1897
Aberdeen – the best fished boat was the Maggie Scott KY 27 which obtained £502 as the seasons earnings, The Union of Lossiemouth made £400.
1900
Sherriff Armour heard evidence in Cupar Sherriff Court yesterday in three fatal accident enquiries.
The first case was that of James Smith, fisherman, Cellardyke, who was drowned while engaged as one of the crew of the White Cross. David Parker, Skipper, said that about two o clock of the afternoon of the 4th August the White Cross arrived about half- a- mile off Anstruther Harbour. The deceased went ashore in a small boat of about 14 or 15ft in length, a message. He returned in the boat accompanied by two other men and four boys. When they came near to the liner Smith asked them to give him a haul. They took the small boat in tow and witness gave orders to the engineman to go easy ahead. They had only started about a minute or two when the boat was alongside the liner. By some reason or other the boat sheered towards the larger vessel, and came against her side. The boat capsized, and immediately filled with water, and the occupants were thrown into the sea. Four of them clung to the boat while the other three were cast adrift. Smith immediately sank and was never seen again. He had on heavy boots at the time. His body has never been recovered. He could not suggest how the accident occurred. John Anderson, one of the crew, corroborated. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence.
1907
Out of a party of 12, three were badly injured as the result of a driving accident which occurred between Crail and Kingsbarns yesterday. Six adults, with an equal number of children, left Anstruther with the object of going to St Andrews, but when near Kingsbarns the wheels of the waggonette got caught in a rut, the consequence being that the vehicle partially overturned, and the twelve occupants were thrown on to the road. Mr and Mrs David Doig, an elderly couple belonging to Cellardyke were rendered unconscious; Mrs Michael Doig, Anstruther had her nose cut open; Mrs Alexander Black, Cellardyke, sustained a severe shock; while the other members of the party escaped with minor cuts and bruises.
A passing motorist, whose car bore the number G317, rendered first aid, and afterwards drove on to Crail and brought out Dr Orr, who attended the injured. Mr and Mrs David Doig, whose skulls are thought to be fractured, were afterwards taken home in cabs.
1916
Fife fishermen got a serious warning yesterday in the Sherriff Court at Cupar.
The Fiscal stated there was an extreme danger of the whole fishing being stopped on account of the numerous complaints that had been made of fishing beyond the limit. The Admiralty were of the opinion that the regulations were being deliberately broken.
Thirteen fishermen who had been found by one of H.M’s gunboats outwith the half mile limit of the Firth of Forth appeared before Hon Sherriff –substitute Osborne the following offenders were each fined £2 or 30 days imprisonment. George Doig 16 Rodger Street Cellardyke (skipper of the yawl Mistletoe), George Anderson 23 Rodger Street, Thomas Murray 31 Shore Street, Cellardyke.
1919
House parlour maid for Hampstead London, 4 in a family, cook and nurse kept, good wages Apply Thomson, Comelybank, Cellardyke.
1924
Hartlepool – the best Scottish catch was 30 crans by Home Finder of Cellardyke.
1929
North Shields 103 Drifters arrived with 813 crans. Best Shot 70 crans by Cellardyke steam drifter Menat.
1931
The crew of a Port Seton steam trawler Choice, had a narrow escape when their vessel foundered about 20 miles off St Abbs head.
The men were taken aboard the Steam Drifter Copious skippered by Joseph Wilson Cellardyke, arrived safely at Anstruther harbour yesterday.
1932
A 15 year old Anstruther lad, Tom Jack, was the hero of a rescue at the point of the East Pier Anstruther.
He was working with fishing nets when a Cellardyke boy John Doig (8) son of the skipper of the steam Drifter Campanula, fell into the water. The lad was in danger of drowning when jack without a moment’s hesitation jumped into the water fully clothed and made for the boy.
He caught hold of the boy and held him at the edge of the pier until men with a yawl helped to pull him aboard. The boy was little worse for his immersion.
1933
Cellardyke weekly putting competition- results- Ladies- 1. Mrs Hosie, 2, Mrs Elvin, Gentlemen – 1. George Williamson, 2, W Jack after a tie break with J Christie. Senior Gentlemen – 1. R Wilson. 2 H bett. Boys – 1. Johnstone Smith 2 Alex Keith.
1934
At Anstruther Police court Daniel S Wilkie grocer 60 James Street was charged before Provost W W Carstairs and Bailie Mitchell with having erected a shade or awning at his shop which was less than the statutory height of 8 feet from the footway. The accused pleaded guilty and was admonished.
Mr H C Mackintosh the burgh prosecutor explained that the case arose through the awning having been struck by a passing motor vehicle and damaged. Had there been pedestrians on the foot pavement a more serious accident may have taken place.
He understood there were many such shades or awnings in the burgh which did not comply with the law, so he hoped the case would be accepted as a warning.
1935
A Cellardyke man who embezzled funds from a ploughing society appeared before Hon Sherriff substitute Struth at Cupar on Tuesday and was fined £1
Accused was Alexander Kennedy, carter, 2 harbour house, Cellardyke. He admitted that between December and January last year, while he was acting as a collector of subscriptions for a Society called the East Neuk of Fife Ploughing Society he removed sums amounting to £1 8/6 which he embezzled.
In the charge it was stated that he received sums ranging from 6d to 2/6 from 20 people in the district. Accused said that he had paid back the money.
1937
A fine of 30s was imposed on George Moncrieff Hodge, plasterer’s labourer, 48 George Street, Cellardyke, whose vehicle was involved in a collision with a car driven by George Flett Horsburgh, fish merchant, 3 Kensington Grove , North Shields, the accident occurred on 12th August in Toll Rd.
1938
In connection with a public inquiry under the Town Planning act 1932, which is to be held at Cupar… Anstruther town council’s representation is that they should be appointed as town planning authority for the burgh…
‘Many of the houses have been designed specially for letting to fishermen who form the majority of the working class population in the burgh, and the Town council’s accumulated expertise in connection with this type of house dates back to the fishermen’s houses erected in the Burgh under the 1919 act…………..