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.

Hope you had a Happy Birthday Jim. Belated good wishes.

Congratulations to Bobby Lennox on reaching his 80th birthday just last week. He celebrated with all the family and friends at Checcinis in Ardrossan.
Keep going Bobby!

Happy Birthday Sandra.

In 1964 a local businessman in the textile industry decided to open a supermarket in Como, selling also clothes, then in 1965 another one nearby but this time decided to call It Bennet, as he was enamoured with the American crooner Tony Bennet who has just passed on at 96 Years old. The Bennet super...

Great story. Should be made into a film.

Thanks Brian. I had no idea Rothesay was an insurance Company. Never Heard of it.
I thought It was our town on the Isle of Bute!