Where is or was Cuddy Park? and what is a Cuddy

Hi george the only two names I know of joe dodds did his father have a buisness in town I thought joiners I knew an Ian Breckinbridge dont know if there is any link, my uncle jimmy lived at th top of winton street by the rovers park the puffer lived in the same close, jimmy had a step son called du...

Hi george I am a wee bit younger but I remember the old turn table I think a few generations of Ardrossan kids had a lot of fun with the turntable I remember there was a signal box a short distance away behind the old tin garage I think (hoppertons ) our wee gang got under the signal box a found so...

Hiy'all I remember the Caley turn table, one memory was jumping into the pit and finding myself "up to my knees in "Puddocks" [toads] Stephen King could not have portrayed a more nightmarish scenario! I jumped as high as my scream! The bloody things kept breeding in there, but couldn...

Hugh your dead right i do remember the Turntable on the old Callie railway, we had lots of fun on that thing. all the gang would push the tyrntable untill we had it spinning as fast as possable then jump on.as it slowed down we would jump off and start pushing it back up to speed. Thats when the acc...

Hi Jimmy, Very interested in your acticle on Ardrossan ship yard strike1912/13. Three generations of my family worked in the shipyards all in Engineering, My brother Ian my Father Robert and i believe my Grandfather George was there at that time, maybe the book you talk about will help fill in a few...

Hi Hugh thanks for the information on Iona Cottage, This Cottage was definatly in Ardrossan, and it could well be one of the ones you mention. I just wonder when those cottages were built on Egington Road { the place you suggest} I have an old map of Ardrossan dated 1856 and the last house coming up...

I am researching my family tree and i have a problem? My grandfather George Fleming who lived in Princess Lanne Ardrossan. married a girl called Isabella Storrar in 1897. Isa { as she was called} Father was Robert Storrar and he had a Pub in Ardrossan called { The Ardrossan Rest} Now the problem is ...

Hi George. Glad to see you writing to the group. and pleased to see the Mcc photos Keep writing. Robert says Hi. Best Wishes. Ellen. Hi Ellen Robert, hope you are both keeping well, just started contributing to this great site and to be quite honest i am not quite sure what i am doing, just muddeli...

Hugh in the article disscusing ardrossan bypass,windfarm and knockjardon you mentioned a plane crash, but were not sure if it was true. well it is true, but the plane crashed into the busbie dam. One year when the water in the dam was very low the plane could be seen sticking out of the mud opposite...

Hi i am new to the Forum, and ejoying it very much, lots of the articles bring back old memories of growing up in Ardrossan. I do remember Wee Pal and feerless, great characters. But dose any one remember Barrel Clark. another great Worthie, Barrel was quite small and wore very thick glasses, his sp...