GLASGOW HERALD
18 MAY 1914

DEATH - McMEEKIN

At Bankside, South Beach Avenue, Ardrossan, on 16th May, 1914, Margaret McCallum, in her 82nd year, relict of Samuel McMeekin, tailor and clothier, late of Dalrymple and Ayr.

GLASGOW HERALD
18 MAY 1910

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - RITCHIE and GILFILLAN

Mrs Ritchie and Mrs Gilfillan return thanks for the many kind expressions of sympathy received in their recent bereavement - Ontario, Cottage, Saltcoats.

GLASGOW HERALD
18 MAY 1865

MARRIAGE – PHILP and MENZIES

At 4 East Broughton Place, Edinburgh, by the Rev. George Philp, Saltcoats, Mr Thomas Philp, to Jane, youngest daughter of Robert Menzies, Esquire, Craighton, Kinross.

GLASGOW HERALD 18 MAY 1855 TO MASONS AND WRIGHTS Tenders will be received from competent contractors for the erection of the proposed new R.C. Church and Clergyman’s dwelling house, intended to be built at Saltcoats, Ayrshire, according to plans, elevations, and sections, &c., by John Stirling B...

GLASGOW HERALD 18 MAY 1876 THE THAMES CONSERVATORS AT THE BRITISH DYNAMITE WORKS The Conservators of the Thames, at present in Scotland, paid a visit yesterday to the works of the company at Ardeer for the purpose of witnessing the process of manufacturing dynamite, and a series of experiments desig...

GLASGOW HERALD 17 MAY 1912 ARDROSSAN PARISH COUNCIL MEETING At a meeting of Ardrossan Parish Council in Saltcoats, Dr. MacDonald was appointed medical officer for the district of New Ardrossan, and Dr. William Turner, Saltcoats, for the district of Old Ardrossan. A report was submitted by the Inspec...

GLASGOW HERALD 17 MAY 1883 THEFT At the pleading diet of a Sheriff and Jury Court at Kilmarnock yesterday, the following case was disposed of: - Elizabeth McDonald or Hamilton, a notorious thief, who has been frequently convicted, on one occasion being sentenced at the Circuit Court to seven years’ ...

GLASGOW HERALD
17 MAY 1867

DEATH - McDONNELL

At 9 South Crescent, Ardrossan, on the 15th instant, Thomas McDonnell, senior, Esquire.

GLASGOW HERALD
17 MAY 1866

DEATH - BROWN

At Parkend, Saltcoats, on the 16th instant, Robert Erskine, aged 67 years, third son of the late William Brown, Esquire.

GLASGOW HERALD
17 MAY 1861

DEATH - MILLER

At Saracen’s Head Inn, Saltcoats, on the 12th instant, Mary Miller, for nearly thirty years the faithful servant of Mr Alexander Campbell there.

GLASGOW HERALD 17 MAY 1913 STRIKE AT NOBEL'S - 3000 EMPLOYEES IDLE - DEMAND FOR INCREASED WAGES The agitation among the employees in Nobel's Explosives Works at Ardeer culminated yesterday in a strike which affected all departments of the factory, and brought operations to a standstill. There are ab...

GLASGOW HERALD 17 MAY 1887 SALTCOATS COMPANY 1ST AYRSHIRE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS versus ‘A’ COMPANY 3rd RENFREWSHIRE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS This shooting match took place on Saturday at the range of the former at Ardeer . The weather was fine, with the exception of a smart shower about five o’clock, but a gutsy...