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 QueenContinue reading “Cairneyhill Farming”
Category Archives: Bankhead
Cairneyhill Deaths
DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 1905 WELL-KNOWN DUNFERMLINE MAN DEAD A well-known personage belonging to Cairneyhill, near Dunfermline, name Campbell Drysdale, retired coal agent, died suddenly last night. During the day he had as usual been in Dunfermline, and on returning to his home in Cairneyhill he was seized with a shock and expired.Continue reading “Cairneyhill Deaths”
Fires in Cairneyhill
DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH, MONDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 1906 FIFE ROAD SCENE. HAY CART ON FIRE. Excitement was occasioned near Cairneyhill on Saturday by a cart of hay going on fire. A cart belonging to Mr Charles Beveridge, farmer, was proceeding along the highway, and when near to Cairneyhill the hay was observed to be on fire.Continue reading “Fires in Cairneyhill”
Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1940
Dear blog reader Welcome to the twelfth (and final) part in a series, a list of the people, with address and occupation where known, who were connected with Cairneyhill in 1940. (Please see a note at the end of this introduction regarding the next series particularly for my blog readers looking for their ancestors inContinue reading “Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1940”
Land Court Decision – 1924
DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH TUESDAY 24 JUNE 1924 SHERIFF’S POWER OVER LAND COURT INTERESTING POINT RAISED AT DUNFERMLINE Has the Sheriff any jurisdiction over a decision of the Land Court? This was the point which was raised in an action in Dunfermline Sheriff Court today, when James MacDonald, James Wishart, and James Philip, land holders, Cairneyhill,Continue reading “Land Court Decision – 1924”
Home burned to ground
Dundee Courier 16 June 1931 A Cairneyhill family of eight were rendered homeless and lost almost all of their belongings in a fire yesterday afternoon. Mr George Johnston was engaged in tar-painting operations at his dwelling-house on a small holding by Bankhead, when the interior of the house was observed to be in flames. HeContinue reading “Home burned to ground”
Cairneyhill People and History 