GLASGOW HERALD 26 APRIL 1968 MAN REMANDED ON MURDER CHARGE Ian Breckenridge, (26), unemployed plumber, c/o 5 Clyde Terrace, Ardrossan, appeared on petition in Kilmarnock Sheriff Court yesterday charged with the murder at West Kilbride of a young married woman. Breckenridge is accused of murdering He...

GLASGOW HERALD
26 APRIL 1850

MARRIAGE – ROBERTSON and McCREADIE

At Glasgow Street, Ardrossan, on the 23rd instant, William Robertson, Esquire, engineer, to Martha, third daughter of William McCreadie, Esquire, of Her Majesty’s Customs, Ardrossan.

GLASGOW HERALD
26 APRIL 1852

DEATH - ROBERTSON

At Canal Bank, Saltcoats, on the 23rd instant, Alexander, infant son of Mr A. W. Robertson.

GLASGOW HERALD 26 APRIL 1862 WIFE ASSAULT At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court, James Reid, miner, was examined on a charge of having on the 20th of April current, in the house at New Street, Stevenston, occupied by him, violently assaulted his wife, Ann Kirkpatrick, by striking her with his fist on the head...

I had an auntie and uncle who lived in Winton Street, in the shadow of the big gate and turnstiles of Winton Park, and whom, pre-school, I used to visit often with my parents; I attended Winton Primary School between 5 and 11 years of age, climbing the boundary wall every day to look into Winton Par...

EVENING TIMES 25 APRIL 1968 AYRSHIRE MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER A man was charged at Kilmarnock today after a young mother of three was found murdered late last night in the hills above West Kilbride, Ayrshire. Ian Breckenridge, (26), an unemployed plumber, c/o 5 Clyde Terrace, Ardrossan, appeared on p...

GLASGOW HERALD 25 APRIL 1868 AYR CIRCUIT COURT - ROBBERY William Stewart and Neil McLaughlin were charged with robbery, in so far as on the 7th or 8th day of March, at or near Stanley Burn, on the road between Saltcoats and Ardrossan, they did attack and assault John McAusland, foreman blacksmith, r...

GLASGOW HERALD
25 APRIL 1866

SHIPPING NEWS

Lamlash, April 22 – The TAXIAN, Small, from Ardrossan for Swinemunde, has put in here to ship a man in lieu of one deserted at Ardrossan.

GLASGOW HERALD 25 APRIL 1864 SCHOONER PUT BACK On Saturday the schooner ALLIES, Christopher, master, from Ardrossan to Barcelona , with pig iron, put back to the Tail of the Bank, with foretopmast carried away, loss of spars, sails, etc., having been struck by a severe squall when a little to the so...

GLASGOW HERALD 25 APRIL 1845 LAUNCH OF THE FIRE FLY On Tuesday, about one o’clock afternoon, a fine new steamer was launched from the building-yard of those skilful and enterprising engineers, Messrs Tod and McGregor, Glasgow. The FIRE FLY is intended for the Ardrossan and Belfast station, as a cons...

GLASGOW HERALD 25 APRIL 1862 HERRING SMACK FOR SALE AT SALTCOATS There will be sold by public roup, within the office of Robert King Barbour, writer, in Saltcoats, upon Thursday the 8th day of May next, at two o’clock afternoon, a herring smack, with her appurtenances, and eight barrels of herring n...

GLASGOW HEALD 25 APRIL 1913 WOMEN’S UNION IN THE NOBEL WORKS Last night a largely attended meeting of the female workers in Nobel Explosive Works was held in the Victoria Institute, Stevenston, for the purpose of forming a union in connection with the female workers. Mr Gilbert Lewis, who presided, ...