Main Street – Cairneyhill People and History

Chased With Knife In Hand

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”

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 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”

Two Hour Row in Cairneyhill

Dundee Evening Telegraph 19 January 1931 The fiscal said that accused came home about 10 o’clock and the disturbance lasted in the house from 10 until midnight. Mrs Jeannie Nicholson, housekeeper, The Mews, Main Street, Cairneyhill, Carnock Parish was fined 5s with the option of five days imprisonment at Dunfermline Sheriff Court today for havingContinue reading “Two Hour Row in Cairneyhill”