Cairneyhill People and History

Unionist Candidate at Cairneyhill

THE SCOTSMAN, WEDNESDAY 27TH DECEMBER 1905

WEST FIFE: UNIONIST CANDIDATE AT TORRYBURN AND CAIRNEYHILL

Last night Mr N Briggs Constable addressed meetings at Torryburn and Cairneyhill.

Speaking at Torryburn, Mr Constable said that if the electors considered the fiscal question from a business and common-sense point of view, and laid aside party bias, they could not help coming to the conclusion that the Unionist policy was a good one. He denied that what was proposed was Protection, and declared that it was an absolute misnomer to call the present system Free Trade. He was not aware, he said, of any valid objection that could be urged to authorising the Executive to negotiate commercial treaties with foreign countries, and with the power of effectual persuasion and what possible harm this could do he could not see. The path of effectual persuasion could only be exercised by putting import duties on goods from foreign countries, if those countries refused to deal fairly with us. Proof that there was no valid objection was the fact that the Radical party had allied themselves with the old Cobdenite theory, which had never fructified into fact – namely, Free Trade, and also from the fact they invariably wished to put an issue before the country that was no issue at all.

At the Cairneyhill meeting, after showing the differences which existed within the Liberal party on the question of Home Rule, and pointing to the sayings of the Nationalists when abroad, Mr Constable said there was a Government in place which was prepared, either by the method of sap and approach, or by direct assault, to undermine the fabric upon which the unity of the United Kingdom rested, by introducing or favouring a policy of Home Rule, which meant separation. It was the duty of the country to nip this cankered blossom in the bud before it fructified into national disaster.

At both meetings Mr Constable was questioned on a variety of subjects. He declared himself as a Conservative, as in favour of giving the English Licensing Act a chance, and opposed to oppressive restrictions in favour of the ‘trust’ public-house system being developed. He also dealt with the question of agricultural rating, and justified the action of the late Government on the grounds of justice.

A hearty reception was given to the candidate at both meetings, and at Cairneyhill he received a vote of confidence.

Cairneyhill Donkeys

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 Church

FIFE HERALD, THURSDAY 16TH MAY 1839

DUNFERMLINE

On Thursday, the 2nd instant, the young ladies attending Mrs More’s seminary, Cairneyhill Manse, presented her with a valuable piece of plate, with a suitable inscription, and Miss More with a very handsome writing desk and box, as tokens of their sincere esteem for their teachers, and expression of their heartfelt gratitude to them for their zealous exertions to promote their progress in their studies, and advance their moral and religious improvement.

DUNFERMLINE SATURDAY PRESS, SATURDAY 20TH JULY 1861

PRECENTOR WANTED

Wanted, for the UP Congregation at Cairneyhill, a precentor. Salary, £7 per annum.

Applications to be sent to Mr John Bruce, on or before the 2nd August proximo. Testimonials of character required.

Cairneyhill, 20th July 1861.

DUNFERMLINE SATURDAY PRESS, SATURDAY 18TH OCTOBER 1862

SABBATH DESECRATION IN CAIRNEYHILL

To the editor.

Sir, I hope you will allow me space in your Saturday paper, to complain of Sabbath desecration which the inhabitants of this village have been frequently subjected to this past summer, from some reckless young men belonging to our neighbouring city and village.

These youths seem to think, when they come here, that they are beyond the jurisdiction of the law, and are at liberty to do anything they take a fancy for, much to the annoyance of the inhabitants.

Surely the police who are always prying about, and have even seen some of the perpetrators, might try and put a stop to such misdemeanours.

I am, etc, an inhabitant.

Cairneyhill, October 17th 1862.

Cairneyhill Properties

DUNFERMLINE SATURDAY PRESS, SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARY 1862

Property in Cairneyhill for sale.

Upset [minimum] price, £120.

To be sold by public roup, within the chambers of Henry Bardner, Writer, Dunfermline, on Tuesday the 18th day of March 1862, at tow o’clock afternoon.

That dwelling house, shop and garden, situated on the south side of the public road leading through Cairneyhill, which belonged to the late Mr John Wightman, weaver and grocer there.

The feu measures 32 1/2 falls Scots, or thereby, the feu duty being only 9 hens, in lieu of which the superior has hitherto exacted nine shillings, and the yearly rental is £11 1s.

The title-deeds, with articles and conditions of sale, may be seen in Mr Bardner’s hands, who will afford all necessary information.

Dunfermline, February 14, 1862.

THE SCOTSMAN, SATURDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 1896

Dunfermline auction market.

Displenishing sale of livestock, crop, and implements, and Muirside (near Cairneyhill and about 3 miles from Dunfermline).

On Monday, 9th November next.

THE SCOTSMAN, THURSDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 1950.

Businesses wanted and for sale.

Fife.

For sale, old-established market garden, known as ‘Pleasance’, Cairneyhill, near Dunfermline, together with greenhouses, modern dwelling-house; actual occupation.

For further particulars and cards to view apply to Thomas Blair & Son, solicitors, 35 East Port, Dunfermline. (Telephone 15).

Cairneyhill Train Station

FIFE NEWS. SATURDAY 7TH APRIL 1883.

KIRKCALDY: THE NEW RAILWAY.

Mr Dalgleish of Pitfirrane has withdrawn his opposition to the Alloa, Dunfermline, and Kirkcaldy Railway, on condition that stations be put down at Cairneyhill and Crossford.

NEWMARKET JOURNAL. SATURDAY 21ST FEBRUARY 1925.

NEW LNER STATION MASTERS

Mr F W Cooper, station master, Monkseaton, to be station master, Beverley. Mr W H Tomes, station master, Hepscott, to be station master, Escrick. Mr T Monkman, district signalmen’s inspector, Hull, to be station master, Goole. Mr J W Brydon, station master, Newby Wise, to be station master at Westgate-in-Weardale.

Mr W Johnstone, station master, Elswick, to be station master, Scotswood and Elswick. Mr T Holliday, station master, Cramlington and Plessey to be station master, Masham. Mr Walker, station master, Cairneyhill (LNER) has been appointed station master, Lunan Bay.

Prize Winning Gardeners

THE SCOTSMAN, SATURDAY 25TH AUGUST 1928

FLOWER SHOWS. MANY FINE DISPLAYS. DUNFERMLINE

Compared with last year, there was a slight increase in the number of entries at the annual show of Dunfermline Horticultural Society, which was opened in a large marquee in Pittencrieff Park yesterday. Vegetables and cut flowers were the sections in which the increases were most noticeable. Special interest centred in the open competitions, for prize-money, amounting to between £50 and £60, provided by the Carnegie Dunfermline Trustees. Here the display of roses was stated by competent judges to be one of the finest seen at any show in Scotland this year. W Ferguson, R C Ferguson, Dunfermline, and James Fairley & Co, Cairneyhill, all nurserymen who compete successfully at the national shows, shared the honours for roses, among the newer varieties exhibited by the Cairneyhill growers being the ‘Shot Silk’, in orange and shell pink, and ‘Lady Inchiquin’, a bright cerise.

Other esuccessful competitors in the Carnegie Trust classes were: Herbaceous and cut flowers – Robert Fraser, Kinross; Sweet peas – James Smith, Crawford Priory, and R R Wardrope, Bridge of Allan; Summer flowering chrysanthenums – J Johnstone, Keavil, Crossford, Dunfermline and E Pattie, nurseryman, Cairneyhill; Dahlias – Wm Cuthbertson, Dunfermline; Pansies – Joseph Paterson, Philipstoun.

The National Rose Society’s silver medal for the best rose exhibit by a gardener was awarded to Samuel McEwan, Transylaw, Dunfermline, with two vases of red and pink Dorothy Perkin ramblers. The Rose Society’s silver medal for the best exhibit by an amateur went to J Lister, Crossford, with two vases of roses of assorted varieties.

Cairneyhill Fatalities

FIFESHIRE JOURNAL, THURSDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 1848

FATAL ACCIDENT

On Saturday last, Jane Dobbie, a girl of three years of age, fell into some dirty water in a dung-pit at Cairneyhill and was unfortunately drowned before assistance could be procured.

DUNDEE EVENING POST, MONDAY 14TH OCTOBER 1901

FATAL BUS ACCIDENT NEAR DUNFERMLINE

David Wilson, photographic portrait canvasser, Cairneyhill, died this morning from the effect of injuries sustained on the highway between Dunfermline and Cairneyhill on Saturday night. Wilson was lying on the road at a late hour, and was run over by one of the Culross ‘buses.

THE SCOTSMAN, FRIDAY 19TH JANUARY 1940

WEST FIFE FATALITIES

Two fatal accidents occurred in West Fife yesterday, James Murdoch McDonald (13), son of Mr John McDonald, Main Street, Cairneyhill, was knocked down by a bus on the main road near Torryburn School. Suffering from severe head injuries, he was taken to a nearby ARP [Air Raid Precautions] post, where he died almost immediately.

James Herd, miner, 43 Midfield Terrace, Steelend, was fatally injured when he was knocked down by a lorry near Saline.

Cairneyhill Farming

THE SCOTSMAN, THURSDAY 24TH APRIL 1919

SCOTCH SEED POTATOES

10 tons British Queens, dressed 2 in. by 1 1/4 in., grown on high land, make a nice seed sample; also 10 tons, same dressing, from moss: all load Dollar station.

Turnips – for sale, 50 tons, good sound stuff.

Cairneyhill Agricultural Society Limited, 61-65 Queen Anne Street, Dunfermline

THE SCOTSMAN, WEDNESDAY 4TH AUGUST 1920.

SALE OF 110 TONS OF HAY

At Bankhead, Cairneyhill, on Friday, 6th August, at 2.30pm.

Favoured with instructions will offer for sale 110 tons ryegrass and timothy hay, in lots to suit purchasers.

Well secured.

The farm is five minutes walk from Cairneyhill Station, and three miles west of Dunfermline.

JJ Riddick, Stirling, auctioneer.

DUNDEE COURIER, TUESDAY 7TH FEBRUARY 1928

John Campbell, pig feeder, Remelton Farm Cottage, Torryburn, was fined £1 at Dunfermline Sheriff Court yesterday for having cruelly ill-treated a pig at Cairneyhill Railway Station.

Cairneyhill Education

THE SCOTSMAN, SATURDAY 11TH MAY 1839

On Thursday, the 2nd inst. [instant = the present month], the young ladies attending Mrs More’s seminary, Cairneyhill Manse, presented her with a valuable piece of plate with a suitable inscription; and Miss More, with a very handsome writing-desk and box, as tokens of their sincere esteem for their teachers, and expressions of their heartfelt gratitude to them for their zealous exertions to promote their progress in their studies, and advance their moral and religious improvement.

FIFE HERALD, THURSDAY 27TH AUGUST 1840

DUNFERMLINE

PALMAM QUI MERUIT [=ACHIEVEMENT SHOULD BE REWARDED]

On Monday week, the subscription school in Cairneyhill was examined by the Rev Messrs Gilston of Carnock and Macmichael of Dunfermline, who expressed themselves highly satisfied with the appearance made by the scholars.

This school has now been under the care of Mr William Reid for six years, whose abilities as a teacher and scholar, together with his gentlemanly conduct, rendered him a general favourite with the parents, and at all times a welcome guest with the neighbouring families.

After the examination, Mr Reid was entertained to an excellent dinner in the schoolroom – the Rev Mr Gilston in the chair – and the evening was spent in a very harmonious manner, mingled only with the regret that this was the last time when Mr Reid’s friends could thus do him honour, he being about to become a licentiate of the Relief body.

As a token of affectionate remembrance, a number of Mr Reid’s friends came forward in a very handsome manner, and presented him with a writing-desk, bearing a suitable inscription, and a number of standard theological works, which in themselves formed a very complete body of divinity.

SCOTTISH PRESS, FRIDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 1855

Wanted, by a young lady who has received her education in Mrs More’s Seminary, a situation as nursery governess in a pious family, in which she will endeavour to make herself generally useful. Apply to Mrs More, Cairneyhill Manse, by Dunfermline.

Cairneyhill Properties for Sale

DUNFERMLINE SATURDAY PRESS, SATURDAY 5TH APRIL 1879

PROPERTIES AT CAIRNEYHILL, FOR SALE

To be sold by public roup, within St Margaret’s Hall, Dunfermline, on Tuesday, the 15th day of April 1879, at two o’clock afternoon – unless previously disposed of by private bargain – the following properties in the village of Cairneyhill, which belong to the representatives of the late Mr Robert Erskine, farmer, Sunnyside, viz:

All and whole the subjects lying at the west end of the village of Cairneyhill, on the south side of the public road leading through the village to Torryburn, extending to about 2 1/2 acres imperial measure, or thereby, with the dwelling-house and joiner’s shop erected on part of the subjects – at present occupied by Mr Adam Masterton as tenant, at the yearly rent of £3. The land is in the occupation of Mr Erskine’s representatives. Yearly feu-duty, £2 12s 6d. Entry taxed at a duplicand.
Upset price £180.

[Duplicand is the doubling of a feu-duty. Upset price is the lowest price at which a property may be sold.]

All and whole the subjects on the north side of said public road, opposite the last mentioned subjects – extending to about 2 roods imperial, or thereby. On a portion of the subjects there is a dwelling-house, barn and byre etc, all tenanted by Mr Henry Cook. Rent £5 yearly; feu-duty 8s 1 1/2d. Entry of heirs and singular successors taxed at a duplicand.
Upset price £70.

III

All and whole the subjects situated about the centre of the village, on the south side of said public road, consisting of dwelling-house and garden ground, as at present occupied by Mr John Philp. Yearly rent £4. Extent of feu 25 poles imperial or thereby. Feu-duty 5s yearly.
Upset price £40.

For further particulars apply to Messrs W & W Beveridge, Solicitors, Dunfermline, who have the titles and articles of roup.

Dunfermline, April 4, 1879.