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- Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:15 pm
- Forum: Schools - The Schools we attended
- Topic: Ardeer School - New Headmaster
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Ardeer School - New Headmaster
Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette February 17, 1950 Ardeer School - New Headmaster Mr Thomas Y. Hamilton, of 26 West Doura Avenue, Saltcoats, has been selected from a short leet of two to be the headmaster of Ardeer Public School, Stevenston. Mr Hamilton, who is aged 44 and married, has been a...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:20 am
- Forum: Family Research (Genealogy) - Guest Posting Allowed.
- Topic: Plantation's Descendants Return Home?
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- Views: 669
Plantation's Descendants Return Home?
Born in Ireland but living in Southwest Scotland during the 1851 Census - probably fled the Irish Famine C1846. I compiled these for my family's surname while looking for my ancestor's arrival in Scotland - he arrived later, though his brother James is listed here at Dundonald. Compiled prior to th...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:04 am
- Forum: McBlether's Lounge
- Topic: Happy birthday - McAuley
- Replies: 5
- Views: 726
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:58 am
- Forum: McBlether's Lounge
- Topic: Happy birthday - ellenyoung31
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1162
Re: Happy birthday - ellenyoung31
Thanks, Penny. We all miss her.
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:34 am
- Forum: McBlether's Lounge
- Topic: Happy birthday - ellenyoung31
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1162
Happy birthday - ellenyoung31
Thinking of you on your birthday, Ellen. Hope all is well with you.
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:20 am
- Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
- Topic: Looking Back - Herald files
- Replies: 345
- Views: 326286
Re: Looking Back - Herald files
From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on July 13, 2011 150 YEARS AGO on July 28, 1961 SALTCOATS Rifle Volunteer Corps held a bazaar in the Free Church Academy and raised upwards of £235. Shipments of pig iron from Ardrossan for one week including coast- wise and foreig...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:14 am
- Forum: Three towns - this day in history
- Topic: Ardrossan - On This Day In History
- Replies: 8205
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Re: Ardrossan - On This Day In History
Campbeltown Courier February 9, 1946 Herring Canning Factory at Ardrossan? The establishment of a herring canning factory at Ardrossan is angering the Tarbert fishermen, who expected that the Herring Industry Board would make the Clyde factory at Tarbert, one of the principal centres of the Clyde h...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:00 am
- Forum: Books, Movies, Radio & Television
- Topic: People's Friend - Down under
- Replies: 0
- Views: 703
People's Friend - Down under
Found these two boxes of People's Friends magazines here in Oz in one of our local neighbourhood houses. I believe just donated and not processed yet. They've always been available in the newsagents here from what I remember.
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:23 pm
- Forum: Three towns - this day in history
- Topic: Stevenston - On This Day In History
- Replies: 3074
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Re: Stevenston - On This Day In History
Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette February 5, 1943 Asked Police To Detain Him Fifty-seven-year-old Roderick MacLennan is going back to prison. MacLennan got a job as warder in the Trades Hotel, Stevenston, on December 22. He was supplied with skeleton keys, which gave him access to the cubicle...
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 2:19 am
- Forum: McBlether's Lounge
- Topic: Happy birthday - Glenshena
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1297
Happy birthday - Glenshena
Happy birthday, Jean. Hope you have a great day, thanks for your contributions to threetowners.
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 1:05 am
- Forum: Three towns - this day in history
- Topic: Saltcoats - On This Day In History
- Replies: 4449
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Re: Saltcoats - On This Day In History
Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette February 3, 1950 More Houses For Saltcoats Following a deputation comprised of ex-Provost J. Reid, Bailie Gourlay and burgh officials to the Department of Health at Edinburgh, Saltcoats Town Council have been authorised to proceed with the erection of a furthe...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 12:50 am
- Forum: Threetowners' Lounge
- Topic: Looking Back - Herald files
- Replies: 345
- Views: 326286
Re: Looking Back - Herald files
From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on July 6, 2011 150 YEARS AGO on July, 1861 SIX potatoes grown at West Kilbride weighted 2b 13 ounces. One weighed nine and a quarter ounces. Ayrshire had a heavy fall of rain followed by hailstones, which was unusual for the time ...