EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS, THURSDAY 8TH DECEMBER 1949
THE NEW LAMPS FOR THE OLD
Yesterday marked the change of a lifetime for many residents in the old-world village of Cairneyhill, Fife, when the newly installed electricity supply was switch on.
Top picture shows Mr and Mrs Reid of Cook’s Buildings, Main Street, Cairneyhill, cleaning their oil lamp for the last time: they had used only paraffin for 20 years. Below – Mrs Reid knits by the light of her new electric table-lamp.
Cairneyhill People and History 