Ardrossan - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
23 DECEMBER 1878

TRADE REPORT

The following are the shipments of pig iron from Ardrossan Harbour for the past week: -

Coastwise, 1920 tons.

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GLASGOW HERALD
24 DECEMBER 1877

TRADE REPORT

The following are the shipments of pig iron from Ardrossan Harbour for the past week: -

Coastwise, 1300 tons; Foreign, 150 tons; Total, 1450 tons.

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GLASGOW HERALD
24 DECEMBER 1878

CURLING – ARDROSSAN v. WEST KILBRIDE

Two rinks from each of these clubs competed on Ashgrove Loch for the district medal. The trophy was gained by Ardrossan.

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GLASGOW HERALD
25 DECEMBER 1889

BIRTH

TYRE: At Ardrossan, on the 23rd instant, the wife of James Tyre, junior; a daughter.

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GLASGOW HERALD
26 DECEMBER 1872

ARDROSSAN COURSING CLUB MEETING

The meeting of this club, postponed a fortnight ago on account of frost, takes place today at Sharphill.

The entry and draw took place yesterday afternoon in the Eglinton Arms Hotel, and was well attended.

For the Collar Stake 19 dogs entered, and for the Pavilion Purse 18, being an increase on the previous entry.

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GLASGOW HERALD
26 DECEMBER 1873

CHRISTMAS DAY

The Episcopalian congregation, Ardrossan, had morning and afternoon events which were well attended.

The hall in which the meetings were held were neatly decorated by Mr Phillips of the Coastguard.

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GLASGOW HERALD
26 DECEMBER 1879

ARDROSSAN GRAIN MARKET

There was a small attendance at market on Thursday. Samples of wheat were shown, and sold from 18s to 21s per boll.

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GLASGOW HERALD
26 DECEMBER 1889

CHRISTMAS DAY – ARDROSSAN

Mr Inglis Robson, Glasgow, L. Mus. of the T.S.F.C.I., with a choir of 100 voices gave an excellent entertainment – the cantata of “Santa Claus” – in the Assembly Hall, Ardrossan, before a large audience, which was highly delighted with the entire performance.

Yesterday’s holiday was well observed by the Roman Catholics and Episcopalians in Ardrossan, services being held and well attended in both places of worship.

Being a bank holiday, these and other offices in town generally were closed.

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GLASGOW HERALD
27 DECEMBER 1872

ARDROSSAN COURSING CLUB – THE EGLINTON CHAMPION COLLAR AND PAVILION PURSE

This meeting began yesterday over the Ardrossan estate. The meet was at Sharphill, and during a weary day’s travel we visited Knochrivoch, Craig’s Park, Darleith, Ittington, Busby, and Sorbie – only getting fourteen courses for our day’s work.

Luckily the weather was favourable; and although the sport was extremely slow, the trials were excellent.

It being apparent that it was a hopeless task to finish the meeting on the Ardrossan estate, the committee have decided to visit Fenwick tomorrow, where hares are reported to be pretty plentiful.

With such splendid ground for trials as we marched over today, it is to be greatly regretted that the stock of hares should have been allowed to get so low; and how could it have happened is the puzzler, and Lord Eglinton has most carefully abstained, either by himself or his friends from shooting hares on it for years.

Foxes, they say, kill hares, but this can only be to a comparatively small extent, as many of the successful meetings reported in the Herald this season have been held in districts of the county that are as much over-run with foxes as this is.

It is certainly a great pity that, after his Lordship’s kindness in giving such a liberal donation to the Collar, which was the gift of his father, it should be necessary to go off his estate to finish a meeting like the present.

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GLASGOW HERALD
27 DECEMBER 1877

SHIPPING CASUALTY - STRANDING OF ARDROSSAN BRIGANTINE

Stranraer, December 26 – The MARY WILSON, brigantine, of Ardrossan, from Dublin to Ardrossan, in ballast, stranded on Otter Bank, Loch Ryan, and was abandoned by the crew.

The MARY WILSON is a vessel of 173 tons, and owned by Mr Hugh Boyd, Ardrossan.

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1881 Census at Eglinton Arms Hotel Ardrossan
Hugh Boyd Husb 55 Shipowner b. Irvine
Mary wife 54 Hotel manager b. do

Wonder if Mary's maiden name was Wilson?

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GLASGOW HERALD
28 DECEMBER 1872

ARDROSSAN COURSING CLUB – THE EGLINTON CHAMPION COLLAR AND PAVILION PURSE

As intimated in yesterday’s paper, the scene of action was shifted from Ardrossan to the neighbourhood of Fenwick, the coursing taking place over Lord Glasgow’s estate there.

A stormy night was succeeded by as wild a day as we have had this season, and, of course, under such circumstances, the attendance was both small and the sport slow – few hares lying in the open fields, and those we saw rising wild. This, at the end of a weary day’s work, ultimately caused a division among six in the Collar, and seven in the Purse.

The meeting was remarkably well judged and slipped, and the only drawback was the scarcity of game and the disagreeable weather experienced today.