DUNDEE COURIER, SATURDAY 6TH JANUARY 1877 DUNFERMLINE BURGH COURT At this Court on Wednesday, before Bailie Walker, Alex Cunningham, carter, Cairneyhill, was convicted on evidence of illtreating and abusing a horse in Pittencrieff Street, on the 9th December, and was fined 7s 6d with 4s 6d of expenses. CALLANDER ADVERTISER, SATURDAY 8TH MARCH 1947 MOTORISTContinue reading “Cairneyhill Court Cases”
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Hatches Matches and Dispatches Part 6
Dear blog reader This is the sixth part in my series of Cairneyhill hatches, matches and dispatches that have appeared in the newspapers. I have always found such finds very exciting in my own 30 years of family history research and I hope this helps anyone doing similar Cairneyhill-based research. (Glossary: inst/instant means of theContinue reading “Hatches Matches and Dispatches Part 6”
James Fairley Biography
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 inContinue reading “James Fairley Biography”
Death of Rev William Cunningham
ST ANDREWS CITIZEN, FRIDAY 25TH NOVEMBER 1994 DEATH OF RETIRED MINISTER The Rev. William Louden Cunningham has died in St Andrews at the age of 91. A graduate of Edinburgh University, he was minister at Cairneyhill in Dunfermline before he retired to Strathkinness in 1968. Following the death of his wife he moved to StContinue reading “Death of Rev William Cunningham”
Sales at South Pitdinnie and Myrend
BRIDGE OF ALLAN GAZETTE, SATURDAY 23RD OCTOBER 1920 Important sale of dairy stock, horses, and stacks, at South Pitdinnie, Cairneyhill, Dunfermline (Mr Torrance’s), on Friday 29th October 1920 at 11am. 66 Ayrshire and cross cows and heifers (newly calved and to calve).1 British Friesan bull (2 years old), bred by Mr Brown, Colton Mains.6 BlackContinue reading “Sales at South Pitdinnie and Myrend”
Induction of William L Cunningham
DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY 19TH DECEMBER 1946 COCKERELS ‘ENTERED THE MINISTRY’ Loud, hearty laughs resounded within the crowded Institute Hall at Cairneyhill, near Dunfermline. Occasion was the induction social of Rev William L Cunningham and the laughter was the result of stories told by his ‘cronies’. Rev F M Musk, Dunbar, confessed he had beenContinue reading “Induction of William L Cunningham”
Cyclists crash in Cairneyhill
CALLANDER ADVERTISER, SATURDAY 4TH JULY 1936 STIRLING CYCLISTS CRASH – ACCIDENT NEAR DUNFERMLINE – ‘CO OP’ MESSENGERS INJURED Two Stirling boys returning from a cycle run to Dunfermline on Saturday evening were involved in a motor accident in the village of Cairneyhill, a short distance from Dunfermline. They were Duncan Morrison, 58 Cowane Street, andContinue reading “Cyclists crash in Cairneyhill”
Hatches, Matches and Dispatches part 5
Dear blog reader This is the fifth part in my series of Cairneyhill hatches, matches and dispatches that have appeared in the newspapers. I have always found such finds very exciting in my own 30 years of family history research and I hope this helps anyone doing similar Cairneyhill-based research. (Glossary: inst/instant means of theContinue reading “Hatches, Matches and Dispatches part 5”
Death of a Cairneyhill Minister
IRVINE HERALD, FRIDAY 25 APRIL 1902 DEATH OF DALRY MINISTER The news of the death of the Rev. George Morris, the venerable and senior minister of Courthill United Free Church, Dalry, will be received with widespread regret. Ten days ago, while on a visit to his brother-in-law at Meiklemyre Farm, he was seized with aContinue reading “Death of a Cairneyhill Minister”
Cairneyhill Bigamy
BRIDGE OF ALLAN GAZETTE, SATURDAY 5TH DECEMBER 1931 BIGAMY AT BANNOCKBURN – PRISON FOR FIFESHRIE MAN – ‘RUINED WOMAN’S LIFE’ SAYS SHERIFF – A REMARKABLE STORY One of the most remarkable stories ever unfolded in a bigamy case heard in Stirling Sheriff Court was related on Thursday to Sheriff J Dean Leslie, when Walter Colquhoun,Continue reading “Cairneyhill Bigamy”
Cairneyhill People and History 