Ardrossan - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
6 JUNE 1919

BOWLING

The Ayrshire silver Bowl competition under the auspices of the Ayrshire Bowling Association was played on Ardrossan and Saltcoats greens, 18 clubs taking part.

The Dalry club was successful with a majority of 24 shots.

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GLASGOW HERALD
6 JUNE 1981

KILLER CLEARED OF ASSAULT CHARGE

Convicted killer Ian Breckenridge [formerly 5 Clyde Terrace, Ardrossan] was yesterday cleared of a charge of attacking the woman he married while serving a life sentence.

He was found not guilty of kicking his wife in her home at Hillside Road, Neilston, in January and a charge of assaulting a 16-year-old girl with intent to rape.

Breckenridge, (40), said his wife Christine, (39), had “framed him.”

There was no immediate freedom for Breckenridge, who served 12 years of a life sentence for murdering his lover, 22-year-old Helen Carson in 1968.

Because he was on licence from the life sentence, he was returned to prison to await an investigation by the Parole Board on whether there had been any breach of parole.

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GLASGOW HERALD
7 JUNE 1915

ARDROSSAN ACADEMY SPORTS

On Saturday, at Saltcoats, before a very large attendance of spectators, Mr J. W. Butters, rector, was convener of the committee, and other officials were members of staff.

[Winners of the various events included –

A. E. Coombe,
Agnes McGillivray,
Alexander Barclay,
Barbara Gray,
Frances Gibson,
George Adamson,
Gladys Fotheringham,
Gladys Smith,
Graham Adamson,
Isobel Campbell,
Jack McNaught,
James Bird,
Janet McKinnon,
Jean Campbell,
Jenny Oliphant,
John Russell,
Kate Andrew,
Mary Marshall,
Mattie Miller,
Maude Hogarth,
Mina Miller,
Mollie Hamilton,
Mollie Russell,
Noel Kerr,
Tom Borland,
Tom Gibson,
William Beck,
William Blackley,
William Buchanan,
Willie Gibson.]

At the close of the sports the prizes were presented by Mrs Charles Lamont, wife of the chairman of the School Board.

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GLASGOW HERALD
7 JUNE 1917

FUNERAL OF MR JOSEPH RUSSEL

The funeral of Mr Joseph Russell, shipbuilder, of Seafield, Ardrossan, and The Knowe, Port Glasgow, took place yesterday afternoon to Ardrossan Cemetery.

A service was held in St. John’s U. F. Church, Ardrossan, of which deceased was an elder, and there was a large and representative company of mourners from Greenock and Port Glasgow, as well as from Ardrossan and district.

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GLASGOW HERALD
8 JUNE 1915

DISPUTE AT ARDROSSAN HARBOUR

A stoppage of work took place at Ardrossan Harbour on Saturday through trouble arising in connection with the arranging of the “turns” of the men.

The foreman had decided that the steamer TAY, which was loading 150 tons of coal, was not a “turn”, and wanted to give the same men the work in the following ship, which was taking 2000 tons.

The other men in the dock objected, and stopped work.

Yesterday forenoon Mr Thomas Mann, in company with Mr G. Lewis, the local secretary of the Dockers’ Union interviewed the Harbour Company.

Mr Mann afterwards addressed a meeting of workers in the Market Square. He said that owing to the very remarkable situation of the war, whether they liked it or not, they were agreed that it must be continued with the utmost vigour. They subscribed to the reasonable policy that everything should be done to manufacture and transport munitions in the quickest possible time. He was amongst those who whilst they hated war recognised that there was no chance of getting out of this war unless they fought it through in the most effective and successful fashion.

The present was not the time to raise a variety of questions which might justifiably be raised under normal conditions. There was a certain lack of discipline characterising the men in the port of Ardrossan. He was compelled to take the view that there was not sufficient reason or justification for the stoppage on Saturday.

If the men were not willing to find a way out of the difficulty and avoid stoppages then the Government would. He knew that the Admiralty were contemplating certain departures with regard to the administration of work at ports. He was one who wanted a minimum amount of Government interference and rigidity in their work, but unless the men could settle these matters for themselves, they would be regimented, as had happened in Liverpool.

He proposed that from now onward only cargoes of 200 tons and upwards should be regarded as a “turn”. If they agreed to that there would be no further trouble in that connection.

The meeting agreed to the suggestion, and the men resumed work.

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GLASGOW HERALD
8 JUNE 1916

ARDROSSAN SHIP’S SALVAGE MONEY

In the Admiralty Division, London, yesterday, Mr Justice Bargrave Deane was asked to apportion between the owners, master, and crew of the steamship BARON CAWDOR, of Ardrossan, belonging to Hogarth Shipping Company Limited, of Glasgow, an agreed sum of £4350 paid in respect of salvage services rendered to the Greek steamship THESSALONIKI in the Atlantic Ocean in August last.

The value of the salvaged property totalled £69,900 and that of the BARON CAWDOR was said to be £10,000.

His Lordship apportioned the agreed sum as follows: - to the owners of the BARON CAWDOR, £2777, plus £673 expenses; to the master, £150; and to the crew, £750.

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GLASGOW HERALD
8 JUNE 1917

MARRIAGE – WARD and SIEVEWRIGHT

At Ailsa House, Ardrossan, on the 6th June, by the Rev. J. R. Spottiswood, John L. Ward, Sergeant, Australian Command Depot, to Maggie Sievewright, granddaughter of the late Mrs John Edgar, merchant, Ardrossan.

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GLASGOW HERALD
8 JUNE 1917

PUBLIC NOTICE – NEW ARDROSSAN PARISH CHURCH

It is proposed to put up a memorial in the church for the Rev. Dugald McArthur, the minister of the congregation (formerly assistant in Barony Parish Church), who while acting as 2nd Lieutenant in the Black Watch, fell in action.

Subscriptions may be sent to Thomas Guthrie, Church Treasurer, or James Barbour, Session Clerk, Ardrossan.

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GLASGOW HERALD
9 JUNE 1917

DEATH – ROSS

At 3 Arran Place, Ardrossan, on the 8th June, 1917, in his 82nd year, Rev. Walter Ross, senior minister of the U.F. Church, Nethy Bridge, Inverness-shire.

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GLASGOW HERALD
9 JUNE 1919

ARDROSSAN ACADEMY SPORTS

The annual sports of Ardrossan Academy were held at Saltcoats on Saturday before a good attendance. The proceedings were stopped by rain, the remainder of the events being postponed for a week.

Principal results: -

100 yards (girls) – 1. Molly Hamilton; 2. Mina Millar; 3. Meg. Wilson.

100 yards (boys) – 1. R. M. Foote; 2. W. Gibson; 3. J. Kirkland.

220 yards (former pupils) – 1. A. Arnott; 2. J. Lambert.

Relay Race (girls) – 1. Ardrossan.

Hurdle race – 1. W. Gilmour; 2. J Kirkland.

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 JUNE 1915

ARDROSSAN SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

At the monthly meeting of Ardrossan School Board – Mr John Stewart, J.P., presiding – it was intimated that the Board would not require more than the amount collected by the Parish Council last year - £6950.

It is therefore expected that the rate will remain the same – 2s 3½d per £1.

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GLASGOW HERALD
10 JUNE 1916

ARDROSSAN SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

Ardrossan School Board have decided to requisition the sum of £7850 from the Parish Council. The sum is an increase of £700on the year 1915-16 and is equivalent to an increase in the rate of 2¼d per £1.