Saltcoats - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
7 FEBRUARY 1919

DEATH - MORRISON

At Torwood, 18 Sorbie Road, Saltcoats, on the 5th February, David Morrison, aged 68 years.

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GLASGOW HERALD
9 FEBRUARY 1966

TRAIN FARE-DODGERS FINED

Two special operations by British Railways to catch “fare-dodgers” resulted in 16 adults and five juveniles being charged yesterday at Glasgow Sheriff Court with defrauding British Railways of various sums of money.

Paisley Station was closed so that no one could get on a train without a ticket, and tickets were checked at St. Enoch.

Eleven adults pled guilty to charges resulting from this operation. In each case they had tendered 1s 4d as the fare at the barrier at St. Enoch Station, claiming to have travelled from Paisley.

In some cases they had travelled as far as Ardrossan, Saltcoats, and Stevenston.

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 FEBRUARY 1915

DEATH - ANDERSON

At Maythorne, Saltcoats, on the 9th February, William Logan Anderson, in his 57th year.

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 FEBRUARY 1915

DEATH - BROWN

At Knockinlaw, Argyle Road, Saltcoats, on 8th instant, Mary Clark, aged 78, beloved wife of James Brown.

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 FEBRUARY 1915

DEATH - FULLERTON

Suddenly, at Saltcoats, on the 8th instant, Hugh Baird Fullerton, ironmonger, aged 60 years.

GLASGOW HERALD
10 FEBRUARY 1915

OBITUARY - FULLERTON

The death occurred on Monday night in his office at Dockhead Street, Saltcoats, of Mr Hugh Baird Fullerton, of Fullerton Brothers, ironmongers and house furnishers. Mr Fullerton was a prominent Saltcoats merchant.

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GLASGOW HERALD
11 FEBRUARY 1916

DEATH - CUNNINGHAM

At 52 Hamilton Street, Saltcoats, on the 9th instant, Annie, eldest daughter of the late James Cunningham, of Glasgow.

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GLASGOW HERALD
12 FEBRUARY 1915

REV. S. LYLE ORR

Last night the Free Presbytery of Glasgow met in Saltcoats and inducted the Rev. S. Lyle Orr, to the pastorate of Ardrossan and Saltcoats congregation.

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GLASGOW HERALD
12 FEBRUARY 1915

ARDROSSAN AND SALTCOATS GOLF CLUB

Cant Medal Competition: –

J. McCulloch, (5) 83;
G. Sinclair, (scratch) 85; and
G. Crawford, (8) 86.

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GLASGOW HERALD
13 FEBRUARY 1982

LIFE FOR DEAF MURDERER

William Mair, (37), who has been deaf since birth, was jailed for life at the High Court in Glasgow yesterday for the murder of his lover’s teenage daughter.

Helen Sinclair, (17), was asleep in bed with her mother in their home at Howat Crescent, Irvine, when Mair entered the darkened bedroom and lashed out with an iron bar. Only when he put on a light did Mair realise fully what he had done.

The girl died the next day from severe head injuries. Her mother, Mrs Yvonne Sinclair, (37), also suffered head injuries and can still remember nothing about that night.

The jury found Mair, of Giffen Road, Saltcoats, guilty of murdering Helen Sinclair and attempting to murder Yvonne Sinclair, who is also deaf and dumb, on October 25 last.

The judge, Lord Hunter, jailed him for eight years for attempted murder to run concurrently with a life sentence.

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GLASGOW HERALD
15 FEBRUARY 1917

DEATH - DICKSON

At 28 Sidney Street, Saltcoats, on 13th February, James Dickson, aged 72, beloved husband of Jessie, late of Dunn & Company, Glasgow.

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GLASGOW HERALD
15 FEBRUARY 1917

GLASGOW FISH FOR COAST TOWNS

At a meeting of Saltcoats Town Council, Councillor A. S. Miller, thought an attempt should be made to influence fishers to permit a proportion of their fish to be sold locally.

Recently there had been plentiful catches of fish in the firth, and the people living on the seaboard had been unable to buy them. The fish were despatched to Glasgow and sold in the market, and afterwards supplies were sent to Saltcoats and other towns. That meant double carriage.

The recommendation was adopted.

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GLASGOW HERALD
18 FEBRUARY 1953

BIRTH – SEDDON

At 8 Mitchell Place, Saltcoats, on 16th February, 1953, to Dr. and Mrs R. V. Seddon, a sister for Douglas and Roy.