Ardrossan - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
21 MAY 1957

DEATH

WHITEFORD: Peacefully at Arden, Portencross Road, West Kilbride, on the 19th of May, 1957. The Rev. ROBERT WHITEFORD, minister emeritus of Park Church, Ardrossan.

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GLASGOW HERALD
21 MAY 1885

DEATH

HILLCOAT: At Ardrossan, on the 17th instant, aged 71, JANET HILLCOAT.

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GLASGOW HERALD
21 MAY 1889

THEFT

At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court yesterday, ARCHIBALD McLEAN, a vagrant labourer pleaded guilty to the theft of two ducks from the Holm Plantation, near South Beach Station, Ardrossan, on the 17th instant, and having been previously convicted was sentenced to 30 days’ imprisonment.

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GLASGOW HERALD
21 MAY 1889

SERIOUS CHARGE OF ASSAULT

At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court yesterday, JAMES TAYLOR, shoemaker, Montgomerie Lane, Ardrossan, pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife in his own home on the 18th instant, and having been previously convicted was sentenced to 30 days’ imprisonment.

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GLASGOW HERALD
22 MAY 1889

ARDROSSAN – DROWNED WHILE BATHING

Yesterday, shortly before one o’clock, a navvy named JOHN GREEN, aged 19, a native of London, went into bathe behind Montgomerie Pier. The shore is sandy and safe for bathing on but at this particular place it is supposed he fell into a rut or hole made by a dredger, and being unable to swim sank.

The body was recovered about an hour afterwards.

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GLASGOW HERALD
19 MAY 1937

PORT ALMOST IDLE
ARDROSSAN DOCKERS AND CRANE MEN ON STRIKE

The dockers and cranemen, etc., at Ardrossan Harbour, are on strike, and the port is idle except for the Belfast steamer berth.

Mr Joseph Houghton, docks group secretary of the Transport and General Workers’ Union, address a meeting of the men yesterday. Mr Houghton states that the men have come out principally on what is known as the Lanarkshire-ore demand on scheduled rates.

At yesterday’s meeting the men unanimously decided to remain out pending Mr Houghton’s return from London on Friday, when a further meeting will be held and the whole position considered on a report to be submitted by him.

Several steamers have left the harbour for other ports and some have been diverted.

GLASGOW HERALD
20 MAY 1937

DOCKERS' STRIKE AT ARDROSSAN
SHIPS DIVERTED FROM PORT

So far about 13 ships with their cargoes have been diverted from the port as a result of the strike of Ardrossan dockers.

About 180 men are affected by the stoppage.

GLASGOW HERALD
22 MAY 1937

HOPES OF SETTLEMENT IN ARDROSSAN STRIKE

In connection with the Ardrossan dockers’ strike a meeting of the men was addressed by Mr Joseph Houghton, docks group secretary of the Transport and General Workers’ Union.

It was unanimously decided to remain on strike pending the joint meeting to be held on Monday between representatives of the management, the union, and the Government.

Following the men’s meeting last night Mr Houghton stated that there were hopes of a settlement being reached on Monday and of a restart being made on Tuesday.

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GLASGOW HERALD
22 MAY 1888

ARDROSSAN INDEPENDENT CHURCH

On Sunday opening services were conducted in the above church, when large audiences attended at all diets, and a liberal collection was taken to defray the expense of repairs in the church.

Rev. Dr. Bowman, of Greenock, preached in the morning and evening, and Rev. Robert McQueen, Glasgow, in the afternoon.

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GLASGOW HERALD
21 MAY 1885

DEATH

HILLCOAT: At Ardrossan, on the 17th instant, aged 71, JANET HILLCOAT.

ARDROSSAN & SALTCOATS HERALD
22 MAY 1885

DEATH

JANET HILLCOAT, 71 years, 170 Glasgow Street, Ardrossan.

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GLASGOW HERALD
23 MAY 1908

TERRITORIAL FORCE
PROGRESS OF ENLISTMENT

The Ardrossan Company of the Ayr and Galloway Field Artillery is not growing so rapidly as was expected at first.

The enlistments to date only number 35.

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GLASGOW HERALD
23 MAY 1900

ARDROSSAN AND BELFAST DAYLIGHT SERVICE

It will be observed from our advertising columns that Messrs Burns’s popular Royal Mail steamship ADDER is announced to make the initial excursion of the season on the Queen’s Birthday (tomorrow), and that the daily daylight service will commence on Saturday, 1 June.

The train connections and hours of sailing, which in past years have been found so convenient will be the same as formerly.

Passengers leave Glasgow (Central) at 9.7 a.m., Ardrossan at 10 a.m., and reach Belfast at 2 p.m., returning from Belfast at 4 p.m., and due to arrive back in Glasgow again at 9.30 p.m.

The tourist and excursion arrangements by this excellent service, which has long been so popular an institution between Ardrossan and Belfast, have been extended and improved for the coming season with the view of opening up many beautiful and interesting holiday resorts in the north of Ireland.

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GLASGOW HERALD
24 MAY 1852

BIRTH

At Glasgow Street, Ardrossan, on the 22nd instant, Mrs William Robertson; a daughter.

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GLASGOW HERALD
19 MAY 1937

PORT ALMOST IDLE
ARDROSSAN DOCKERS AND CRANE MEN ON STRIKE

The dockers and cranemen, etc., at Ardrossan Harbour, are on strike, and the port is idle except for the Belfast steamer berth.

Mr Joseph Houghton, docks group secretary of the Transport and General Workers’ Union, address a meeting of the men yesterday. Mr Houghton states that the men have come out principally on what is known as the Lanarkshire-ore demand on scheduled rates.

At yesterday’s meeting the men unanimously decided to remain out pending Mr Houghton’s return from London on Friday, when a further meeting will be held and the whole position considered on a report to be submitted by him.

Several steamers have left the harbour for other ports and some have been diverted.

GLASGOW HERALD
20 MAY 1937

DOCKERS' STRIKE AT ARDROSSAN
SHIPS DIVERTED FROM PORT

So far about 13 ships with their cargoes have been diverted from the port as a result of the strike of Ardrossan dockers.

About 180 men are affected by the stoppage.

GLASGOW HERALD
22 MAY 1937

HOPES OF SETTLEMENT IN ARDROSSAN STRIKE

In connection with the Ardrossan dockers’ strike a meeting of the men was addressed by Mr Joseph Houghton, docks group secretary of the Transport and General Workers’ Union.

It was unanimously decided to remain on strike pending the joint meeting to be held on Monday between representatives of the management, the union, and the Government.

Following the men’s meeting last night Mr Houghton stated that there were hopes of a settlement being reached on Monday and of a restart being made on Tuesday.

GLASGOW HERALD
25 MAY 1937

ARDROSSAN DOCKERS’ STRIKE

No settlement of the Ardrossan dockers’ strike was arrived at yesterday.

The joint meeting lasted from 11.30 a.m. till nearly 9.30 p.m.

At a meeting of the men afterwards a report was submitted, and they decided to hold a mass meeting tomorrow morning.