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Kilmarnock Herald
October 7, 1926

Sheebeening Near Irvine.

At Irvine J.P. Court on Thursday-Messrs Hall, Breckenridge, and Caldwell on the bench. John Cameron residing at Sandy Acre hen farm, near the Irvine to Ayr road, in the parish of Dundonald, was convicted on evidence on having on three dates in August last trafficked in excisable liquors at Sandy Acre hen farm without a licence. A penalty of £20 or sixty days, with three guineas modified expenses, was imposed. At the same Court Cameron's wife, Elizabeth Kyle or Cameron, was fined £10 or 30 days, with three guineas modified expenses, for having trafficked in excisable liquors without a licence at the same address on Sunday, September 3 last.
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GLASGOW HERALD
15 OCTOBER 1860

REJOICING AT ARRAN

Thursday last being the birth-day of her Grace the Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon (Princess Marie of Baden-Baden), was observed as a gala day in the beautiful island of Arran.

In all directions were to be seen triumphal arches and wreaths over the gates and doors of Brodick Castle and surrounding demesne, bearing appropriate mottoes in German, French, and other languages, besides one in English thus – “Long may you live, hale and hearty.”

At 12 o’clock, cannons were heard booming from the heights of the Castle grounds, while at the same time dinner and champagne were being profusely served up to the servants, and whole domestics of the household, under the able management and supervision of Mr. Gibb, his Grace’s steward.
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Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald
October 23, 1908

Arran Notes

The Marquis and Marchioness of Graham, with their infant son, Lord Kincardine, left for the south on Tuesday, travelling to Ardrossan by the steamer "Glen Rosa." Col. Starkey, the shooting tenant will probably arrive at the Castle on Saturday.

shooting tenant?
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A "shooting tenant" is generally someone who rents the privilege of shooting game on an estate.

The Ground Game Act, 1880, in order to protect crops, also authorised tenant farmers to destroy rabbits and hares on their farms without seeking the permission of the owners of the land on which their farms were situated - thus, they too were sometimes referred to as shooting tenants.
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As they say: Every day's a school day! :wink:
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The Ayrshire Post
October 31, 1864

Kilwinning - Child Drowned

On Friday evening . little boy aged five years, child of William Thom, railway gatekeeper at Durrans, fell into the lade of the sawmill belonging to the Messrs Small, and was carried below the water-wheel, which almost cut him in two. Nobody saw the accident, and it was not till about two hours after the child had been missed that the remains, dreadfully mutilated, were discovered about thirty yards below the mill.
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GLASGOW HERALD
23 JANUARY 1886

EGLINTON CASTLE

The Earl and Countess of Eglinton have evidently determined on a stay of some considerable duration on the continent, as the greater number of the servants at the Castle are about to be dispensed with, and the carriage horses are to be returned to Edinburgh.
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Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette
January 25, 1952

Average Policeman Almost 6 Feet


Average age of the 74 male members of Kilmarnock Police Force is 36 and average height 5 feet 11 3/4 inches.

Their service averages 12 years, 7 months.

Kilmarnock's population at the recent census was 42,120.
There are 53.32 miles of streets in Kilmarnock.
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GLASGOW HERALD
19 MARCH 1847

FATAL ACCIDENT

On Saturday afternoon last, JAMES HALBERT was driving a horse with some coal waggons attached, along the branch railway from Mr Kenneth’s coal-pit, Kilwinning, to the Ardrossan railway. On the first waggon going off the rails, he accidentally fell off, and the second went over his body, causing immediate death.

The deceased was unmarried, and a native of West Kilbride.
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GLASGOW HERALD
21 MARCH 1910

THE BATTLE OF LARGS

In reference to the proposal to erect a monument to commemorate the Battle of Largs the Earl of Glasgow has agreed to take the chair at a public meeting to be held on April 9 to promote the proposal, at which it is expected many influential people will be present.
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GLASGOW HERALD
2 APRIL 1874

GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION NEAR IRVINE

An explosion of gunpowder, attended by serious consequences occurred at Bartonholm Colliery Rows, near Irvine on Tuesday evening.

About seven o’clock four colliers left their homes to go to work. Two of them, named HENRY ORR and GEORGE DOCHERTY, carried each a flask containing about four pounds of powder for blasting purposes. As Henry Orr was going along he is said to have taken a few grains of powder out of his flask to examine the quality, when a spark from his pipe he was smoking is supposed to have ignited it, and communicating with the flask under his left arm, exploded it, thus causing the flask in George Docherty’s possession to explode also.

Orr is very badly burned about the face and neck, and under his left arm, doubts being expressed as to his recovery. Docherty, while not so badly injured as Orr, is also very seriously burned.

Two children, named ANNIE AGNEW and ROBERT AGNEW, who were passing at the time explosion occurred, were also burned, the boy being so much injured that he is not expected to survive.

Dr. Milroy, Kilwinning, was in attendance soon after the accident.
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GLASGOW HERALD
23 APRIL 1877

THE EARL OF EGLINTON ON BURNS

The Kilmarnock Standard understands that, in answer to a request that he should subscribe to the fund for the erection of a statue to Burns in Kilmarnock, the Earl of Eglinton has sent a letter in which he writes: -

“I beg to say that I have the bad taste to neither appreciate Burns’ character or poems, so, under these circumstances, I must beg to decline subscribing towards the proposed monument at Kilmarnock.”
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