Saltcoats - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
28 NOVEMBER 1974

TRIAL TOLD OF KNIFE ATTACK

Two slaughterhouse workers who accepted an invitation from a 43-year-old librarian to return to his holiday home for drinks admitted at Ayr High Court that they robbed him.

But Joseph Jackson, (21), of Arnott Place, Saltcoats, and Bernard Loughran, (26), of Wallace Road, Irvine, both denied having murdered their host, Mr John Hill MacDonald, of Caswell Close, Farnborough, Hampshire, at his flat in McIsaac Road, Saltcoats, on September 16 or 17.

The trial continues today.

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EVENING TIMES
28 NOVEMBER 1974

TORTURE MURDER TRIAL: TWO MEN ARE JAILED FOR LIFE

The two men accused of the murder of a librarian in his flat at Saltcoats were both found guilty by a majority verdict in the High Court at Ayr today. Both were jailed for life.

The jury also found two theft charges against each man proved and Judge, Lord Dunpark, jailed them for six months on each of these charges.

Joseph Jackson, (21), slaughterhouse worker, of 3 Arnott Place, Saltcoats, and fellow slaughterhouse labourer Bernard Loughran, (26), of 6 Wallace Road, Irvine, denied the murder of John Hill MacDonald, of 3 Caswell Close, Farnborough, Hampshire, in his holiday flat at 1 McIsaac Road, Saltcoats, on September 16 or 17.

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GLASGOW HERALD
29 NOVEMBER 1912

DEATH - JOHNSTON

At Boneen, Ardrossan Road, Saltcoats, on 27th instant, Thomas Johnston (for over thirty years with William Young & Sons, Bothwell Street, Glasgow), beloved husband of Catherine Turnbull.

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GLASGOW HERALD
26 NOVEMBER 1912

DEATH - McMICHAEL

Suddenly, at Huelva, Saltcoats (the residence of her niece, Mrs William Hamilton), on 24th November, Margaret McMichael, late of Carmunnock.

GLASGOW HERALD
29 NOVEMBER 1912

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - HAMILTON

Mr and Mrs Hamilton, Huelva, Saltcoats, return grateful thanks to their many kind friends for the sympathy extended to them in their recent bereavement.

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GLASGOW HERALD
29 NOVEMBER 1913

BIRTH - MILLER

At Fernlea, Argyle Road, Saltcoats, on 28th November, the wife of Dugald M. Miller; a daughter.

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GLASGOW HERALD
30 NOVEMBER 1867

BIRTH - KINNIER

At Hamilton Street, Saltcoats, on the 27th instant, the wife of Robert S. Kinnier, surgeon; a daughter.

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GLASGOW HERALD
30 NOVEMBER 1869

KILMARNOCK ORNITHOLOGICAL SHOW

The annual exhibition of the Kilmarnock Ornithological Association took place on Saturday.

The prize-winners included: -

PIGEON DEPARTMENT – COMMON TUMBLERS

Highly commended – Alexander Mitchell, Saltcoats.

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GLASGOW HERALD
1 DECEMBER 1911

DEATH - WILSON

At Willowbank, Caledonia Road, Saltcoats, on the 29th November, Margaret Guthrie, aged 61, beloved wife of James Wilson.

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GLASGOW HERALD
1 DECEMBER 1913

DEATH IN GLASGOW

The man who was discovered in the back court at 410 Argyle Street, Glasgow, on Saturday night with his skull fractured died in the Royal Infirmary last night.

He was identified as James Mackenzie, 25 years of age, plumber, 17 Union Street, Saltcoats.

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GLASGOW HERALD
2 DECEMBER 1911

MARRIAGE – CUNNINGHAM and MACINNES

At Holm Cottage, Ardrossan Road, Saltcoats, on 1st December, by the Rev. James Adams, M.A., Saltcoats, and the Rev. John McGauley, M.A., Dunoon, Robert Cunningham to Mary Rossie Brown, second daughter of William MacInnes, Saltcoats.

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GLASGOW HERALD
3 DECEMBER 1914

RECRUITING

To further recruiting a public meeting was held last night in Saltcoats Town Hall.

Ex-Provost Millar presided.

Sir James Bell of Montgreenan, chairman of Ayrshire Territorial Forces Association, spoke of the importance of the fight in which the Empire was engaged, and made an earnest appeal to young men to join the Army.