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by Hughie
Mon Feb 17, 2025 3:07 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Happy birthday - Bonzo
Replies: 8
Views: 107

Happy birthday - Bonzo

Happy birthday, Ian. Enjoy your special day. 🎂 :hi:

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by Hughie
Sat Feb 15, 2025 12:05 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Looking Back - Herald files
Replies: 391
Views: 381881

Re: Looking Back - Herald files

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on September 5, 2012 [/i] 150 YEARS AGO on November 23 1862 When Ardrossan Harbour employees were returning last night after saving the cargo of the schooner "Osprey", now on the rocks near the Eagle Craig, one of the gau...
by Hughie
Thu Feb 13, 2025 1:00 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Happy birthday - McAuley
Replies: 6
Views: 115

Happy birthday - McAuley

McAuley seems to be my sign on name. My Name is Anne (McLelland ) McBride
Happy birthday, Anne. Hope you have a great birthday. :) 🎂

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by Hughie
Thu Feb 13, 2025 12:53 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY - ELLEN YOUNG
Replies: 6
Views: 136

Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY - ELLEN YOUNG

Thanks for that Penny. Wishing her all the best. 🎂
by Hughie
Sat Feb 08, 2025 10:55 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Looking Back - Herald files
Replies: 391
Views: 381881

Re: Looking Back - Herald files

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on August 29, 2012 [/i] 100 YEARS AGO on August 15, 1902 TWO and a half columns of space in our issue from this date is devoted to a description of the Coronation of King Edward the First of Scotland and Seventh of England and acco...
by Hughie
Fri Feb 07, 2025 11:26 am
Forum: Family Research (Genealogy) - Guest Posting Allowed.
Topic: Poor Applications - Stevenston
Replies: 0
Views: 383

Poor Applications - Stevenston

Below is an extract from our earlier archived threetowners.com website in 2002. That original archived site is not available to iphones and the like as it's in html format - hence this work around below. Those with desktops / laptops can go direct to the actual archived page at: https://web.archive....
by Hughie
Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:48 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Happy birthday - Glenshena
Replies: 9
Views: 374

Happy birthday - Glenshena

Happy birthday, Jean. Hope you have a lovely day on this your birthday. 🎂 //perfect

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by Hughie
Sat Feb 01, 2025 1:03 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: ww2 bomber in Saltcoats harbour
Replies: 25
Views: 22345

Re: ww2 bomber in Saltcoats harbour

Just a heads up on this article in the following Looking Back topic under: 50 YEARS AGO on August 10, 1962 A piece of aeroplane was caught in the net of a fishing boat while the vessel was operating off Saltcoats recently. The boat made for Ardrossan where it was discovered that the net was badly ho...
by Hughie
Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:47 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Looking Back - Herald files
Replies: 391
Views: 381881

Re: Looking Back - Herald files

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on August 22, 2012 [/i] 150 YEARS AGO on August, 1862 Herring fishing from Ardrossan and Saltcoats Harbours-Number of boats-Tuesday 13; Wednesday 11: Thursday 10; Friday 21. Catches went from twenty-one hundred to thirty-two hundre...
by Hughie
Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:44 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Trivia Quiz - 100
Replies: 5
Views: 482

Trivia Quiz - 100

Just for fun - perhaps even educational. :roll: 1. What colour is the Taj Mahal? white 2. Who wears the "fisherman's ring"? The Pope 3. Which piece must a chess player checkmate to win a game? The King 4. What was the name of the first nuclear submarine? Nautilus 5. What was the name of t...
by Hughie
Sun Jan 26, 2025 10:50 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Happy Birthday Hughie
Replies: 13
Views: 1352

Re: Happy Birthday Hughie

mcgrattan wrote: Sat Jan 25, 2025 11:43 am Very best wishes to you, Hughie.

Tom McGrattan
Thanks for all the help you've given us over the years, Tom. So much appreciated. :hi:
Hughie
by Hughie
Sun Jan 26, 2025 11:07 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Happy birthday - Seasider59
Replies: 6
Views: 686

Happy birthday - Seasider59

Hope you have a great day, Seasider. You're sharing it with Australia day. :) 🎂

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