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Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette
January 24, 1947

One Mile: 35/-

Alan McKinnie, West Kilbride, pled guilty through his wife, when charged at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court last Tuesday, to a charge of having travelled on the L.M.S.R. line from Saltcoats to West Kilbride and tendering & ticket for the journey from South Beach to West Kilbride. He was fined 10/- and had to pay the expenses of 25/- in addition.
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Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette
February 14, 1947

Reduced Again

As most of our readers will know. the present emergency has caused the Government to request a return to war time sizes of newspapers. Hence the reason for the reduction to eight pages.

This emergency has also caused the Government to prohibit greyhound racing. A number of our readers are followers of this sport. For their information we would state that the general feeling is that they are being badly treated as compared with cinema, dance hall, ice skating. boxing and concert followers whose entertainment consumes much more "Juice" than the "dugs" do.

However, every effort is being made to get round the restrictions and at the time of writing on Wednesday, there is every likelihood that racing may take place at Galston and Irvine on Saturday afternoon. If we hear of it before this edition goes to press we will insert notice to that effect.
Incidentally, we would ask, as miners form a large part of greyhound owners and followers does the Government think it right to do the miner out of his principal amusement?
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Liverpool are set to sign 16-year-old Scotland youth international winger Ben Doak from Celtic for £600,000. (Goal)

Dalry will be so proud of this so called "Unbelievable talent" Good luck to the young man.
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Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette
June 29, 1951

Who Wants This Stone?

Kilwinning Town Council are to be asked by the County Council to accept custody of a sculptured stone (a relic of Kilwinning Abbey) which is stored in the County Surveyor's department. The stone was recovered from an old property in Main Street, Kilwinning in the course of demolition operations for road improvement purposes.

Provost Hamilton Fleming told "Herald and Gazette" reporter that in all probability the Town Council of Kilwinning would accept custody of the stone. A branch of the Ministry of Works which deals with the preservation of ancient monuments, he said, wanted the Council to buy the old house which stands on Abbey Green for conversion into a museum. If the Council get the house, said Provost Fleming, the stone will be deposited there.
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Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette
July 6, 1952

Archers Compete Again

The Kilwinning Papings Trophy which was last contested in 1871 is to be contested again soon. The competition was first held in 1688 (the year of the Bloodless Revolution) but was discontinued in 1871 when the sport of archery was on the decline.

Now that the sport is becoming popular once more the time is opportune for revival, and it is expected there will be a good field for the Papings Trophy. The Trophy was first awarded to the archer who first hit and killed a bird tethered at the top of a high pole. But more than 200 years ago this practice was dropped, and the trophy was awarded in target competition.

In the 1871, when the competition was discontinued, the trophy was stored in a local bank. In 1921 it went to a Glasgow museum, and in 1934 was handed over to the Royal Company of Archers in Edinburgh
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Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette
July 9, 1948

Entertainment For Old Age Pensioners

Dear Sir,
It is recognised that many old age pensioners are obliged to deny themselves such small pleasures as are now left to them because of their limited means. Not the least of these pleasures is entertainment which can do so much to brighten and at the same time shorten an otherwise weary day for those who are unable to read or who through other infirmities find it impossible to keep themselves entertained with domestic and other duties.

May I claim the courtesy of your columns to intimate that as from this week all old age pensioners in this area will be admitted to this theatre at first house performances on Fridays at half our usual admission charges on presentation of their pension books.

This concession will enable them to have two hours first rate entertainment for a nominal charge of 6d or 1s and I personally hope that by this means we may contribute making life a little brighter for those concerned.-Yours, etc.,
J. R. MUNGO/ Proprietor.
Ritz Theatre, Irvine.
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Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette
July 21, 1950

Segdoune Queen Radiant In The Rain

Probably the wettest of the many wet Saturdays experienced this summer was the setting for Kilwinning's Segdoune Queen celebrations. Torrential rain caused the cancellation of the parade through the town. The programme of children's sports had to be postponed. The highland dancing competition had to be held indoors in the school.

But 15-years-old Sybil Barclay rose above the conditions. Smiling and radiant she mounted the uncovered rostrum to be crowned by Mrs Fleming, the Lady Provost. Not for one instant did Queen Sybil lose her poise as herald John Bannerman read the proclamation, as the Provosts of neighbouring burghs were presented to her, nor when, the crowning ceremony over, the stepped down from the dripping rostrum to proceed to the cemetery where she laid a wreath on the war memorial. Hers was indeed the performance of a queen!

Praise, too, is due to the attendants, Ann Christie, Isabel Milligan, Maureen Conway, Betty Palmer, Mary Longmuir and Mary Annall who carried I out their duties admirably in the wretched conditions. Later, at a reception in the British Legion Hall, Queen Sybil made a presentation to ex Queen Mary Morrison.
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Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette
August 1, 1952

Last Bus Home

Scene-Irvine Cross, 11.30 p.m. some Saturday night.
Clouds of black smoke proclaim the arrival of a certain local late 'bus.
Rucous voice cutting through fog at doorway: "Youseyinsfer Kilwankie?'

Hordes of desperate individuals appear as if by magic.
Twelve stick in doorway, one with greyhound in ockster. Cries of "laydiss buffore gentilming, puleez" "cummoangitaff," "takyergroohoons tailootmamooth," etc.

Conductress, bonking the advance party one on the conk with her ticket machine: "Here yooooo! Hoodythink yooooour Zatopek?" she is swept aside by another tidal wave of runners-up. Outdone, she resorts to typical female trick of throwing the onus or the other sex: "Hawjoanny," (through the driver's window) "Come oot tae them!"

Johnny comes oot, and, drawing himself up to his full 5 feet 1 1/2 inches, snarls 'Wizzamairrer?' Retreats hastily as a beerbottle whizzes past his head ...
11.31 p.m. same night. A cloud of black smoke announces the departure of a certain local late 'bus.
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I wonder if that was a Rooney’s bus
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Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette
September 19, 1952

But The Buffs Weren't Playing There

Some seventy Kilwinning R. supporters who travelled with their team to see them play Douglas Water Thistle in the 1st round of the Scottish Cup last Saturday learned a little about the geography of Lanarkshire before they returned home.

Reaching the ground in good time, they paid their way in and took up their stance on the terracing Out come the teams but the familiar blue and white of the Buffs was missing. Perhaps they've changed their colours for the game, the supporters concluded as they tried to pick out their favourites. Not a kent face was to be seen.

Bewildered they started to make enquiries and found out to their confusion that they were watching not Douglas Water Thistle, but Douglasdale who were due to play Maryhill.

Douglas Water, they learned, was three miles away. Without more ado, the supporters got on to their buses again and made for Douglas Water, arriving about fifteen minutes after the start to find the Buffs already down a goal.

We hear that two Buffs supporters were "lifted" during the match. Possibly two of the seventy whose tempers had been tried beyond endurance. Their mystery tour and the defeat of their team was too much for them
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Meg wrote: Mon Oct 11, 2021 3:32 pm
Penny Tray wrote: Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:55 am I never met him but he had a formidable reputation, and was criminally active in Ayrshire in the 1960s.
He had quite a life PT - dying in Perth Prison serving a sentence after being arrested on a rooftop in Ayr. His Wikipedia entry is worth a three minute read.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Ramensky
More about Mr Ramensky

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/crime-stories/
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FEARFUL AND FATAL GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION AT DALRY.
(From our own Correspondent)
Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald 26th January 1856

Dalry has this week been the scene of what might have been, but for the merciful dispensation of providence, a most terrible calamity. We are now in a condition to give the details, but the excitement which it created, the sense of the great danger which we felt we had escaped, so unnerved us, as it did until now, almost the whole of the inhabitants of this place, we were unable to give any thing like a description of it.
On Tuesday evening last [22nd], about half-past Ten o'clock, the shop of Mr James Hind, grocer, spirit dealer, and bookseller, was discovered to be on fire. An alarm was immediately raised, and on the door being opened the flames burst out with fearful fury. Mr Hind, who was on the spot, at once gave warning that there was a quantity of gunpowder in the place, and that fearful consequences might ensue if it became ignited. Notwithstanding that the flames were already licking the barrels a number of individuals seized upon pails, buckets, and whatever could be got, and went to work in right earnest. Mr Hind, himself, at the risk of his life, ran in and carried away a 28 lb. barrel, the staves of which were already burning. Those engaged in throwing water upon the casks had but emptied a few buckets when an explosion took place, forcing the doors and the windows to the opposite side of the street, and killing and wounding all within reach. It was at once apparent that the explosion was caused by the fire coming in contact with a loose canister, or, possibly, a few pounds of powder in paper for retail, for, had it been the whole stock of which there were several barrels, it would have razed the house to the ground.
In the meantime the flames had communicated with the floor above. Five minutes undisturbed, and it had been beyond the reach of such means of extinction as were at hand, and within 100 yards there were not fewer than eight shops, in all of which were large stocks of gunpowder. In the shop adjoining, the partition of which had been blown in with the explosion, there was enough to blow the centre of the town to atoms. The danger was imminent, but there were fearless hearts at hand. A ladder was got; Mr Francis Ross, wright, and a number of others, dashed in and tore up the floor, directing the water, of which there was fortunately a plentiful supply, to the proper quarters, and in a short time the cheering intelligence was communicated that all danger from above was over. The smoking and burning embers in the shop, however, were still sufficient to cause much uneasiness, but again assistance was prompt. Whenever a spark appeared a shower of water was poured upon it till all was considered safe. The combustible nature of the stock, and the ignorance of the position of the powder barrels, rendered it necessary to remove the debris. In doing which two barrels were discovered, one of them nearly charred through. It is fearful to contemplate the loss of life which must have occurred had these barrels exploded. Notwithstanding the active assistance of Sergeant Galt of the county constabulary, Constable Green of the same force, and a number of special constables, it was impossible to keep the onlookers at a safe distance. Mr Marshal of the Gas-work, the moment he heard of the fire, turned off the pressure, thereby preventing the gas from increasing the danger. This, however, had the effect of bringing numbers to the spot. The annual soiree of the Free Church was being held at the time, and the sudden extinction of the gas brought them out en masse. Here arose the great danger. Two thousand human beings were within 60 yards of the spot, 50 lbs. of powder were still within the burning premises, and in the shop adjoining perhaps twice as much. Had all this exploded, who can tell the loss of life which must have occurred. Truly we have reason to be thankful to Providence for our almost miraculous escape.
The most lamentable part of this sad affair remains to be told. Mrs Kerr, aged 75, mother-in-law of Mr James Roger, (the proprietor of the range of property in which the fire occurred) was 'killed upon the spot. She had been in bed in the apartment immediately above the shop, and on the alarm being given, came down to the street. She is supposed to have been struck by one of the shutters when the window was blown out. The following parties are more or less injured: —

Elizabeth Crawford, mortally, fast sinking, cannot survive.
John Shaw, clothier, dangerously, severely bruised about the head, and internally.
William Smith, New-street, severely bruised about the head and body.
Hugh Roger, son of Mr James Roger, seriously bruised about the head and arms.
Andrew Walker, innkeeper, seriously bruised on head and arms.
James Rodger, proprietor, severely.
Archd.[Archibald] Smith, grocer, slightly.
Hugh Goodwin, shoemaker, slightly.
And a few others whose names we were unable to ascertain.

Mr Walker had a wonderful escape. He was in the shop in the act of dashing a pailful of water about the powder casks, when the explosion took place, blowing him to the opposite side of the street; yet, strange to say, he escaped with a slight burning, and a few severe cuts and bruises. The medical gentlemen, Messrs. Hamilton, Blair, and Alston, were all on the spot in about three minutes after the alarm was given, and continued visiting and dressing the sufferers during the night.
It is impossible to describe the scene of consternation and alarm which everywhere prevailed. Until once it was ascertained who were the sufferers, women were crying frantically for their husbands, husbands were shouting for their wives, and children were screaming for their parents. It was altogether such a picture of horror which we would not wish to look upon again. Had the fire escaped observation for another hour, in all probability the first warning would have been the blowing up of the house with every soul in it. Mr Hind assures us that the quantity of powder exploded was only five lbs.; but how this could explode and not communicate with the barrels in the shop, appears mysterious. No cause for the fire can be assigned. The shop fire was carefully extinguished at nine o'clock, and all was then safe. It is conjectured that a box of matches must have fallen from the shelf immediately over a lot of loose paper, as at that spot there is evidence of the fire having been more severe than in any other.
We cannot conclude our notice of this event without calling attention to the dangerous practice of keeping powder in shops. It is carried on here to a fearful extent. In eight shops, within 100 yards, there were not less than a ton, and we have known in some others in town not less a quantity than half a ton kept regularly in stock. Should this be tolerated? The grocers allege that it will not pay to build a magazine and keep it. If it will not, then let the trade be handed over to some one individual who will conduct it at such a distance from the town as will not endanger the lives of the whole community. Such a course would be a graceful concession to the terrified feelings of the inhabitants, and we would respectfully urge it upon them. Public meetings, we hear, are likely to be held on the subject; but the proprietors should begin the work by making it a condition with tenants that no powder can be kept in stock. Insurance offices refuse to pay for damages occasioned by gunpowder explosion; and however seldom a fire may occur in a neighbourhood, it is but proper that all should be prepared for it by having their property insured.
The loss, we understand, in this instance cannot be less than £300. Mr D. McKenzie (next door) has lost considerably, as has also Mr Rodger, the proprietor. But, considerable as this is, the loss of life, and the injuries received, is the most lamentable feature in the whole occurrence.
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Since the above was in type, we learn that Elizabeth Crawford is dead; and that Mr Shaw is much worse. The other sufferers are a little better.
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