Saltcoats - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
14 APRIL 1915

SALTCOATS TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

At the monthly meeting of Saltcoats Town Council a letter was read from the Town Clerk of Ardrossan intimating that Ardrossan Town Council did not intend to proceed further meantime in connection with the scheme to acquire the Holm Plantation as a recreation ground for the two burghs.

It was resolved to remit the letter for consideration.

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GLASGOW HERALD
14 APRIL 1915

SALTCOATS LICENSING COURT – PROVOST MILLER PRESIDING

An application was considered from Mr John Fleming for a six-day hotel licence for premises known as the Saracen’s Head Hotel.

Mr Alfred McNaughton, writer, Paisley, who appeared for the applicant stated that there was no hotel licence in the town, and if the application was granted it would be a convenience to visitors and the townspeople alike.

Bailie Armour moved that the application be not granted.

Provost Miller, in seconding the motion, pointed out that when the premises held a full hotel licence the Court had found that there was very little legitimate hotel business done, and it had simply been a “howf” for Sunday drinking.

Bailie MacGregor moved that the application be granted. There was a need for an hotel in the town, and the necessary accommodation could be found in Mr Fleming’s premises.

The Court refused the application.

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GLASGOW HERALD
14 APRIL 1919

DEATH - THOMSON

Suddenly at Cathlaw, 43 Caledonia Road, Saltcoats, Mary Scott, wife of the late James Thomson, Glasgow.

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GLASGOW HERALD
16 APRIL 1913

SALTCOATS TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

Saltcoats Town Council at their monthly meeting accepted an offer of £26 for the exclusive right to sell sweets and light refreshments on the West Beach during the summer season.

Four stances for ice-cream barrows on the esplanade were let at £6 each.

Mr G. Kemp made application for a stance at The Braes for a cinematograph exhibition, for which he offered £40, but the application was refused.

The Council have agreed to take a poll of the ratepayers on the question of dividing the town into wards.

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GLASGOW HERALD
16 APRIL 1915

MARRIAGE – MILLER and STRAWLACKER

At King of Prussia Farm, Pennsylvania, on the 24th March, by the Rev. Herbert McDermott, Robert only son of the late Hugh Miller, Creoch, Saltcoats, to Freda, daughter of C. C. Strawlacker, farmer.

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GLASGOW HERALD
17 APRIL 1826

THEFT AT SALTCOATS

The circuit Court was opened at Ayr on Friday, April 7, by the Right Hon. The Lord Justice Clerk and Lord Gillies.

George Carmichael and George McFarlane were placed at the bar, charged with having stolen from a drawer in the shop of Mr Black, in Saltcoats, a pocket-book containing upwards of £50 in money, and of being habit and repute thieves. They pleaded guilty.

Sentenced to 14 years transportation.

ASSAULT AT SALTCOATS

John McIntyre, salter in Saltcoats, was charged with assaulting Mary McNaught or Logan, wife of James Logan, dealer in old clothes there, in October last, then far advanced in a state of pregnancy. He pleaded guilty.

Sentenced to six months imprisonment.

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GLASGOW HERALD
17 APRIL 1913

SALTCOATS TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

Saltcoats Town Council have adopted a report by the burgh surveyor on the general condition of the roads within the town, and have resolved to expend £800 on their upkeep. Of this amount £110 will be utilised for tar work.

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GLASGOW HERALD
17 APRIL 1918

NEW ESPLANADE AT SALTCOATS

At the monthly meeting of Saltcoats Town Council – Provost Christie presiding – it was reported that a settlement had been arrived at between Saltcoats Town Council and the Glasgow & South-Western Railway Company in connection with the widening of the railway between Kilwinning and Saltcoats.

The railway company, in exchange for land on both sides of the railway conveyed to them by the Town Council agree to construct at the East Beach a sea wall and esplanade, and in addition pay the Council the sum of £2250 as compensation for the closing of all the level crossings between Saltcoats and Stevenston – the Council reserving the right to erect at any time a bridge over the railway in lieu of the crossings.

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GLASGOW HERALD
17 APRIL 1919

MINERALS IN SALTCOATS HARBOUR

At a meeting of Saltcoats Town Council it was reported that an application had been received for permission to sink a bore on the Braes with the view of proving the existence of aluminous shale, with the ultimate view of working the mineral there and underneath the harbour from a shaft on the Braes.

The application was granted.

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GLASGOW HERALD
18 APRIL 1918

BIRTH - HAMILTON

At Terra Nova, Melbourne Terrace, Saltcoats, on 16th instant, the wife of Gavin Hamilton; a son.

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GLASGOW HERALD
18 APRIL 1918

HOUSING AT SALTCOATS

In response to a circular from the Local Government Board requesting local authorities to proceed with a building scheme necessary to secure adequate housing for their districts, Saltcoats Town Council resolved to take no action.

The committee of the Council were of the opinion that it was meantime premature to proceed with the preparation of a housing scheme until it was known whether there was to be a demand for houses for the working classes after the war and until the post-war conditions were ascertained.