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New Railway in 1906

EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1906 THE NEW KINCARDINE AND DUNFERMLINE RAILWAY The above sketch shows the new branch of the North British Railway which links up Kincardine-On-Forth with Dunfermline, and which will be opened for public traffic on Monday first. Yesterday the line was subjected to a Board of Trade inspection, and today,Continue reading “New Railway in 1906”

Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1930

Dear blog reader Welcome to the tenth part in a series, a list of the people, with address and occupation where known, who were connected with Cairneyhill in 1930. In 1930 there were 117 people listed (a slight drop on 1925) with 32 address specified (a substantial increase on 1925) and 11 occupations (another increaseContinue reading “Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1930”

Andrew Roxburgh Precentor

THE COURIER, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1925 DUNFERMLINE COUPLE’S DIAMOND WEDDING. HUSBAND A FORMER PRECENTOR OF CAIRNEYHILL U.F. CHURCH An interesting ceremony took place in Dunfermline on Saturday, when Mr and Mrs Andrew Roxburgh, Alexandra Street, celebrated their diamond wedding. The couple were married on January 13, 1865, and until two years ago Mr Roxburgh wasContinue reading “Andrew Roxburgh Precentor”

George Paterson Provost

THE COURIER, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1911 ALMOST A CENTENARIAN. DEATH OF MR GEORGE PATERSON, BROUGHTY FERRY, FORMER PROVOST OF BURNTISLAND. Me George Paterson, Homepark, almost a centenarian, and perhaps the oldest residenter in Broughty Ferry, passed away yesterday morning. His was an interesting personality, not alone in point of age, but in respect of ChurchContinue reading “George Paterson Provost”

Royal wedding celebrations

Prince Albert of Wales, the son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and Princess Alexandra of Denmark married on 10 March 1863 at Windsor Castle. Naturally there were the usual celebrations of a royal wedding everywhere in Britain and what follows are a description of the celebrations that took place in Cairneyhill. ************************************* DUNFERMLINE SATURDAYContinue reading “Royal wedding celebrations”

Wins at West Fife Agricultural Show

Dear blog reader. The West Fife Agricultural Show has been running in West Fife for many decades (and is still going now) and this report caught my eye as it mentioned two very well-known Cairneyhill locals – John Erskine of Myrend Farm and James Hunter, the Cairneyhill blacksmith. In the 1980s at least (from aContinue reading “Wins at West Fife Agricultural Show”

Cairneyhill Police Station

Dear blog reader This article about improving facilities in Cairneyhill police station intrigued me because I have never heard of a police station in Cairneyhill. Please do get in touch if you have any information on where the police station was. Jacqueline **************************************** DUNDEE COURIER WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 1935 Police housing and telephones were discussedContinue reading “Cairneyhill Police Station”

A Daring Theft

DUNFERMLINE SATURDAY PRESS 30 DECEMBER 1865 DARING THEFT On Saturday afternoon, a remarkably cool and daring theft took place in Cairneyhill. While the wife of John Philp, a carter, living in Cairneyhill, was out at a draw-well about fifty yards from her house, she observed a man come out of her door-way and proceed westwardsContinue reading “A Daring Theft”

Cairneyhill Horticultural Society Exhibition

DUNFERMLINE SATURDAY PRESS 24 SEPTEMBER 1859 CAIRNEYHILL: HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION On Friday last the Horticultural Society here, held their second exhibition for the season in the village school-room, which was tastefully decorated with evergreens for the occasion. Much credit is due to the competitors for the excellent vegetables, fruits, and flowers brought forward, which, both inContinue reading “Cairneyhill Horticultural Society Exhibition”

Cairneyhill Temperance Society in 1838

FIFE HERALD THURSDAY 18 JANUARY 1838 DUNFERMLINE Notwithstanding the contemptible pulings of a small wit who writes in a contemporary regarding soirées, we have the pleasure to record other two which took place last week in our neighbourhood, one at Charlestown, and the other at Cairneyhill, both of which were numerously attended, and went offContinue reading “Cairneyhill Temperance Society in 1838”