GLASGOW HERALD
10 MAY 1911

BIRTH - WILSON

At Walmer, Caledonia Road, Saltcoats, on the 8th instant, the wife of Alexander Wilson; a daughter.

GLASGOW HERALD 10 MAY 1913 WAGES QUESTION AT ARDEER At a meeting of the workers in Nobel’s Explosives Works, Ardeer, held at Saltcoats last night, it was intimated that no further concessions had been obtained from the company on the wages question. The meeting, which was attended by over 1000 perso...

GLASGOW HERALD 10 MAY 1913 BUCKREDDAN HOUSE AT KILWINNING Mr William Penman of Buckreddan House, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, and of Glasgow, boilermaker and engineer, a director of Messrs Penman & Company Limited, who died December 22 last, left personal estate in the United Kingdom valued at £29,387.

GLASGOW HERALD
10 MAY 1912

NORTH AYRSHIRE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION

At an inaugural meeting of the North Ayrshire Pharmaceutical Association held in Kilmarnock the North Ayrshire pharmacists present included Messrs Gemmell, Ardrossan, and Nicol, Stevenston.

GLASGOW HERALD
10 MAY 1911

DEFICIENCY IN MILK FAT

At Ayr Sheriff Court yesterday, Duncan Kelso, bower, Ardeer Mains, Stevenston, was fined £2 10s for selling sweet milk which was deficient in milk fat to the extent of 0.16.

GLASGOW HERALD
9 MAY 1913

DEATH - CHANDLER

At 11 Princes Street, Ardrossan, on the 7th instant, Hugh Chandler, the beloved husband of Mary Dougal Weir, last surviving son of the late Hugh Chandler, Excise Officer, Glasgow.

GLASGOW HERALD
9 MAY 1910

THEFT

At Ardrossan Burgh Court on Saturday, Alexander Anderson, described as a tramp grocer, was sentenced to 21 days’ imprisonment for stealing two watches and two alberts from a house at Ardrossan, in which out of charity he had been given breakfast.

GLASGOW HERALD
9 MAY 1914

DEATH - McDONALD

At Glenafton, Saltcoats, on 8th, Flora Kerr, beloved wife of John McDonald, shipmaster.

GLASGOW HERALD 9 MAY 1911 SALTCOATS TOWN COUNCIL MEETING – BAILIE CHRISTIE PRESIDING At a meeting of Saltcoats Town Council last night it was reported that at a meeting with the committee of the swimming club it had been decided to prepare a plan for the final completion of the bathing pond, with al...

GLASGOW HERALD
9 MAY 1912

DEATH - ROME

Accidentally drowned at Saltcoats Harbour on 8th instant, William Rome, eldest son of George Rome, lath merchant.

GLASGOW HERALD 9 MAY 1959 £8800 AWARD TO WORKMAN – INJURED IN ARDEER EXPLOSION George Ferguson Lennon, (38), process worker, East Lodge, Kerelaw, Stevenston, who lost a leg and sustained other serious injuries as a result of an explosion at the Ardeer factory of Imperial Chemical Industries Limited ...

GLASGOW HERALD 9 MAY 1914 ARDEER EXPLOSION INQUIRY At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court – before Sheriff Robertson and a jury – a public inquiry was held in regard to the deaths of the eight men who lost their lives in the explosion at Ardeer Explosives Factory, Stevenston, on February 20 last. WORKMEN’S EVI...