Ayrshire Post July 6, 1883 Narrow Escape From Drowning On Monday night a boy named Hugh Gray, about five years of age, while amusing himself with a fishing line at the quay wall, was pushed over by another boy. The tide at the time was nearly full, and the little fellow was in imminent danger. Mr W...

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on January 30, 2013 [/i] 150 YEARS AGO on January, 1863 MR McGowan, Saltcoats, a gentleman of considerable nautical experience, has been appointed commander of a new ship built at West Hartlepool for the Calcutta. A SOUP kitchen ha...

The Londonderry Standard July 3, 1846 Notice - Great Cattle Sale Ardrossan IN consequence of the great Cattle Fair at Ardrossan being on TUESDAY, 7th instant, the ISABELLA NAPIER will Sail from the Wharf on MONDAY next, 6th JULY, at 6 o'clock, P.M., so as to accommodate Shippers, and persons desiro...

Just for fun - perhaps even educational. :roll: 1. What is the national sport of Japan? Sumo wrestling 2. What is the world’s best-selling stout beer? Guinness 3. What is the chemical element with the symbol Fe? Iron 4. Which day of the week does the Jewish Sabbath begin? Friday 5. Name this song f...

The Irvine Herald June 30, 1877 Ardrossan - Charge Against Cattle Dealers At the Police Court, Ardrossan, on Saturday-before Provost Barr and Bailies Currie and Hogarth - Wm. Wilson, jun., and James Wilson, sen., cattle dealers, West Kilbride, were charged with the crime of theft or fraud. The comp...

I remember him well, he was quiet man. I didn't know he was a woodworking teacher at Ardrossan Academy. He certainly was my woodwork teacher along with Mr Thompson at Ardrossan Eglinton school during the mid-1950s.
RIP Smiler!

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on January 23, 2013 [/i] 150 YEARS AGO on January, 1863 NEW coal field: There is great activity at the Auchenharvie Coal Works, Saltcoats. The engine has been erected and there is a stalk 60 feet high. DALRY Military Ball: The civi...

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on January 16, 2013 [/i] 150 YEARS AGO on March, January, 1863 ON New Year's Day, mid-day prayer meetings were held held in Countess Street U.P. Church Saltcoats and in the New Independent Church. In the evening a prayer meeting wa...

The Rockets which were ship distress rockets were being set off from the roof of the wee shelter up the the top of the hill. Here you can see the area of this tragic story. Bottom of image is the 'wee shelter' as mentioned in George Fleming's post above. And the round patch on the ground across fro...

Found it! In August 2000 I posted the following - we were an emailing group at the time: See this link. At that time there was also a square building without a roof about 75 -100 feet from the castle in a north Easterly direction. I'm pretty sure the inside walls were whitewashed and it was not the...

All fixed, I think! late Saturday night here and sleep is calling.

The following applied for poor relief from the Parish at Kilwinning. These were kindly transcribed by Mairi Frew from Stevenston. They are but a few. The Poor Relief Applications 1839 - 1925 for Kilwinning are on microfilm and can be viewed at Ardrossan Library. (At the time of the original post 20...