GLASGOW HERALD 21 OCTOBER 1863 THE DEPLORABLE EVENT AT LARGS The search for the body of the missing clergyman was resumed early yesterday morning, but it had not been recovered when the Millport steamer passed on her upward trip. When the suicide was committed it was within an hour of high water, an...

GLASGOW HERALD 20 OCTOBER 1863 DEPLORABLE EVENT AT LARGS For several days past a painful rumour, which was generally believed, has been current in Largs and neighbourhood to the effect that the Rev. David Buchan Douie, Minister of the Free Church there, had been carrying on an illicit intercourse wi...

CHARLES BARR [Charlie Barr, who was born in Gourock on 11 July 1864, was an accomplished sailing skipper who three times captained winning America's Cup yachts. The following article, attributed to the 'London Yachting World' , describes an early-life experience when he unsuccessfully tried to ente...

Here's a House of Commons transcript of a similar - though not identical - type of case that was very close to home. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1996/jun/13/crown-office-gavin-mcguire-case Michaelm, Thanks for that input. Mr. William McKelvey's contribution to the parliamentary debat...

Viv,

Who or what made you angry - me, Bonzo, Manuel or Hitler (never thought I would be writing that sentence at anytime) ? Or was it the topic itself? It's not clear.

GLASGOW HERALD 19 OCTOBER 1953 MODERATOR ENDS BUSY TOUR UNVEILING CEREMONY The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, the Right Rev. Professor J. Pitt-Watson, ended his tour of Ardrossan Presbytery yesterday when he preached at St. Cuthbert's, Saltcoats, unveiled the foundation...

Bonzo, Thanks for that information which I've been reading up on. Just to clarify things, certainly for me; Hitler, when a young boy and non-swimmer in the winter of 1894, appears to have been rescued from drowning, by another boy, Johann Kuehberger, who grew up to be a priest . Every day's a school...

Not to mention the huge pants; the laces whose length we used up by wrapping them round and round the boots (noticeable in the photo) - and which many of us washed between matches; and the cork studs. Happy days!

George, I think, has pointed you to the only place where an answer is likely to lie. Both fixtures were mid-week games, Wednesday and Friday respectively, and therefore neither the Evening Times nor the Glasgow Herald printed match reports with scorers which they might otherwise have done for 'Satur...

EVENING TIMES 4 OCTOBER 1955 WENT WITH EX-PRISONER TO BLOW OPEN SAFES A 17 year-old Kilmarnock youth who entered into a series of safe-blowing and theft exploits after "the shattering blow" of his mother's death, was put on probation for three years by Lord Guthrie at the High Court in Ayr...

GLASGOW HERALD
18 OCTOBER 1880

FOOTBALL
MATCHES PLAYED ON SATURDAY

Beith Burnside v. Ardeer (Stevenston)
Ayrshire Cup-Tie - On ground of the latter

The tie revested its favour of the Burnside by one goal to none. Goal kicked by J Walker.

While gathering material for the "This day in history" topic," I came across the following article in the 18 October 1955 edition of the Glasgow Herald. A different verdict by the jury might have dramatically changed the course of Scottish criminal history, with which the name PETER M...