Victim named by BBC: -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-52793559

Thanks for that Jim. And there was me thinking the Glasgow Herald had got it wrong .

Hi Penny Tray The Patrick Cornelius MURRAY to whom you refer was the son of my ancestors, Patrick and Margaret MURRAY of “Stella Maris” cottage, Ardrossan Road. Patrick Jnr was hit by a train near the Iron Brig, very close to his home. I am yet to discover the link to his 2nd forename. Jim, You may...

The 1966 photograph in the following link gives a good idea of the nature of the street: -

https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1174627

Bruce,

Well done, but I can't see the picture.

Marion, Can I just satisfy myself that you are aware of the following link which contains local family birth, marriage, and death intimations. I note, for example, the death of a PATRICK CORNELIUS MURRAY, a young Saltcoats man who was killed in a railway accident on the 17th of August 1911. There ma...

Marion, The building at 34 Quay Street, in line with others which survived longer, would have been what we call a 'tenement', a residential property with a common entry called a 'close', which usually comprised a ground floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor, and maybe even a 3rd or more floors, sometimes with...

Meekan,

Not only do I not have one of these, I don't recall every having seen one. Three of my late brothers lived in the town at that time, so I don't think they were given to children to celebrate the centenary.

JD, you may be absolutely right, I just thought it was a plastic bread/delivery basket of a type I've seen outside the shop on previous occasions. Maybe we'll both turn out to be right and the basket is obscuring a hook or other lifting mechanism .

JD, The thought crossed my mind too that it might be a concrete block associated with a road closure, but can I ask - "Where are you seeing "the metal hook things" ? I thought it was a plastic bread basket sitting on it????? And, if it's always been there, how on earth did they succeed in roughcasti...