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EVENING TIMES
21 DECEMBER 1966

RADIO SCOTLAND TRIAL FIXED

Evidence will be brought from the Bahamas for the Radio Scotland trial, which was today fixed for Ayr Sheriff Court on March 13.

The charge is that on September 14, on a hulk moored in the Firth of Clyde near Lady Isle, in the Parish of Dundonald, Ayrshire, being in territorial waters adjacent to the United Kingdom, they used apparatus for wireless telegraphy, namely a transmitter, without having the authority of a licence granted by the Postmaster General.

When the trial was fixed for March 13 a crowd of over 20 people who had been listening to the proceedings filed out of the court.

These included long-haired, fur-coated, STUART HENRY, and actress KATIE GARDNER.

GLASGOW HERALD
14 MARCH 1967

RADIO SCOTLAND OWNERS FINED £80 – DIRECTOR CLEARED
COMET LEAVES CLYDE FOR EAST COAST

The proprietors of Radio Scotland, the pirate radio station which has been transmitting from a ship in the Firth of Clyde, were fined £80 at Ayr Sheriff Court yesterday when they admitted charges of transmitting from within territorial waters without a licence.

A plea of not guilty on behalf of Thomas V. Shields, aged 45, Barriston House, Milton of Campsie, Stirlingshire, the managing director, in respect of a similar charge was accepted by the procurator-fiscal and Mr. Shields was discharged.

Mr. Shields left the court at the end of the hearing to board the ship, which is to be moved from off the Ayrshire coast to its original mooring off Dunbar, outside territorial waters, so that transmission may continue.

[Meg]

This article sparked a memory. :

Just off the coast, no far fae Troon
There lies a bonny wee boat
Though it's nothing grand to look at
It's the proudest ship afloat
It's the home of Radio Scotland and it's every Scotsman's Pride
'Cause through the day and through the night it broadcasts nation wide

Oh Radio Scotland's playing just for you
So beat the ban and join the clan
On Radio 242

I even went to a Clan Ball in the Castle Craigs when Peter and Gordon topped the bill.


Thanks for finding this PT

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Oh Radio Scotland's playing just for you
So beat the ban and join the clan
On Radio 242

Meg,

I still sing the 'catchy' ending to myself after all these years - but I think it ends - "On Station 242"?

[Meg]

Oh Radio Scotland's playing just for you
So beat the ban and join the clan
On Radio 242

Meg,

I still sing the 'catchy' ending to myself after all these years - but I think it ends - "On Station 242"?

You're right PT, I didn't think Radio was right, Station is a much better fit.

Keep singing

Meg

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GLASGOW HERALD
17 MARCH 1858

FATAL ACCIDENT AT ARRAN

On Friday the 12th instant, JOHN HUNTER, aged 22 years of age, belonging to Arran, met with a fatal accident in the lime quarries at Corrie. He had gone to work at the usual time along with his father and another young man. About 7 a.m. – an hour after – a large mass of loose stones and dirt fell upon him, catching the tools of the men alongside but doing them no injury; the young man’s right leg, however, was found to be broken, and his body severely injured internally.

After being taken home, he lingered upwards of an hour, expiring before medical aid could arrive.

We believe no blame is attached to anyone.

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EVENING TIMES
22 MARCH 1958

TALK OF THE TIMES

The Royal Automobile Club’s first patrolette in Scotland – patrolette what an appalling word – has just been appointed.

Miss Mary Robertson will carry out her duties in Largs, and in due course will be equipped with a Vespa motor scooter to enable her to tour the surrounding district.

Although Liverpool born this latest recruit to the R.A.C.’s new corps of feminine patrols is by no means a newcomer to Scotland.

During the war Miss Robertson was evacuated to Ardrossan, and, in the course of her career as a hotel receptionist and milk recorder with the Milk Marketing Board, lived at various times at Stonehouse, Wishaw, Larkhall, Crossford, and Bridge of Allan.

She will be in charge of the R.A.C. mobile office at the municipal car park in Largs, which opens for the summer season at Easter.

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GLASGOW HERALD
16 APRIL 1920

GERMAN GUN

Kilwinning Town Council at their meeting yesterday were notified of the arrival of a German gun consigned to the burgh.

Several members opposed accepting custody of the gun but ultimately it was decided by five votes to three to arrange for a site in the public park.

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GLASGOW HERALD
20 APRIL 1925

HILLSIDE RESERVOIR BURSTS
DISASTER AT CLYDE COAST RESORT
FIVE LIVES LOST IN FLOOD
TRAIL OF HAVOC TO THE SEA

Five deaths and extensive destruction of property was caused by the bursting of a reservoir on Saturday afternoon at Skelmorlie, the quiet and picturesque village in the north-west corner of Ayrshire, immediately to the south of Wemyss Bay.

The disaster was quick and cataclysmic. No warning was given of its imminence and the victims of the calamity met their deaths in less than ten minutes from the first burst of water from the reservoir.

A lady and four children, while in the apparent safety of their homes, were trapped by the flood and drowned.

Three of the victims were in a house near the reservoir, which was completely demolished. The lady, the wife of a well-known Greenock businessman, met her death in a heroic but unsuccessful attempt to rescue her niece.

The water rushed with irresistible force down the precipitous hill on which Skelmorlie is built, uprooting trees, breaking down buildings and garden walls, and flooding many of the houses. Motor cars from wrecked garages were carried down by the flood, and great havoc was done to the public roads over which the torrent passed. Several of the roads in the neighbourhood have meantime been closed to traffic.

Skelmorlie is situated on the Eglinton estate, and the reservoir involved in the disaster, which was constructed 47 years ago, is the lower of two built by the estate to supply the village with water. It is fed from the higher reservoir, and has a normal capacity of about 3,500,000 gallons.

NAMES OF VICTIMS

The names of the victims are:-

Mrs ADAM, wife of Mr. P. B. H. Adam, (agent for Messrs Younger, brewers, Alloa), Taymouth, Skelmorlie.

URSULA SCOTT, 14 years, niece of Mrs. Adam, who belonged to Edinburgh.

ALEXANDER NIVEN DALLAS, 7½ years, and FREDERICK DALLAS, 5 years, sons of Mr. Alexander Dallas, Birchburn, Skelmorlie.

WINIFRED MARY MENHENNET, 8 years, 171 Brand Street, Ibrox, Glasgow.

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GLASGOW HERALD
20 APRIL 1925

HILLSIDE RESERVOIR BURSTS
DISASTER AT CLYDE COAST RESORT
FIVE LIVES LOST IN FLOOD
TRAIL OF HAVOC TO THE SEA

Five deaths and extensive destruction of property was caused by the bursting of a reservoir on Saturday afternoon at Skelmorlie, the quiet and picturesque village in the north-west corner of Ayrshire, immediately to the south of Wemyss Bay.

The disaster was quick and cataclysmic. No warning was given of its imminence and the victims of the calamity met their deaths in less than ten minutes from the first burst of water from the reservoir.

A lady and four children, while in the apparent safety of their homes, were trapped by the flood and drowned.

Three of the victims were in a house near the reservoir, which was completely demolished. The lady, the wife of a well-known Greenock businessman, met her death in a heroic but unsuccessful attempt to rescue her niece.

The water rushed with irresistible force down the precipitous hill on which Skelmorlie is built, uprooting trees, breaking down buildings and garden walls, and flooding many of the houses. Motor cars from wrecked garages were carried down by the flood, and great havoc was done to the public roads over which the torrent passed. Several of the roads in the neighbourhood have meantime been closed to traffic.

Skelmorlie is situated on the Eglinton estate, and the reservoir involved in the disaster, which was constructed 47 years ago, is the lower of two built by the estate to supply the village with water. It is fed from the higher reservoir, and has a normal capacity of about 3,500,000 gallons.

NAMES OF VICTIMS

The names of the victims are:-

Mrs ADAM, wife of Mr. P. B. H. Adam, (agent for Messrs Younger, brewers, Alloa), Taymouth, Skelmorlie.

URSULA SCOTT, 14 years, niece of Mrs. Adam, who belonged to Edinburgh.

ALEXANDER NIVEN DALLAS, 7½ years, and FREDERICK DALLAS, 5 years, sons of Mr. Alexander Dallas, Birchburn, Skelmorlie.

WINIFRED MARY MENHENNET, 8 years, 171 Brand Street, Ibrox, Glasgow.

GLASGOW HERALD
21 APRIL 1925

BURST DAM
AFTERMATH OF RUIN AT SKELMORLIE
BODY OF FIFTH VICTIM RECOVERED

The body of Miss URSULA SCOTT, (14), Edinburgh, the fifth victim of the reservoir disaster, was found about half-past ten yesterday.

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GLASGOW HERALD
22 APRIL 1905

THE NEW JOINT SMALLPOX HOSPITAL FOR AYRSHIRE

The new joint smallpox hospital which is being erected near Kilwinning for the Northern District of the County Council and the authorities of Irvine, Kilwinning, Saltcoats, Ardrossan, Largs, and Stevenston, is to cost £3600 without equipment.

The buildings which are being erected to plans by Messrs J. & J. Armour, Irvine, will consist of the (1) administrative department, (2) ward block, and (3) offices.

The whole buildings are to be of brick, with roughcast, and there are facilities for proper drainage, water supply, and lighting.

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GLASGOW HERALD
23 APRIL 1917

DEATH ON SERVICE

HYNDMAN: Died on 12th inst., of wounds, Arthur Lewis, private, Yeomanry (attached Gordons), aged 42, youngest son of the late, H. C. Hyndman, and of Mrs. Hyndman, Springside, West Kilbride.

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GLASGOW HERALD
24 APRIL 1925

A NEW HOGARTH LINER

Messrs Lithgows (Limited), Port Glasgow, launched yesterday the cargo steamer BARON BELHAVEN, which they have built for Messrs H Hogarth and Sons of Ardrossan and Glasgow.

The vessel which is 433 feet in length, 57 feet in breadth, 32 feet in depth and of 7000 tons gross will have triple-expansion engines by Messrs David Rowan and Co., Glasgow.