Saltcoats - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
18 FEBRUARY 1953

COUNCIL REFUSED SITES ON FARM

The Secretary of State for Scotland has rejected an application by Saltcoats Town Council to be allowed to purchase compulsorily 22 acres of farm land as a housing site.

The decision was given after he considered a report by a public inquiry into the Order which the Council proposed to promote.

The ground they sought to buy was on Dykesmains Farm, Saltcoats, and during the inquiry was described as some of the best farm land in the country.

The Order was opposed by the owners and tenants and the Secretary of State ordered a public inquiry last year.

The Council’s case was that they required the ground for the continuity of their housing programme. The objectors claimed that the Council could build as many houses on vacant sites and ground already owned as they could on Dykesmains.

The Secretary of State has also decided that the Council must bear the cost of the inquiry.

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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.

GLASGOW HERALD
19 FEBRUARY 1915

ACKNOWLEDEGMENT - BROWN

Mr Brown and family return sincere thanks to the many friends for the kind sympathy received in their recent bereavement – Knockinlaw, Argyle Road, Saltcoats.

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GLASGOW HERALD
19 FEBRUARY 1918

DEATH - DICKIE

At Mount Royal, Saltcoats, on 17th instant, John Dickie, in his 53rd year, for 22 years in the employment of Mr J. Eadie.

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GLASGOW HERALD
20 FEBRUARY 1918

DEATH - CUTHBERTSON

At Lonsdale, Argyle Road, Saltcoats, on 18th instant, Hugh Cuthbertson, chief engineer, Clan Line Steamers, beloved husband of Mary Miller.

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GLASGOW HERALD
22 FEBRUARY 1919

GOLDEN WEDDING – GEBBIE and MITCHELL

At West Strand, Newmilns, on the 19th February, 1869, Robert Gebbie to Elizabeth Campbell Mitchell, daughter of the late John Mitchell, the firm of Messrs A. & J. Mitchell, joiners and cabinet makers, Newmilns – present address, Cora Linn, Ardrossan Road, Saltcoats.

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GLASGOW HERALD
22 FEBRUARY 1916

CONGREGATIONAL MEETING

The annual meeting of Landsborough United Free Church, Saltcoats, was held on Friday night. The treasurer’s report showed an increase in the funds, seat rents being up over £23.

The Rev. W. D. M. Sutherland, who presided, mentioned that 45 persons had joined during the year, and that 30 young men were serving in the army and the navy, whilst a number of others were engaged in various munition works.

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GLASGOW HERALD
22 FEBRUARY 1919

BIRTH - McCULLOCH

At 18 Robertson Crescent, Saltcoats, on the 20th instant, to Mr and Mrs Percy W. McCulloch (nee Jeanie Scott); a daughter.

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GLASGOW HERALD
23 FEBRUARY 1915

BIRTH - REID

At 7 Braehead Place, Saltcoats, on the 20th February, to Mrs Donald Reid (nee Kate Winning); a daughter.

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GLASGOW HERALD
24 FEBRUARY 1916

BIRTH - SMALDON

At 29 Eglinton Street, Saltcoats, on 22nd instant, the wife of Henry O. Smaldon; a son.

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GLASGOW HERALD
25 FEBRUARY 1916

DEATH - TAYLOR

At 3 Raise Street, Saltcoats, on Thursday, 24th February, Sarah, sister of the late Thomas Taylor, merchant, Saltcoats.

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GLASGOW HERALD
25 FEBRUARY 1919

DEATH - HOWITT

At Bath House, Helensburgh, on 23rd February, Margaret Fleming, aged 81, widow of James Howitt, ironfounder, Oakbank Foundry, Glasgow, late of Saltcoats and Fairlie.

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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.