1890
Rothesay Chronicle
SUPERIOR FINISHED BUCK WATERPROOF COATS, LEATHER BOUND. HALF DOUBLE. Carriage paid to any address 48 inches long, 9s: 50 inches, 9s 5d; 54 inches 11s,
Patent Fishing Floats,
Prices on application. To had only from BLACK & CO.
Note the Address— BLACK & CO., CELLARDYKE FACTORY, CELLARDYKE, FIFE
Dundee
Auction Sales
This day
IN THE OLD STEEPLE AUCTION ROOMS,
8 SOUTH LINDSAY STREET.
IMPORTANT AND EXTENSIVE SALE,
BY AUCTION, OF A GROCER & PROVISION MERCHANT’S STOCK-IN TRADE.
AGATE BEAMS AND SCALES,
BRASS WEIGHTS, SCOOPS,
SHOW CANISTERS, TEA CHESTS, AND UTENSILS, COUNTER, SET SHUTTLES, &c.
(Belonging the Trust Estate of Alexander Imrie, Provision Merchant, Cellardyke ; Removed and Sold by order Hugh Hayes Watson, Esq., of Messrs Ford & Co., Accountants, Shore Terrace, the Trustees).
JAS. A McLEAN has, been favoured with Instructions to Remove end Sell the above Stock. within his Rooms, 8 South Lindsay Street, Friday first
1892
AnstrutherTown Council. —Provost Anderson reported at the monthly meeting the Council Tuesday evening that Mr R. Williamson, Cellardyke, had received the contract for laying the concrete pavement on the new iron footbridge between the two burghs. The price was £18 10s.
1894
Ten fishing boats missing. Considerable anxiety is felt in Cellardyke and Pittenweem at the absence of ten deep sea fishing boats, which left for the fishing ground this day week. A severe storm was encountered about 200 miles from land, but all are accounted for but ten – five from each Port. Six steam liners which left Anstruther this morning took away extra provisions to give the missing crews if sucesssful in coming across them. There are seven men in each boat, and if no word is received by the evening, the Fishery Board is to t send a cruiser in search of them in the North Sea.
Two days later
All the Cellardyke and Pittenweem fishing boats have now been accounted for, the last two arriving in Anstruther late last night. The fishermen report very narrow escapes from the mountainous seas which swept over the boats, while others had almost exhausted their provisions and were living on short allowances since Sunday.
1895
North Shields
The herring fishing season this year is rather later commencing than usual. About score or so of the Scotch boats, with the familiar K.Y. marked on their brown sails, and hailing from the picturesque ” wee fishing villages of St. Monace, Pittenweem, and Cellardykes, are at present to be seen the river ; but the proper Buckhaven fleet has not yet put in an appearance, and until their arrival the season cannot said to be begun. It is hoped that better luck will attend the boats in the forthcoming season than they experienced last year. The word “luck” used designedly, for although the season of 1894 is memorable as one of the worst in memory, so far as Shields alone was concerned, yet the records of other fishing ports on the coast indicated that there was no extraordinary scarcity of fish in the North Sea. Our ill-fortune still remains rather mystery.
1896
WANTED Immediately. Tailor, Good General Hand, Must be able to Machine. Apply Thomson, Cellardyke.
This and the preceding week in the corresponding period of last year were marked by heavy shots of fish from both line and sailing boats, but save for the arrival of the former, last week was almost blank, and this week has every appearance of being equally uneventful. By one of those fancies which often attack communities nearly the whole sailing fleet is aiming at the fresh markets at Aberdeen or Shields. Formerly they devoted the greater part of their attention to the home market, but this has been left unreservedly to the steamers. Eight of them came up on Friday and Saturday, and most of the fish was put out on the latter day. The quotations were — Cod, 13s to 26s per score; ling, 30s to 40s; halibut. 2s 4d to 4s 6d per stone; aund skate, 1s each. At these rates the tidy hauls landed by the liners realised as follows: — Tennant, £58 ; Maggie, £56 ; Fairy, £55 ; Edith, £51; Coplev. £46; Rob, £43; Glenogil, £39; St Adrian, £18. The East Neuk ran into Aberdeen, where £27 was grossed.
The news from the south was to the effect that little had been done, the shots being landed rather late in the week to catch the fancy prices which go far to make the fishing profitable for those fortunate enough to get the first chance of the merchants.
Thirteen Cellardyke boats left for Stromness and Scrabster this week, and four for the south.
1900 The article which lead to my extensive research on the East Neuk Boatbuiolders
Launch of New Fishing Boat.—Boatbuilding Arbroath has for considerable time past been in a somewhat dormant state. A month or two ago, however, an Anstruther firm leased the boatbuilding yard beside the patent slip, and yesterday launched their first boat constructed in Arbroath. The boat in question is named the Ina Cook, and was built by Messrs John Millar Son. boatbuilders, to the order of Mr Andrew Henderson, fisherman, Cellardyke. The boat is carvel built, and is 68 feet long, with a 20ft beam. It is fitted with every modern improvement, and contains sufficient accommodation for the crew, besides having every facility for the storage of fish. The boat intended in the first instance for herring fishing operations, but will afterwards in for the white fishing. The boat took the water gracefully, and as she left the slips she was christened by Miss Bella Millar, daughter of the builder, by the usual ceremony of breaking bottle of wine over the boat.
(Christina (Ina) Cook was the daughter of the Cooks of Cook and Macintosh Solicitors, I can only assume they part financed the vessel to have her named in such a way)