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”
Tag Archives: Pitdinnie
Shearers’ Strike at Pitdinnie
FIFESHIRE JOURNAL THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 1845 HARVEST – SHEARERS’ WAGES – STRIKE AT CAIRNEYHILL Harvest is now quite general in our neighbourhood, and the crops are most luxuriant. The prospect of the farmer is most cheering, and the joy manifested by the groups of reapers as they repair in the morning to the scene ofContinue reading “Shearers’ Strike at Pitdinnie”
Stupid Village Pranks
Dundee Courier 11 November 1904 A couple of young lads who sought to enjoy themselves by annoying a female household in the village by fixing a cord to the window against which they rattled a nail and button, appeared to answer to their foolish pranks in Dunfermline Sheriff Court yesterday. Their names were William ToddContinue reading “Stupid Village Pranks”
Cairneyhill People and History 