Ardrossan - On This Day In History

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On the afternoon of this day in 1873 a very severe gale from the north-west, accompanied by terrific showers of hail and rain was experienced. The sea rose to a most extraordinary height - the highest it had been for very many years. In several places the tide did considerable damage. At the Inches it came over one end of the breakwater, and, rushing along there tore up greats parts of the stone wall and road. It also flowed up over the road opposite the Provost's house and at the head of Montgomerie Street, rendering passage on foot almost impossible at these places.

[I wonder what was considered to be the 'breakwater' at the Inches.]
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Richard wrote:3rd January.
SWC Car Valet Services started trading, on this day in 2007, at 32 Montgomerie Street - Ardrossan.
The photo below shown SWC on 1 January 2007, two days before it opened on its new premises. The Fire Station is to the left and the tip of Ardrossan Castle can be seen in the right background.
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Around the 1990s, SWC started trading from 'across the road' in Montgomerie Street as shown in the photos below.
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If you look closely at the photo above, you might make out a reference to an award from the Daily Record in 2001 as Scotland's Number One Car Valet Centre.
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On 3 January 1878, a meeting that led to the formation of Ardrossan Burns Club was held. The following day a notice was placed in the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald inviting people to join.
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The report below is from the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald of 5 January 1878.
ARDROSSAN BURNS CLUB
On Thursday evening (3 January 1878), a meeting of those favourable to the formation of a Burns Club in Ardrossan was held in the Eglinton Arms Hotel where it was unanimously agreed to form such a society. The following gentlemen were appointed office-bearers: Provost Barr - honorary president; J H Mearns - president; John McAusland - vice president; Thomas Wallace junior - secretary and treasurer; members of committee - Messrs A Cowan, George Barrie, R L Alpine, David Gillies and J Hepburn. From our advertising columns (shown above), it will be seen that a meeting will be held in the Eglinton Arms Hotel on Tuesday evening (12 January 1878) to arrange for the forthcoming celebration on 25 January 1878.


There was indeed a Burns Supper in the Eglinton Arms Hotel on 25 January 1878 which was 'attended by about fifty gentlemen'. The Club lasted for only a few years before folding. There were occasional Burns Suppers in the years that followed but the Ardrossan Burns Club was not sustained.

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PT:
On your posting for the Ardrossan Dock dispute, (2nd January 1913), you wrote:
Penny Tray wrote:[I wonder why they elected to resolve an Ardrossan Harbour dispute in a prestigious and expensive hotel in Kilmarnock.]
I can't answer as to why such a "prestigious and expensive hotel" was chosen, but what I do know from my
past involvement with the unions is that, from time to time, a 'neutral' venue is chosen - especially if the
outcome is expected to result in a "hostile atmosphere" or for a number of other reasons.
This would also make sense, when you consider the disorder Ardrossan experienced several months previously:
http://www.threetowners.net/forum/viewt ... ation+1912
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4th January.
ALIMENT OF ARDROSSAN PAUPERS
At the meeting of the Parochial Board of the Parish of Ardrossan held on Thursday 4 January 1894,
Mr J L Bailey, presiding, Mr Thomas Kirkhope gave notice of the following motion for the next meeting -
that the aliment for single adults resident in the parish be 3s 6d per week excepting for non-residents
and those who are assisted by friends. (Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald - 19th January 1894).

4th January 1870.
At approximately 2am, on this day, the schooner Brenton ran aground just outside Ardrossan harbour
at Horse Island. She was successfully freed and brought into Ardrossan harbour after approximately 30
tons of her cargo was thrown overboard. This oil painting of her is c1870:
http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/28 ... +of+clyde/
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4 January 1890

Before Ardrossan Winton Rovers Football Club was founded in 1900, there were twenty-eight other teams in the town at various times from 1874 when the first official football match was played. Names included Ardrossan Castlehill Athletic, Ardrossan Ensign, Ardrossan Rangers, Ardrossan Seafield, Ardrossan Snowflake Minstrels, Ardrossan Violets and Ardrossan Zingari.

On 4 January 1890, Ardrossan Football Club travelled to Irvine to play the local team and suffered a 9-0 defeat. The report from the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald of 10 January 1890 is given below.

IRVINE 9 - ARDROSSAN 0
Irvine had Ardrossan as their guests at Cochrane Park last Saturday (4 January 1890) and, as expected, had a most decisive win. Last season, when these teams met at Ardrossan, the game resulted in a draw but with a somewhat changeable team, no-one could expect Ardrossan to play a similar game with their Irvine friends on this last occasion and the issue has therefore not in any way been disappointing. The game on the whole was a most friendly one, in the first half of which Irvine scored four points and in the second one winning by five to nil but the worst feature in the game was the serious accident which befell one of the Ardrossan players - the most prominent in the team - in the first half. He was in the act of endeavouring to take the ball from one of his opponents when he unfortunately twisted and broke his leg. No blame can be attributed to the Irvine player as the mishap was purely accidental and appeared to have been sustained very simply. This unfortunate occurrence, of course, stopped the game before time and cast a gloom among both players and spectators. Mr McEwan, one of the Irvine's backs, very ably attended to the injured player whose valuable services were highly commended on the arrival of Doctor Railey.


The history of Ardrossan Football clubs can be seen at http://www.ArdrossanFootballClubs.net.

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5 January 1918

On this day the Scottish media announced that His Majesty the King "was graciously pleased to approve the award of the Meritorious Service Medal to the undermentioned Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and men in recognition of valuable services rendered with the armies in the field during the present war", including:-

1042 Private (Acting Sergeant) William Cochrane, Army Veterinary Corps (Ardrossan).

[A Google search adds - "Private William Cochrane from Ardrossan, having previously served with the 13th Hussars, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 16 August 1914 with the 11th Hussars. Later in the war he served with the 13th Hussars again and the Army Veterinary Corps.]

It would be nice if he had surviving relatives in Ardrossan or any of the Threetowns.
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Name: William Cochrane
Regiment or Corps: 11th Hussars, Army Veterinary Corps, 13th Hussars
Regimental Number: 6025, 1042, 1042

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With effect from 5 January 1883, the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald was published on Fridays instead of Saturdays.

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6 January

On 6 January 1880, the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Choral Union had its first practice as explained in this article from the Ardrossan and Saltcoats of 15 December 1879.

ARDROSSAN AND SALTCOATS CHORAL UNION
A meeting of gentlemen favourable to the formation of a choral union in Ardrossan was held in Andrew's Temperance Hotel on Friday evening (19 December 1879). It was resolved to form such a society under the title The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Choral Union. Mr George Crawford, leader of psalmody in Ardrossan New Parish Church has been appointed conductor and Mr Richard Fraser, secretary. The union will meet for practice every Tuesday evening at eight on and after Tuesday 6 January 1880. We understand that about seventy members have already been enrolled and we hope to hear that still more may see their way to do so.


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7th January.
The following report appeared in the Glasgow Herald on this day in 1889:

ARDROSSAN HARBOUR COMPANY
"The ordinary general meeting of the Ardrossan Harbour Company was held yesterday afternoon in the
chambers of Messrs Keydess, Strang and Girvan, West George Street, Glasgow, the honourable G R Vernon
in the chair. The directors reported that for the half-year ending 30 November last, the new revenue account
showed a balance of £2413 9s 10d available for dividend. It was proposed to pay a dividend on the preference
shares of 4.5% and 1% on the ordinary shares, carrying forward £152 4s 1d to the next account.
A temporary connection with the Lanarkshire & Ayrshire Railway to the old dock had now been completed and
traffic may be carried on it till the new dock was opened. The directors were making every effort to push on
the work of the new dock and Montgomerie Pier with the hope of having the pier completed early next summer.
The report was adopted".
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7 JANUARY

On 7 January 1888, Ardrossan Ensign Football Club beat Saltcoats Victoria 5-2 according to the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald of 13 January 1888.

SALTCOATS VICTORIA 2 - ARDROSSAN ENSIGN 5
On Saturday last (7 January 1888), the Ardrossan Ensign and Saltcoats Victoria clubs played a return match at Saltcoats and at the close Ensign proved victorious by five goals to two.


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