Merry Christmas everyone!

It was wonderful to watch the Davis Cup Tournament in Malaga last week.
The Italian team played so well, especially Jannik Sinner, who at 22 is proving to be the worlds No. 1 tennis player.
It was 47 years ago since we won the last Davis Cup Trophy, hope it wont be another 47 till we win the next one!

No Brian, haven't seen it. Where is it in Saltcoats? At least it's good to know that he has a normal name like Steven McIntyre.
I'm keeping well enough,thanks. How's yourself?

6 for me. Is the No.1 question not Pumpkin?. In Italy they are called Zucche. We dont have turnips in Italy.

Happy Birthday Meg! Enjoy your day.

ARDROSSAN & SALTCOATS HERALD 26 OCTOBER 1906 BIRTH HENDRY: At Inglefield Terrace, Eglinton Road, Ardrossan, on 23rd October, to Mr and Mrs Robert Hendry; a daughter . [This clearly refers to the birth of Janet Hendry, who, for me, only came to light when ‘Glenshena’ recently highlighted the mur...

The ship isn’t the Waverley, Bonzo, but the Laird’s Isle that sailed daily between Ardrossan and Belfast from the 1930s to the 1950s apart from during the war. The radio mast commemorates the first shortwave radio signal to be sent from America to the United Kingdom. It was received on the North Sh...

bonzo wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 7:50 pm Jean, it was done by local artist Tragic Ohara.

https://www.ardrossanherald.com/news/23 ... new-mural/

Thanks Ian. I have never heard of him. Born in Irvine! What a peculiar name, Tragic.

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Some clever artist has painted this mural on the corner of Princes Street and Glasgow Street. You can make out the Waverly and Ardrossan Castle.

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6 for me. Missed 2,6,7 and 8. Never thought that skin was considered as an organ. I thought the liver.