School Presentation

FIFESHIRE JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1846 PROVINCIAL DUNFERMLINE PRESENTATION Mr George Morris, student of Divinity, and teacher of the Subscription School at Cairneyhill, on Christmas last, or on a day about that time, received from his pupils a present of books, in testimony of the respect and esteem in which he is held both byContinue reading “School Presentation”

Education in Cairneyhill in 1855

THE SCOTTISH PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1855 Wanted for Cairneyhill Village School, a teacher qualified to teach the several branches of a good English education, with Latin and the elements of Greek and Mathematics. Apply, with certificates of character and qualifications, to Mr F Duncanson, Mason, Cairneyhill, by Dunfermline, previous to the 15th of September.Continue reading “Education in Cairneyhill in 1855”

Cairneyhill education almost a hundred years apart – in 1851 and 1942

The Scotsman 30 July 1851 Wanted, a teacher for the village school at Cairneyhill. He must be qualified to teach English, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Latin. Application to be made to Mr William Erskine, farmer, Cairneyhill, within a month of this date. Cairneyhill, 28th July 1851 Dundee Courier 29 December 1942 Fife Headmaster’s Death MrContinue reading “Cairneyhill education almost a hundred years apart – in 1851 and 1942”