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by Hughie
Sat Dec 07, 2024 8:29 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Looking Back - Herald files
Replies: 381
Views: 360406

Re: Looking Back - Herald files

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on June 13, 2012 [/i] 150 YEARS AGO on June, 1862 A newly hatched chicken at Kilwinning, though dead, had four wings, four legs, two backbones and one head. The small ratepayers met in the Schoolhouse, Stevenston, to elect five mem...
by Hughie
Sun Dec 01, 2024 10:29 pm
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Auchenharvie miners token
Replies: 6
Views: 3689

Re: Auchenharvie miners token

romannose wrote: Wed Nov 28, 2018 9:19 pm My wife has a gold inscribed medal awarded to her great grandfather for part he played in rescuing miners trapped in aucvenharvie pit disaster
Here's a list of those who were presented with this medal and also an image of the medal
by Hughie
Sun Dec 01, 2024 12:29 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Trivia Quiz - 98
Replies: 6
Views: 471

Trivia Quiz - 98

Just for fun - perhaps even educational. :roll: 1. Miami is a port in which American state? Florida 2. Where did Margaret Thatcher survive a bomb attack in 1984? Brighton (Grand Hotel) 3. An 11-year-old boy takes up ballet instead of boxing - what's the title of the film? Billy Elliot 4. Which body...
by Hughie
Sun Dec 01, 2024 12:12 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Auchenharvie miners token
Replies: 6
Views: 3689

Re: Auchenharvie miners token

See update to first post: Here
by Hughie
Sat Nov 30, 2024 12:05 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Looking Back - Herald files
Replies: 381
Views: 360406

Re: Looking Back - Herald files

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on June 6, 2012 [/i] 150 YEARS AGO on May 1862 The crops of the South of Arran are in a state of advancement considerably beyond anything seen in other parts of the country. A park of ryegrass, belonging to Captain Neill, was 33 in...
by Hughie
Fri Nov 29, 2024 9:52 pm
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Happy Birthday Penny Tray
Replies: 12
Views: 3598

Re: Happy Birthday Penny Tray

All the best for your birthday, PT. Enjoy your special day! 🎂😃

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by Hughie
Mon Nov 25, 2024 1:16 am
Forum: Sports
Topic: Winton Rover 1983
Replies: 0
Views: 506

Winton Rover 1983

Daily Record November 11, 1983 Juniors - Game of Family Fortunes In soccer terms, brothers Gordon and lan McQueen are thousand leagues apart. Gordon's home is Old Trafford where the former Scotland centre-half is enjoying a sparkling career revival with Manchester United. Ian's football role, howev...
by Hughie
Sat Nov 23, 2024 12:08 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Looking Back - Herald files
Replies: 381
Views: 360406

Re: Looking Back - Herald files

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on May 23, 2012 [/i] 150 YEARS AGO on May 1862 The property belonging to Mr Hugh Stirling, painter at Dockhead Street, Saltcoats, was purchased by Mr John Grimwood, Postmaster, for £140. Two samples of new potatoes were shown to th...
by Hughie
Sat Nov 16, 2024 1:31 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Looking Back - Herald files
Replies: 381
Views: 360406

Re: Looking Back - Herald files

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on May 16, 2012 [/i] 150 Years Ago May 1862 No files were published on this date 150 years ago. 100 YEARS AGO on May 1912 No files were published on this date 100 years ago. 50 YEARS AGO on May 11, 1962 An article in this month's '...
by Hughie
Sat Nov 16, 2024 1:27 am
Forum: McBlether's Lounge
Topic: Not the THREETOWNS but close
Replies: 461
Views: 231330

Re: Not the THREETOWNS but close

Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette November 16, 1951 6 Hens - 1359 Eggs At a luncheon held in the Central Hotel, Glasgow, on Friday, 9th November, 1951, the prize-winners in the Third BOCM Scottish Hen Battery Laying Trials and the Third BOCM Scottish Litter Recording Competition were presented...
by Hughie
Sat Nov 09, 2024 1:12 am
Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
Topic: Looking Back - Herald files
Replies: 381
Views: 360406

Re: Looking Back - Herald files

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on May 9, 2012 [/i] 150 YEARS AGO on May, 1862 For a full two hours à dense cloud, charged with electricity, hung over the sea stretching from Stevenston to Ardrossan, and during that time there was perhaps the most magnificent dis...
by Hughie
Thu Nov 07, 2024 9:14 pm
Forum: Schools - The Schools we attended
Topic: ST MARYS PRIMARY 1965 1966
Replies: 1
Views: 536

Re: ST MARYS PRIMARY 1965 1966

Welcome to threetowners, Dominio. Lovely photo. Any further details would be appreciated. This was my mother's old school. :puter