Myrend Farm

Sales at South Pitdinnie and Myrend

BRIDGE OF ALLAN GAZETTE, SATURDAY 23RD OCTOBER 1920 Important sale of dairy stock, horses, and stacks, at South Pitdinnie, Cairneyhill, Dunfermline (Mr Torrance’s), on Friday 29th October 1920 at 11am. 66 Ayrshire and cross cows and heifers (newly calved and to calve).1 British Friesan bull (2 years old), bred by Mr Brown, Colton Mains.6 BlackContinue reading “Sales at South Pitdinnie and Myrend”

Hatches Matches and Dispatches Part 3

Dear blog reader This is the third part in my series of Cairneyhill hatches, matches and dispatches that have appeared in the newspapers. I have always found such finds very exciting in my own 30 years of family history research and I hope this helps anyone doing similar Cairneyhill-based research. (Glossary: inst/instant means of theContinue reading “Hatches Matches and Dispatches Part 3”

DUNFERMLINE SATURDAY PRESS, SATURDAY 13TH AUGUST 1864 GROWING CROP AND HAY FOR SALE AT MYREND NENAR CAIRNEYHILL Mr Brown has been instructed by Mr James Bardner, to sell by public roup, on the farm of Myrend of Pitfirrane, on Wednesday, 17th August current. The way-going crop consisting of 23 acres of oats, 16 acres ofContinue reading “Myrend Farm”

Wins at West Fife Agricultural Show

Dear blog reader. The West Fife Agricultural Show has been running in West Fife for many decades (and is still going now) and this report caught my eye as it mentioned two very well-known Cairneyhill locals – John Erskine of Myrend Farm and James Hunter, the Cairneyhill blacksmith. In the 1980s at least (from aContinue reading “Wins at West Fife Agricultural Show”