Saltcoats - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
11 MARCH 1915

SALTCOATS TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

At a meeting of Saltcoats Town Council, Provost Miller presiding, a circular was read from the Workers’ National Committee intimating a conference in London in connection with the increased prices of food and fuel, and inviting the Council to send delegates.

On the motion of Councillor Kerr, seconded by Judge Ross, it was unanimously resolved to express sympathy with the objects of the conference.

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GLASGOW HERALD
26 FEBRUARY 1915

DEATH - PICKEN

At Knockrivoch, Saltcoats, on the 24th instant, Andrew Picken, beloved husband of Margaret Wilson.

GLASGOW HERALD
13 MARCH 1915

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - PICKEN

Mrs Picken and Mr Andrew Picken return sincere thanks to the many friends for kind expressions of sympathy received in their sad bereavement – Knockrivoch Farm, Saltcoats.

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GLASGOW HERALD
13 MARCH 1918

DEATH - DONALDSON

Suddenly, at Nettlehirst House, Beith, on 11th instant, ex-Provost David Donaldson, aged 81 years, late of Saltcoats, and late stationmaster, Glasgow & South-Western Railway, Stevenston.

GLASGOW HERALD
13 MARCH 1918

THE DEATH OF MR DAVID DONALDSON

Mr David Donaldson, an ex-Provost of Saltcoats, died on Monday at Nettlehirst, Beith. He was 81 years of age, and was a well-known figure in Ayrshire.

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GLASGOW HERALD
14 MARCH 1916

LIQUOR CONTROL REGULATIONS

At Kilmarnock yesterday Sheriff Robertson disposed of several cases under the Liquor Control Regulations.

Duncan McCallum, labourer, Parkend Road, Saltcoats, was charged with having on March 4, in a public-house in Saltcoats, ordered and paid for half a pint of beer to be consumed on the premises by Ephraim Corbett, stoker, Glebe Street, Saltcoats.

Corbett was charged with having accepted the treat, and pleaded guilty.

An agent stated that Corbett was a stoker at sea, and was not familiar with the regulations, and McCallum as on old friend had thoughtlessly stood him a treat.

The Sheriff fined each £3 or 20 days’ imprisonment.

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GLASGOW HERALD
14 MARCH 1917

DEATH - MUIR

At Post Office Buildings, Saltcoats, on 10th March, Robert Muir, beloved brother of Kate.

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GLASGOW HERALD
14 MARCH 1916

LIQUOR CONTROL REGULATIONS

At Kilmarnock yesterday Sheriff Robertson disposed of several cases under the Liquor Control Regulations.

Duncan McCallum, labourer, Parkend Road, Saltcoats, was charged with having on March 4, in a public-house in Saltcoats, ordered and paid for half a pint of beer to be consumed on the premises by Ephraim Corbett, stoker, Glebe Street, Saltcoats.

Corbett was charged with having accepted the treat, and pleaded guilty.

The Sheriff fined each £3 or 20 days’ imprisonment.

I wonder what the offense was and why the publican wasn’t charged

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Meekan,

It may come as a surprise to you, but it was illegal to buy someone a 'round' in 1915 (SOME FOLK THINK ITS STILL THE LAW ). The following excerpt from a relevant article may explain.

"Naturally, the outbreak of war in 1914 brought about the quick imposition of new laws onto the British public. The most significant of which was the Defence of the Realm Act 1914, designed ‘for securing public safety’; granting the British Government wide-ranging powers. According to the Imperial War Museum, it regulated “virtually every aspect of the British home front and was expanded as the war went on.” Although many of these restrictions – such as heavy censorship and disallowing the movement of foreign nationals from enemy states – were to be expected in wartime, others appeared quite trivial.

PUBS AND ALCOHOL

Among these restrictions came severe inroads into the operation of pubs and general consumption of alcohol – making today’s COVID-19 measures seem far from stringent. This included the widespread watering down of beer, making it illegal to buy a round of drinks – it was even an offence to serve a soldier in uniform (unless he was on sick leave). Nevertheless, taxes on alcohol (and tobacco) levied £75 million in 1913-14 alone."

[meekan]

Thanks PT like you said still some people hiding behind this law now I will look upon then differently. But I’ll still talk about them

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GLASGOW HERALD
15 MARCH 1916

DEATH - AITKEN

At 72 Dockhead Street, Saltcoats, on 14th instant, James Aitken, confectioner, on his 76th birthday.

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GLASGOW HERALD
15 MARCH 1916

DEATH - McLACHLAN

At 68 Ardrossan Road, Saltcoats, on 13th March, Janet (illegible), widow of Thomas McLachlan, late of Troon, in her 85th year.

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GLASGOW HERALD
15 MARCH 1917

SALTCOATS TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

At a meeting of Saltcoats Town Council the Surveyor reported that the whole of the Council’s land on the Stevenston side of Guthrie Road had been taken up for the production of vegetable produce.

It was remitted to the Surveyor to make enquiries regarding other available ground.

In various parts of the town land which has been lying idle has been converted into potato plots.

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GLASGOW HERALD
15 MARCH 1918

PROPERTIES FOR SALE

For sale by Public Roup, within the Faculty Hall, St. George’s Place, Glasgow, on Wednesday, the twentieth day of March, 1918, at two o’clock afternoon: -

I. That tenement of two houses forming number 21 Canal Street, Saltcoats – upset price £275.
II. That tenement of two houses forming number 23 Canal Street, Saltcoats – upset price £275.
III. That tenement of two houses forming numbers 25 and 27 Canal Street, Saltcoats – upset price £275.
IV. That tenement of two houses forming number 29 Canal Street, Saltcoats – upset price £275.
IV. That tenement of two houses forming number 31 Canal Street, Saltcoats – upset price £275.
V. That cottage forming number 35 Canal Street, Saltcoats – upset price £125.
VI. That cottage forming numbers 37 and 39 Canal Street, Saltcoats - £200.
VII. That dwellinghouse forming number 2 Hill Street, Saltcoats – upset price £500.

For further details apply to Aiken & Company, writers, 201 West George Street, Glasgow, who have the title deeds and articles of roup.