Happy Birthday Jim.

GLASGOW HERALD 16 JUNE 1909 FATAL ACCIDENT Constable John Say, of Aberdeen City Police, who was seriously injured in consequence of being thrown from his bicylce over a steep embankment while cycling along a path between the Brig of Balgownie and the new Bridge of Don, near Aberdeen, on Monday, succ...

Thanks for letting us see the medal Lorn.

Ralph Coates, I guess. Sir Bobbt Charlton would be in the running too .

Was that his 'comb-over' ?

RAA, any other clues - a surname, a specific incident, anything?

The North Ayrshire Directory 1935/1936/1937 shows two families - Hollywood and Wales resident at 8 Arthur Street (the address may have been a common close or common landing).

Brian, I saw Puskas playing too, at Rugby Park. Kilmarnock played Real Madrid in the European Cup on the 17th November, 1965, securing a 2-2 draw before a crowd of 25,000. Bobby Ferguson, who lived in Hazel Avenue, Ardrossan, was the Kilmarnock goalie. My recollection of Puskas was that he had what ...

I was reading the 2 September 1914 edition of the Glasgow Herald today, and came across a match report which which indicated that CELTIC won the Budapest Cup, beating BURNLEY on their home ground. Personally, I had never heard of such a trophy, and, having then googled the following link, am more su...

I'm relaxed about the prospect but it did annoy me a wee bit, when, having watched the match build-up, the game itself, and the after-match hysteria for 3 hours, that the first 11 minutes of the BBC News immediately thereafter was devoted to the victory over Australia with no mention of the plight o...

Best wishes for a successful house move Susan.

If anyone has an interest in these family names there is a good quality photograph on page 16 of the 16 March 1933 edition of the Vancouver Sun, featuring Mrs Mary McColm, Mrs Erlandsen, Mrs R. Smallridge, and Dickie Smallridge. THe photograph was taken in Ardrossan when the Smallridge family were v...

Happy birthday Sandra.