From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on April 11, 2012 [/i] 100 YEARS AGO on April 5, 1912 The budget submitted by Mr Lloyd George on Tuesday - his fourth successive statement - was a plain unvarnished tale of the country's marvellous prosperity and encouraging prospe...

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on March, 28, 2012 [/i] 150 YEARS AGO on March, 1862 A ewe belonging to Mr William Crawford, Campbelton Farm, West Kilbride, dropped four lambs. This is the third ewe this season belonging to the same gentleman which has had four l...

Hi Sam,

Happy birthday, hope you had a great time on your special day.

Just for fun - perhaps even educational. :roll: 1. Who is the present Prime Minister of the UK? Keir Starmer 2. What is a protective crust over a healing wound called? A scab 3. Created in Scotland, rugby sevens was first played in which year: 1883,1933 or 1983? 1883 4. What followed the Bronze Age...

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on March, 21, 2012 [/i] 150 YEARS AGO on March 1862 Stevenston has formed a cricket club, who will take part in games with Ardrossan and Saltcoats clubs formed the previous year. There is a very sensible movement on foot in Saltcoa...

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on March, 14, 2012 [/i] 150 YEARS AGO on March, 1862 Mr Samuel Hunter read a practical and interesting essay on printing at the meeting of Ardrossan Library Society. A savings bank has been opened at Kilwinning Post Office. Deposit...

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on March, 7, 2012 [/i] 50 YEARS AGO on March 9, 1962 Centenarian Mrs Annie Ness from Saltcoats, spent a quiet afternoon at home last Saturday while new municipal gardens, named in her honour, were officially opened by one of her da...

https://i.imgur.com/Yh26Unv.jpg Source Frona Macpherson This is the class of 1922/23 at Eglinton School. I only know two people, my godmother Margaret Davis is 5th from the left on the 2nd row from the bottom and my mother Frances Miller is on the same row, 4th from the right. She was the dux at Eg...

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on February 29, 2012 [/i] 150 YEARS AGO on March, 1862 The weather has been of the most inclement kind - snow, frost, sleet and rain. The cottage in Melbourne Terrace, Saltcoats, belonging to Mrs William Brown was set up at public ...

Miss Wilson's Primary 4 class 1962/63. Source: Frona Macpherson. L to R Back row: Tommy Hughes, Gordon Woods, (??) James McIsaac, George McIntyre, Robert Wilson. 2nd row: Sam McCallum, Gordon(?) Ferguson, Tommy Thornton, Alastair Muir, Andrew Manson, Sandy Barbour, David Gibb, Robin Findlay, Robert...

Just for fun - perhaps even educational. :roll: 1. What year did the UK change to decimal currency? 1971 (15th February) 2. Until its division in the 1990s,what was the capital of Yugoslavia? Belgrade 3. Which popular board game gets its name from the Latin for 'I play'? Ludo 4. Don Adams played Ag...

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on February 22, 2012 [/i] 150 YEARS AGO on February, 1862 Barr and Shearer, Ardrossan, launched from their shipbuilding yard a schooner of 100 tons burthen. She was named the 'Maria McMillan' and was build for local people. Saltcoa...