EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1957 CHASED WIFE WITH A KNIFE IN HIS HAND A man who chased his wife along Main Street, Cairneyhill, with a table knife in his hand was sent to prison for 30 days at Dunfermline Sheriff Court today. He is Arthur Devlin (42), labourer, The Yews, Main Street, Cairneyhill.Continue reading “Chased With Knife In Hand”
Category Archives: Main Street
Bus crash driver in court
DUNDEE COURIER, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1954 71-YEAR-OLD BUS DRIVER MUST SIT L-TEST Seventy-one-year-old John L Napier, 10 Rose Crescent, Dunfermline, until recently a bus driver, was ordered to undergo a driving test yesterday. He has held a licence for 46 years. At Dunfermline Sheriff Court Naples admitted that on January 26, in Main Street, Cairneyhill,Continue reading “Bus crash driver in court”
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”
Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1935
Dear blog reader Welcome to the eleventh part in a series, a list of the people, with address and occupation where known, who were connected with Cairneyhill in 1935. In 1935 there were 147 people (a quite substantial increase on 1930) with 82 addresses specified (again a large increase on 1930) and 15 occupations (aContinue reading “Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1935”
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”
Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1925
Dear blog reader Welcome to the eighth part in a series, a list of the people, with address and occupation where known, who were connected with Cairneyhill in 1925. In 1925 there were 120 people listed, with 25 addresses specified, and 7 occupations comprising 1 Church minister, 1 joiner, 4 shopkeepers and 1 smith. ThisContinue reading “Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1925”
Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1920
Dear blog reader, Welcome to the seventh part in a series, a list of the people, with address and occupation where known, who were connected with Cairneyhill in 1920. In 1920 there were 135 people listed, with 26 addresses specified, and with 14 occupations comprising 1 Church minister, 2 joiners, 1 market gardener, 1 slaughterContinue reading “Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1920”
Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1915
Dear blog reader. Welcome to the seventh part in a series, a list of the people, with occupation where known, who were connected with Cairneyhill in 1915. In 1915 there were 131 people listed, with 8 addresses specified, the first time in the Cairneyhill valuation rolls, and with 20 occupations comprising 10 shopkeepers, 2 publicans,Continue reading “Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1915”
Rent case in 1922
DUNDEE COURIER WEDNESDAY 20 DECEMBER 1922 DUNFERMLINE SHERIFF AND RENT CASE “This is a question which is coming up in all the Courts,” was the remark of Sheriff Umpherston at Dunfermline Sheriff Court yesterday, in reference to a rent case which came before him. Thomas Fotheringham, Main Street, Cairneyhill, sued Peter Hogg, miner, Main Street,Continue reading “Rent case in 1922”
1920s Crime in Cairneyhill
Dundee Courier 7th August 1925 David Kirk, oncost worker, Cook’s Buildings, Cairneyhill, was fined £1 at Dunfermline Sheriff Court yesterday for having had three cigarettes in his possession in No 2 pit, Valleyfield Colliery. Dundee Courier 10th May 1927 For defrauding the Ministry of Labour of 4s 2d, Alexander Deas, miner, Main Street, Cairneyhill, wasContinue reading “1920s Crime in Cairneyhill”
Cairneyhill People and History 