1883
The well-known burgh of Cellardyke is in the Parish of Kilrenny, but some distance from the parish church, causing inconvenience which has been long felt – the burgh alone containing a population of 2400. The whole population of the parish is somewhat above 3000, and the number has been about equally divided by the limits which have been adopted between the old parish and the new. The Church of Cellardyke was erected about two years ago and is capable of accommodating 800, already about one half of the sittings are let.
The Presbytery of St Andrews has fixed the 8th of June for the ordination and induction of Rev. Mr Ray to Cellardyke Church.
Temperance Breakfast in Edinburgh – Rev Lewis Davidson of St Andrews , said that in the neighbourhood of Anstruther and Cellardyke the Gospel Temperance movement was receiving converts at the rate of 100 per week.
Farms to let
1-Kilrenny Mill extending to 142 Acres
2- Rennyhill &Kilrenny Mains extending to 335 Acres
The farms are in the natural possession of the proprietor, and are within a mile of the Market town and shipping port of Anstruther, where the joint terminal station of the East of Fife and Anstruther and St Andrews Railways is situated. The land is of first rate quality, capable of bearing all kinds of crops. The Steadings are commodious and well adapted for feeding stock. The mansion house of Rennyhill, offices and gardens are included in Rennyhill and Kilrenny Mains. The proprietor has right to Sea Ware in the harbour of Cellardyke and on the Shore of the Firth of Forth so far as bounding Kilrenny Mill.
Advert
The International Fisheries Exhibition, Edinburgh 1882
Gold Medal for Deep Sea herring Nets.
Silver Medal and Money Prize for deep sea fishing lines
Diploma for Excellence of Fishermen’s suits of Oilskin.
The above have been awarded to
Sharp and Murray, Cellardyke
They are now making stock to suit the trade with the very best material. Nets suitable for the Shetland Isles, mounted, barked and ready for sea; as well as Great lines, mounted and barked in cane sculls for mending, in all the sizes; in fact, every requisite required for the fishing industry, supplied at the lowest possible prices.
1884
For some time back the steam saw milling premises of Mr T Cormack, fishcurer and wood merchant, Cellardyke, have been undergoing alterations for the reception of additional barrel making machinery. These alterations have now been completed, and the machinery has just been fitted up, with very satisfactory results. It includes a trussing and end working out machine, and cleaning machine. The barrels are set up in the usual way in ordinary hoops, and heated on an iron cone in which the fire is placed, and which has an opening at the top. An advantage in this whole mode of firing is that the inside of the barrel, although slightly browned, cannot be burned. When the barrel is thoroughly heated it is placed under the trussing machine, wide end up and is pressed up in a spiral screw worked from the engine. One end being trussed, the machine is opened, the barrel reversed and again pressed up, the whole operation being done in less than two minutes. Mr Cormack has had machinery working for the last twenty or thirty years for making ends and jointing staves off the saw, and all barrel makers in Cellardyke district are supplied with jointed staves and cut in ends. One peculiarity of the staves prepared by Mr Cormack is that all, whether narrow or broad have the same amount of bulge and require a fixed number of staves in each barrel to give the necessary aggregate amount of bulge. The number of staves required for a barrel vary from 16 to 22 according to how they are cut, and a note of the number of staves required is sent out with each load of staves. The other manufacturers give a proportionate bulge to each stave. Mr Cormack (who is also a large fishcurer in Aberdeen) now has completed his barrel making machinery. From the billet to the finished barrel, all the hand labour is in the hooping only. He also has introduced wire instead of wooden dools for the ends.
1886
Owing to the heavy gales Monday and Tuesday the fishermen have suffered a great loss of gear, many of the nets when shot for bait have been torn to shreds.. Six Cellardyke boats left Anstruther last week to prosecute the herring fishing on the Irish coast at Kinsale.
1887
No engagements have as yet been entered into with the Cellardyke fishermen for the fishing in Shetland, which usually begins on 20th June. A number have been offered 10s per cran for 200 crans for a month, but have refused to lay out the expenses required in the fitting out for such small prices.
1888
On Wednesday the members of the Dundee and East of Scotland Photographic Society had their first excursion for the season. The route was the popular Fife Coast circular tour. Leaving Dundee at 7.45 the party, numbering 30 with eighteen cameras, made their first stop at Anstruther and driving to Cellardyke, a halt was made and numerous views of this quaint village were obtained under favourable auspice, the weather being perfect. Pittenweem and St Monans were next visited, and after due attention was paid to the views and the picturesque inhabitants at these places, train was again resumed for Largo where luncheon was purveyed in the Crusoe Hotel. Numerous ‘bits’ about the quaint village were obtained and the party reached Dundee at 6.20, after having exposed 150 plates, which will no doubt produce many charming views, representing only a tithe of what is to be seen on this interesting route.