FIFESHIRE JOURNAL, THURSDAY 2ND OCTOBER 1845 HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION The annual exhibition of the Cairneyhill Society took place in the school room there on Friday the 19th ult. It consisted of vegetables, fruits and flowers, and a number of very superior specimens were produced in each department. Prizes were awarded to those who brought forward theContinue reading “Cairneyhill Horticultural Society Exhibition”
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Hatches Matches and Dispatches Part 6
Dear blog reader This is the sixth 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 6”
Hatches, Matches and Dispatches part 5
Dear blog reader This is the fifth 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 5”
Hatches, Matches and Dispatches part 4
Dear blog reader This is the fourth 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 4”
Death of James Moir
[James Moir is named on the Cairneyhill War Memorial, second from the top] Dundee Evening Telegraph 13 October 1915 Black Watch Officer who has fallen – hero in the struggle Second-Lieutenant J M Moir, 1st Black Watch, has been killed in an attack on a German position. He was a son of the late RevContinue reading “Death of James Moir”
Political meetings at Carnock,Cairneyhill and Torryburn
Dunfermline Saturday Press 13 March 1880 Leaving Saline [that is leaving the previous meeting at Saline], the Honourable R Preston Bruce proceeded to Carnock, where he addressed a large meeting in the schoolroom – Mr Robert Seton being chairman. Mr Bruce spoke on Home Rule, and the way in which the Government appealed to theContinue reading “Political meetings at Carnock,Cairneyhill and Torryburn”
Obituary of Reverend John Moir
The Alloa Journal 6 July 1895 There passed away on Thursday afternoon the Reverend John Moir, BD, minister of the United Presbyterian Church, Cairneyhill, Dunfermline in connection with which he was ordained in 1876. For some months he has been in indifferent health but no doubt was entertained until recently of ultimate recovery. The reverendContinue reading “Obituary of Reverend John Moir”
Cairneyhill People and History 