has been in business for 44 years. He has competed successfully at all the important flower shows in Scotland, winning gold medals for roses, delphiniums, gladioli and phlox.
He is a member of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society and of the National Rose Societies of Scotland and England.
Nearly 50 years ago he was an exhibitor at the Dunfermline Carnegie Trust Rose Shows. This was the only show in Scotland that ever had a schedule for a class of 71 distinct exhibition roses to be shown in boxes.
It attracted entries from all over Britain. Besides being a successful competitor, his services are frequently sought as a judge.
For 20 years he has been a judge of new seedling roses for the Royal Caledonian Society.
Actively interested in public affairs, he is a Justice of the Peace, an office he has held for 20 years, and was for 12 years a member of Dunfermline District Council.
A special constable for 20 years, he retired recently with the rank of chief special constable for the Cairneyhill area.
He was formerly a member of the Old Carnock School Board and a treasurer of Cairneyhill Church.
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