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by ardrossanrentboy
Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:05 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Ardeer Rec Cave?
Replies: 13
Views: 7144

Re: Ardeer Rec Cave?

on oldmapsonline.org you'll find the 1856 map for Stevenston and if you zoom into Ardeer House grounds you will see a small section marked ' cove ' just a few yards to the east side. Further east, beyond the site of the Pipersheugh hamlet and on Dubbs Road is a marking for the site of finding a ' st...
by ardrossanrentboy
Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:16 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Ardrossan 1910 - image question
Replies: 15
Views: 7560

Re: Ardrossan 1910 - image question

I have been wondering since I first seen that photo many years ago what the shop is on the right hand side. Not the grocers on the corner, but the shop down from the corner. I know there was a cobbler who worked in a hut in a pen near there. My faulty memory is about a guy called George ........ sa...
by ardrossanrentboy
Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:24 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Hillhead House - Kilbirnie
Replies: 48
Views: 14199

Re: Hillhead House - Kilbirnie

Ah sc, I love your typos ... they beat mine every time. A guy from Thailand who made millions selling neckties - would that make him a Thai-coon. But what's a Coony tant? or a Coonit Ant? Was Robert D Findlay not also a loan-arranger, who seemed dodgy when he started wearing a mask and calling his h...
by ardrossanrentboy
Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:13 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: After the Referendum - Topic
Replies: 183
Views: 33300

Re: After the Referendum - Topic

Irrespective of their personal qualities and attributes there are many politicians who have the 'Richard Nixon Guilty Looking factor' which does their Public Presentational Appearance no favours at all and are best kept in the back room away from the cameras. Sad state of affairs when we make seriou...
by ardrossanrentboy
Sat Oct 25, 2014 10:55 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Ardrossan 1910 - image question
Replies: 15
Views: 7560

Re: Ardrossan 1910 - image question

Is it possible it was a Semaphore pole for signalling, maybe for the trains or shipping?

http://www.nilesdepot.org/centerville/semaphore.html
by ardrossanrentboy
Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:09 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: lost your tongue
Replies: 18
Views: 6759

Re: lost your tongue

http://www.saltcoatsvictoria.co.uk/index.php For Saltcoats Victoria footie fans get yourself along to Campbell Park on Saturday for a 2:30 kick-off against Maud FC from Aberdeenshire in the 2nd round of the Scottish Junior Cup. http://www.maudjfc.co.uk/Maud_Junior_FC/Welcome.html Buffs are away at D...
by ardrossanrentboy
Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:52 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Hillhead House - Kilbirnie
Replies: 48
Views: 14199

Re: Hillhead House - Kilbirnie

The Government of the day engaged the Ordnance Survey mapping of Britain and the information was to include Place Names and descriptions and owners and tenants and activities etc! As such an exercise it was an informative snapshot of the day the interviews took place and listed the people asked to c...
by ardrossanrentboy
Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:05 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Flash Mob Collection
Replies: 23
Views: 8828

Re: Flash Mob Collection

Aw, that'd bring tears tae a glass eye!
by ardrossanrentboy
Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:59 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Hillhead House - Kilbirnie
Replies: 48
Views: 14199

Re: Hillhead House - Kilbirnie

Can't recall now who mentioned the Crawfords but they also had Crosbie Towers outside West Kilbride (just a wee bitty ower the hills from Kilbirnie) and of course, Craufurd Lodge next to the Rowantree Restaurant (Little Chef) on the North Shore.
by ardrossanrentboy
Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:37 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Hillhead House - Kilbirnie
Replies: 48
Views: 14199

Re: Hillhead House - Kilbirnie

sorry vivc113, I mistyped the dates .. it was 1855 to 1857 ( just two years ) the period covered by the survey for the Ordnance Survey Name Book. Allen was the proprietor at that time. For some reason I could not get deeper into the system as I could before so I only got the brief details. While I w...
by ardrossanrentboy
Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:28 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Flash Mob Collection
Replies: 23
Views: 8828

Re: Flash Mob Collection

strange thing happened today when I was following up a tutorial on the creation of iphone apps and it featured a youtube video link which then showed a blacked out panel saying for legal reasons youtube had removed it .... yet, when I clicked the right arrow it bypassed that screen and the video was...
by ardrossanrentboy
Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:21 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: After the Referendum - Topic
Replies: 183
Views: 33300

Re: After the Referendum - Topic

Question Time on BBC tonight came from Liverpool but had Alec Salmond on the panel. The Tory representative publicly admitted that Cameron's Vow cannot be adhered to in practical terms. Hands up anyone who believed any of the Unionist propaganda - they've just admitted they fooled you. All the FEAR ...