GLASGOW HERALD 17 APRIL 1911 MOTOR ACCIDENT NEAR ARDROSSAN A serious motor accident occurred near Ardrossan yesterday evening. Mr Kennedy, a Glasgow motor engineer, who is staying at Ardrossan, took a party for a run on his car, and while on the return journey, about half a mile north of the town, o...

GLASGOW HERALD
17 APRIL 1869

BANKRUPTCY – APPLICATION OF CESSIO BONORUM

James Kerr, sometime flesher in Ardrossan, and presently residing there.

GLASGOW HERALD 17 APRIL 1846 THE OUTRAGE IN THE BRIDGEGATE AT GLASGOW During Sunday the police were upon the alert to find a clue to the hiding place of Daly, who is accused of the murder of David Love, but without success. On Monday morning, however, Inspector McKay, along with criminal officer Hug...

GLASGOW HERALD 17 APRIL 1911 MARRIAGE – CALLAN and GREIG At Beechwood, Bieldside, Aberdeen, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. C. F. Christie, M.A., Cults, assisted by the Rev. H. Callan, M.A., Montrose (brother of the bridegroom), William MacFee Callan, Saltcoats, Ayrshire, to Susan Hector Milne, onl...

GLASGOW HERALD
17 APRIL 1861

MARRIAGE

At Saltcoats, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. John Stewart, Ardrossan Free Church, Mr Hugh Brown, to Mary McKillop, second surviving daughter of the late John McKillop, Esquire, Saltcoats.

GLASGOW HERALD 17 APRIL 1848 HAND LOOM WEAVING IN AYRSHIRE In Saltcoats and Stevenston this trade still continues in a very depressed state; and the prospects instead of appearing brighter, are becoming more gloomy. Manufacturers have given notice to discontinue more hands. We never saw such a flatn...

GLASGOW HERALD
17 APRIL 1866

AYRSHIRE POOR INSPECTORS

The 34thy quarterly meeting of the Poor Law Association of Ayrshire was held here on Saturday – Mr Miller of St. Quivox presiding.

Messrs Dickie, of Stevenston, and Paterson, of Kilmarnock, were admitted as new members.

GLASGOW HERALD
17 APRIL 1911

THE CONSERVATIVE HALL AT STEVENSTON

The Conservative Hall at Stevenston, having become too small for meetings and public gatherings, it has been decided to enlarge the building so as to provide sitting accommodation for 750 persons.

GLASGOW HERALD 17 APRIL 1848 HAND LOOM WEAVING IN AYRSHIRE In Saltcoats and Stevenston this trade still continues in a very depressed state; and the prospects instead of appearing brighter, are becoming more gloomy. Manufacturers have given notice to discontinue more hands. We never saw such a flatn...

GLASGOW HERALD 16 APRIL 1910 BODY FOUND ON NORTH SHORE The body of a man, between 35 and 40 years of age, was found yesterday on the north shore at Ardrossan about 100 yards from the public road. The body, which had been in the water only a day or two, was that of a man of medium build, five feet an...

GLASGOW HERALD 16 APRIL 1849 SEAMAN DROWNED On Tuesday evening last, John Murphy, one of the firemen on the GLOWWORM steamer, in attempting to go on board that vessel in Ardrossan Harbour, owing to the darkness of the night, and the gangway having been removed from the position it was in during the ...

GLASGOW HERALD 16 APRIL 1912 BODY OF A NEWLY BORN BOY FOUND On Sunday afternoon two lads found a parcel on the Caledonian railway at Saltcoats, and on opening it discovered the body of a newly born infant boy. The police were communicated with and the body was removed to the mortuary. It is supposed...