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From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on April 7, 2010

150 YEARS AGO on April 1860
The report of the General Prison Board shows that the cost of the maintenance of convicts in the prison of Ayr for the year ended March 1860 was £3264 8s.

Saltcoats and Stevenston Rifle Corps, escorted by Saltcoats Instrumental Band, made their first public appearance.

Ardrossan Farmers' Society held their annual exhibition of stock in a field adjoining Parkhouse farm. At 3 o'clock 42 gentlemen sat down to dinner in the Eglinton Arms Hotel. Gavin Fullarton Esq, Kerelaw, was in the chair.

Six hundred and twenty-one tons of pig iron were shipped at Ardrossan in one week. Also shipped were clay pipes and 200 casks of beer for New York.

100 YEARS AGO on April 8, 1910
Mr James Edgar was last week elected to Kilwinning Parish Council in place of the late Councillor Adamson.

The breaking in of subscriptions for the advertising of Saltcoats is proceeding slowly. It is not yet know whether the amount required will be secured.

An increase in trade of over £263 over the corresponding quarter of last year was reported by Mr Wm McGhie, president, and the 149th quarterly.

Mr Robert Shanks, a 29-year-old Saltcoats labourer, set out on Tuesday morning from Kilwinning in tending to break the record of 37 days to wheel a barrow to London and back.

A marble clock and bronze side ornaments were presented, last Friday, to Mr John Barclay, retiring secretary of Ardrossan Branch of the Foresters' Society.

For so long at least as the present Parliament lasts, North Ayrshire is not to be represented in the House of Commons by a silent member. Mr A M Anderson KC delivered his maiden speech on Monday night.

Mr G G Turnbull, retiring head-teacher of the Evening Continuation Classes held under Ardrossan School Board, was presented with an ink-stand by Mr J B Cowan on Friday night.

50 YEARS AGO on April 8, 1960
The Presbytery of Ardrossan decided at their meeting on Tuesday to write to the Prime Minister, the Dominion Secretary and the High Commissioner for South Africa in the United Kingdom expressing their continuing situation in South Africa in terms of the Church of Scotland's traditional policy - namely, that the system of apartheid, as practised by the Government of South Africa, "offers no permanent solution to the problems of that Nation and is against all Christian teaching."
During a debate on the issue the Rev JA Miller Scott, Stevenston, declared that the "morality" being applied in South Africa was "a thug morality - the morality of the Gestapo".

A 13-year-old Ardrossan boy, Jack Francis of Harvey Street, has gained an award at the Scottish Schoolboys and Girls' exhibition at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow. He is a pupil of Eglinton School. Jack's entry was a model tray in wood, for which he received third place in the handiwork section. This week he received his prize - a cheque for £2.

25 YEARS AGO on April 12, 1985
One thousand part-time jobs at Cunninghame's Special Employment Unit are under threat because of arguments with the Transport Union. The local branch of the T&G have refused to approve new community programme schemes in the district. They argue that full-time and not part-time jobs should be created. Unless agreement is reached within weeks the Special Employment Unit will grind to a halt.

Tenants in Ardrossan are in a blind rage - a colour- blind rage! For they are up in arms over a new colour scheme adopted by the district council for some flats in the town. Montgomerie Street residents say everything was perfectly fine until the council painted their flats bright green and yellow.

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Hughie wrote: Sat Dec 17, 2022 8:53 am From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on April 7, 2010

100 YEARS AGO on April 8, 1910

Mr Robert Shanks, a 29-year-old Saltcoats labourer, set out on Tuesday morning from Kilwinning intending to break the record of 37 days to wheel a barrow to London and back.
The 6 April, 1910, edition of the Glasgow Herald included the following additional information in two separate items: -

"A Kilwinning labourer, Robert Shanks, left Kilwinning yesterday with a specially constructed barrow, 20lb. in weight, in an attempt to break the walking record to London and back, which is at present held by a Dalry man named Ewing, the time occupied being 35 days. Shanks, who left the local Post Office at 10 a.m. was accorded a hearty send-off from many hundreds of townspeople who lined both sides of Main Street."

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"It seems years since long-distance barrow-wheeling was a form of athletics in which the public took a casual and amused interest. Yesterday a Kilwinning man set out to break the record to London and back, which stands now at 35 days, or roughly 21 miles per day. This is a fair pace for walking, either with or without 'a Kilwinning Rangers Scottish Cup jersey,' a waterproof worn round the body in a military fashion, and a small parcel carried in the specifically constructed 20lb. wheelbarrow. Whether a 20 lb. wheelbarrow adds to the ordinary physical tax of a 750 mile walk, or is of actual assistance, is one of the secrets of the profession of wheelbarrow walking."

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It will be noted that the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald claims Robert as a "Saltcoats labourer," while the Glasgow Herald reports him to be a "Kilwinning labourer." Maybe he lived in one town and worked in the other. I don't suppose anyone will know for sure now :? .
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Robert Shanks was born at Raise Street, Saltcoats in 1881. At some point the family moved to Kilwinning, where another child was born in 1886.
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Irene,

Your amazing, AGAIN.
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From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on April 14, 2010

150 YEARS AGO on April 1860
The road trustees have very properly placarded our walls with warnings against parties leaving refuse on our streets after nightfall.

The annual meeting of Ardrossan Bowling Club took place in the Hotel with Captain M Crawford in the chair. The Rt Hon Earl Of Eglinton had given orders for a gold medal to be presented to the Club for annual competition.

Two Dalry anglers were on the 16th, fishing the River Garnock for trout. In the course of the day they tried a salmon fly, not hoping to get anything other than a spent fish. But, to their surprise, one of them hooked a salmon and, after an hour's sport, landed a thirteen pounder.

The new steamer Earl Of Arran will take up her run from Ardrossan to Arran next month. She will make the run in fifty minutes, reducing to two hours the time of journey from Glasgow.

50 YEARS AGO on April 15, 1960
A bird has built its nest on the ledge of the fanlight at the EU Congregational Manse, Hamilton Street, Saltcoats where it sits without fear, watching the world go by.

Last Sunday evening, Ardrossan Fire Brigade were called to a house in Border Avenue, Saltcoats, when a pan of fat on an electric cooker caught fire. A woman occupant had to receive medical attention for superficial burns, while furniture and fittings in the kitchen were destroyed.

A total of 1,750 families in Saltcoats housing schemes have television sets, twelve having been granted permission to erect TV aerials by Saltcoats Town Council in the past month.

In his annual report, Saltcoats Burgh Roads Surveyor submits that there are 23.67 miles of road in the town. Estimates for 1960-61 allow for expenditure of £3174 on roadworks.

Coming to Stevenston in June are Mr and Mrs David McCulloch, the former of whom is best remembered as Davy The Barber.

Ex-provost John Beggs of Ardrossan told members of the Area Education Sub-Committee last Friday that Police Judge Robert Lambie, should be asked to withdraw remarks he made at last month's meeting of Saltcoats Town Council concerning Mr Daniel McFarlane, Rector of Ardrossan Academy.
Ex-Provost Beggs declared that allegations made by Mr Lambie amounted to an unwarranted attack on Mr McFarlane.
"I have no doubt members will have read about this in The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald. Mr Lambie alleged that since he came to the school the Rector has been trying to 'oust' Saltcoats pupils from Ardrossan Academy.
"Nothing could be further from the truth and and I chal- lenge Mr Lambie to produce one instance where a pupil has been kept out of the school by the actions of the rector."
It is also claimed that Mr Lambie said the school does not belong to the Rector, but to the council. The committee agreed to contact Mr Lambie to see if he had indeed made the allegations attributed to him and write a letter to the Editor of The Herald clarifying the matter.

25 YEARS AGO on April 19, 1985
Cunninghame youngsters on a clerical training course staged a mock RAPE trial with their instructors.
Now Euro MP Hugh McMahon has called on Government ministers to investigate the running of the course. According to one Ardrossan teenager who was sent on it, the rape trial was treated in a lighthearted way and was. in bad taste. That's just one of a number of complaints made against Keyboard Productivity Scotland's training centre in Irvine. Now Mr McMahon has asked Tory Government Ministers to investigate.
"If the results are not satisfactory I want this scheme terminated," he said.
Keyboard Productivity managing director Tony Stewart described the claims as rubbish.

There's a new man at the helm of Ardrossan Harbour Company. Former harbour master Bill Gillespie takes over as port manager this week. He succeeds managing director George Barclay, who is retiring after seven years in the job and will remain a director.
Mr Gillespie (47) who lives in Ardrossan, joined the Harbour Company in 1966 as deputy harbourmaster and traffic superintendent and has been in his current job for nine years. He is stepping into the hot seat at a crucial time in the company's history. If oil or gas is discovered in the Clyde in viable quantities it could bring major benefits to the Harbour. The Harbour Company is already bidding to become the supply base for any future drilling, against stiff competition from other ports.

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From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on April 21, 2010

150 YEARS AGO on April 1860
THE NEW steamer Earl Of Arran was launched at Cartvale, Paisley with a large number of share- holders from this district present for the event.

Ardeer Bowling Club opened for the season on Friday 27. The weather was fine and 48 players took part

100 YEARS AGO on April 22, 1910
The office-bearers were elected at the annual general meeting of Ardrossan, Saltcoats and Stevenston Choral and Orchestral Society held in the Trinity UF Church Hall, Saltcoats on Wednesday evening.

Last Saturday was an important occasion in the annals of Saltcoats, the occasion being the laying of the memorial stone of the Masonic Temple now under construction in Bradshaw Street for Lodge Neptune Kilwinning No 442, Saltcoats.

We learn that Ardrossan Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company Ltd has this week secured orders to build three new steamers, two of them coasters and the other a duplication of the ill-fated Maianbar recently lost on the Australian coast.

Stevenston was a proud town last Friday when the new fountain at Fullarton Place, presented by Mr Patrick Warner of Ardeer, was formally set to the performance of its function. The water was turned on by Mrs Wyllie, Ardeer House, in the presence of the members of the Parish Council, the Water Board, other officials and of a large representation of the general public.

50 YEARS AGO on April 22, 1960
without the option of a fine was given by Bailie D N Alcroft at Ardrossan Police Court on Monday.
"For a long time we have been experiencing more and more trouble in this dancehall and it is the intention of the Magistrates of this Burgh to stamp it out," he fumed.

A model railway or funfair on Castle Hill, an entertainment week sponsored by the Town Council, open-air dancing on South Beach, a promenade with sanitary facilities on the north shore and a golf course and trees in Glasgow Street these are some of the suggestions made for giving Ardrossan a 'new look made at a meeting of various shopkeepers with Provost James Dorrian last week.

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From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on April 28, 2010

100 YEARS AGO on April 29, 1910
At the annual meeting of Ardrossan Shakespeare Reading Club, which has held continuous reading sessions since 1897, office-bearers were elected.

On Friday evening of last week a concert was given by the Ardrossan Troop of the Boy Scouts.

Ardrossan Shipyard Workers had a "smoker" in the Station Hotel on Wednesday.
Just as we were receiving news that a Kilwinning man who set out for London some time ago wheeling a barrow had reached his destination, Bob Carlyle, another "barrow man passed through Irvine from Land's End on his way to John o' Groats. Carlylke is a veteran at the game and has travelled thousands of miles in his day pushing a "peep show".

In Kilwinning Parish Church Mission Hall on Tuesday an enjoyable concert was given by Miss Howie, pianist and accompanists. the concert was in aid of the fund for the Kilwinning Boy Scouts.

50 YEARS AGO on April 29, 1960
Last Sunday during the service in a Saltcoats Church, a pigeon got inside the building and was flying about. It was caught and given its freedom.

On Tuesday Ardrossan police received a message that there was a swan at the North Shore covered in oil and unable to fly. They got in touch with the SPCA officer who visited the shore and reported that the bird was able to fly.

About fifteen feet of the dividing wall between the Castle Hill footpath and the old nursery has been broken down. There has recently been a lot of waste paper lying all over the hill. Surely the time has come when local adults and juveniles are aware that Castle Hill is a beauty spot and that they should keep it tidy.

Miss Sylvia Gill, aged 12, of Sharphill Road, Saltcoats, a pupil of Ardrossan Academy, has been chosen as this year's Queen Of the Sea.

The amount of damage done to the Winton Pier Railway Station is disgraceful. The damage is generally done on a Sunday when things are quiet and the target is the glass roof.

The railroad leading to the old Belfast boat is undergoing repair. Rails have been lifted and work- men are busy building a new road into the berth which at present is not in use. When this job is completed, cars making for the Arran steamer at winton Pier will have a clear run through. The old Belfast boat berth has not yet been used by any other vessels and no doubt the Harbour Company have plans which they have not yet made public.

25 YEARS AGO on May 3, 1985
Sunday saw the end of the old ICI Nylon Plant in Stevenston when the 425-foot chimney crashed to the ground. The tallest chimney ever to be demolished in Scotland, it was reduced to two and a half thousand tons of breaking concrete and it is estimated that the top of the chimney would be travelling at 200mph when it hit the ground.

In fact, the chimney almost disappeared a day early when a fire at its base chimney whole holes were being drilled to put the explosives in. Ardrossan Fire Brigade were called to the scene to extinguish it and the chimney was blown up the following day. The demolition marks the end of a three-year contract worth more than £1M held by MacWilliam of Glasgow to dismantle the old plant.

Mr Alan MacWilliam, a director of the company, said afterwards: "This was a particularly difficult job because of the situation of the chimney but it went without a hitch. We are very pleased."

The police were on duty to ensure that no-one was on-site apart from demolition workers when the explosives were set. The chimney was built between 1966 and 1968 as part of the power station sat the Nylon Plant, which finally shut down in 19981. (?)

A Church of Scotland congregation has snubbed a Presbytery resolution to unite two Ardrossan churches. The congregation at St John's, which has been hit by a wave of vandalism recently, rejected a Presbytery call for the church to unite with the Barony at a recent vote. Barony voted to accept the proposals unanimously but St John's voted to turn them down.

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From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on May 5, 2010

150 YEARS AGO on May 1860
MR William Sloan, Dalry, is one of three Ayrshire students attending Glasgow University who this session have attained the degree of M.D.

Mr. John Lester, Portencross, and Mr Harper, gardener at the Pavilion, Ardrossan, are stated to to be the first to have new potatoes in the district.

Saltcoats Brass Band gave a concert to raise funds to provide the bandsmen with suitable uniforms.

Sinclair's Panorama for three days had successful shows in the Town Hall in Ardrossan. The show was a panorama of Russia and there were also scenes of India and the Indian War.

100 YEARS AGO on May 6, 1910
MR Harry Gaul was on Monday appointed by Ardrossan School Board to the headmastership of the evening continuation classes in Ardrossan Academy.

On the occasion of his leaving for America Mr Robert Fraser, Springvale Place, Saltcoats was last Saturday the recipient of of a dressing-case from the members and friends of Kilwinning Eglinton Juniors FC with which he had been connected for some time.

At the monthly meeting of Ardrossan United Free Presbytery held on Tuesday afternoon the Reverend Donald McDonald was appointed Moderator.

Never in the bowling history of West Kilbride has there been such a large, enthusiastic and happy gathering as that which was held at the opening of the green on Saturday afternoon. For several seasons the growing demand for bowling by the summer visitor has brought home to the minds of the committee the inadequacy of the clubhouse accommodation and a new and more commodious pavilion has now been erected.

50 YEARS AGO on May 6, 1960
THERE are approximately 60 goats on Holy Isle at present a much larger number than has been the case for years. We also learned that two ravens were observed there recently, which is unusual.

A young Stevenston man who was fined £1 for a breach of the peace in Castlecraigs last week again found himself in Ardrossan Police Court on Monday morning. He admitted wilfully and maliciously damaging a door by throwing darts at it.

On Monday about 2.40pm fire broke out in a shed at Sorbie Farm owned by Mr W Hogarth. Two tons of hay were destroyed and the shed was damaged. Ardrossan Fire Brigade prevented more serious damage being done.

Ardrossan Police had a report of twelve shillings- worth of plants being stolen. This is a very mean type of theft and one the whole community will deplore.

A quote from Police Judge Robert Lambie after an electors' meeting in Saltcoats: "We have no opposition in Saltcoats Town Council. There are only critics of what we do."

25 YEARS AGO on May 10, 1985
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Sharon McIntyre beat six other girls in the competition to become Saltcoats Gala Queen for 1985. Sharon, of Kinnier Road, was chosen at a meeting in Saltcoats Town Hall last Thursday. A third-year pupil at Ardrossan Academy, she is keen on sport and dancing, is the school hockey team captain and swims with Cunninghame Action Club. The turnout of hopeful young girls was consider-ably better than last year and the competition was tough.

One of Ireland's top 10 companies hopes to create up to 200 new jobs in Saltcoats. The Purcel Group has bought the former SK Meats abbatoir and has already started boning meat for export. More than 50 workers have already been taken on and a company spokesman told the Herald this week that more are in the pipeline. "We plan to open a slaughterhouse facility at the premises," financial controller Owen Driver told us. The company have already approached Cunninghame District Council, the Ardrossan, Saltcoats and Stevenston Enterprise Trust and the Scottish Development Agency seeking grant aid.

A World War II veteran was forced to hold his own lonely VE Day parade at Saltcoats cenotaph on Wednesday. Jimmy Fiddes (61) of Barnett Crescent stood silently and gave a solitary salute to those who lost their lives during the Second World War. Mr Fiddes saw action at the Normandy landings while serving as a corporal with the Royal Scottish Fusiliers.

An Ardrossan and Saltcoats bypass is still some years away, Scots Secretary George Younger said this week. The scheme is still at the feasibility study stage, he revealed in a letter to Cunninghame South MP David Lambie. A route has still to be decided and the public allowed to comment.

The country manor home of singer Calum Kennedy was left a burnt-out shell on Tuesday morning after fire raged through the building. Mr Kennedy, who owns the Eglinton Arms Hotel in Ardrossan said he was devastated after the flames destroyed his home, Leithland House outside Elderslie. The singer was the last person to leave the house on the evening of the fire and suspects vandals. Local gangs targeted the property eight years. ago this month.

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From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on May 12, 2010

150 YEARS AGO on May 1860
THERE was lambed in at Glenree, Isle Of Arran, a lamb which had neither head, legs nor tail. Part of the body had wool on it, proving there had been life. The mother, a Cheviot ewe, had another lamb at the same time and is doing well.

At the meeting of the Original Secession Synod the rev. Court agreed to the translation of the Rev Andrew Anderson of Dromore, Ireland to be minister of the congregation at Kilwinning.

The new steamer Earl of Arran on arriving at Ardrossan to take up her run between this port and Arran, was cheered by a large crowd as she entered the harbour.

100 YEARS AGO on May 13, 1910
Mr John Brown, MA, second master in Largs Higher Grade School, has been appointed Assistant Master in Mathematics and Science at Ardrossan Academy. He succeeds Mr John Edwards BSc.

The officers of the Vale of Garnock Lodge No. 559 IOGT for the new quarter have been selected.

The annual general meeting of Beith Football Club was held in the Masonic Hall, Beith on Friday evening.

50 YEARS AGO on May 13, 1960
Mr Robert Lambie, the new Provost of Saltcoats, first entered the town council in 1929 and apart from two break of three years, has been a member since then.

Mr Joseph McManus, Ardrossan's new Junior Bailie, although a native of Saltcoats has stayed in Ardrossan for 22 years.

On the advice of their finance committee, Saltcoats Town Council have turned down a request from the West Coast Disabled Club for the remission of a charge of £6 10s for the let of the Town Hall.

A young man from Saltcoats is to appear in two theatre plays this month. He is Mr David Young of Corrie Crescent. His success follows his recent appearance as a member of the Ardrossan team in the final of the Top Town contest. Davie, who is a member of the Ayrshire Constabulary, is at present stationed at Newmilns. He will appear at Ayr Gaiety and the Glasgow Pavillion. He has a fine tenor voice.

The ladies Evergreen Club, Saltcoats, thank the staff and workers and the Charities Committee at Nobel's Explosives for their donation of £35.

The nett registered tonnage of vessels using Ardrossan Harbour for the year ended December 31, 1959 was 1,047,440 and the cargo brought into the port for the same period was 834,586 tons. The harbour is much busier than the public are aware of.

Last Monday a man was knocked down by a motor cycle in Parkhouse Road, Ardrossan and sustained a fractured leg. He was removed to Kilmarnock Infirmary.

On Friday when a motor car was coming out of Dalry Road into Eglinton Road, Ardrossan a motor cyclist had to brake suddenly. He was thrown from the machine and injured.

Nightshift workers from Saltcoats are suffering sleeplessness because there's too much noise in the streets during the day, they complain

25 YEARS AGO on May 17, 1985
Hazel-eyed Heather Caldwell of Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan could be the face that fronts the 1986 Black Heart Rum Calendar. Eighteen-year- old Hazel was one of six finalists who won a place in the grand final, to be held in June. Heather will now stand a chance of winning an all-expenses- paid trip to Los Angeles for a photographic session with former pin-up and Playboy Playmate Suze Randall.

More than 100 new jobs are in the pipeline at an abandoned oil rig construction yard at Hunterston. Falmouth-based Westward Offshore Services Ltd is poised to take over part of the yard left vacant by Ayrshire Marine Constructors. Negotiations between the company and the yard owners are expected to be concluded soon and an announcement should be made within the next few days. Westward's senior contracts engineer, Mr Bill Brown - himself a former AMC employee who is now based at Irvine refused to make any comment this week. But the Herald understands that the company, which has construction yards at Falmouth and Tayside, is expanding after landing a major new order.

An early morning milkman is being tormented by a cocky canine with a taste for low-fat milk. A health-conscious Alsatian is roaming the Christie Gardens area of Saltcoats every morning in search of its daily pinta-high in protein, low in fat.

But it's no joke for milkmen lan Pollock and Charlie Hughes, because the dog is creaming off their profits. The cunning dog is working its way through 26 pints of milk each week and attempts by lan to hide the milk under bin-lids, on windowsills and weighed down by bricks is proving useless.
"I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it was a dog," said lan. "But it's not touching the full-fat stuff just Fresh'N'Lo!

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From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on May 19, 2010

150 YEARS AGO on May 1860
For the week ended May 23, 5097 tons of pig iron and 2904 tons of coal were shipped at Ardrossan Harbour. The arrivals and sailings have increased over the past few weeks and numbered as high as 55 arrivals and 52 sailings. During one part of the week there were 13 French ships loading at the harbour.

Mr Hugh Boag, boat builder, Fairlie, launched a fine fishing boat boat named Lady Agnes for a Loch Fyne owner. Two other skiffs were launched and the keels of three further vessels were laid.

Mr CD Gairdner, Commissioner to the Right Honourable The Earl of Eglinton And Winton, presented to Mr Jackson, secretary of Ardrossan Bowling Club, a gold medal for annual competition. The gold medal is truly worthy of the noble Earl.

More than 200 weavers are idle in Saltcoats and about 800 in Girvan.

The Ardrossan and Arran Steam Ship Company Ltd has made special arrangements for the speedier transfer of passengers between Glasgow and Arran.

100 YEARS AGO on May 20, 1910
Last Monday, Ardrossan School Board appointed Mr James B Christian, assistant, Eglinton School, Ardrossan to the post of Assistant in the Elementary Department of Ardrossan Academy in succession to Mr George G Turnbull.

The annual competition under the auspices of the Arran Golfers' Association took place last Saturday at Whiting Bay.

At the AGM of Ardeer Thistle Football Club held in the Conservative Central Hall, Stevenston, the office-bearers for the next year were appointed.

50 YEARS AGO on May 20, 1960
Last week a number of farmers and gamekeepers in Brisbane Glen, Largs dug out a fox's den on Craigton Farm. The vixen and four well-grown cubs were destroyed. From the remnants found in the burrow it was evident that their menu had included lamb, plover and duck. Quite often a mole is found in the den of a fox for the young cubs to play with.

We learn that Mr S Pisani of Meadowfoot Road, West Kilbride has lemons growing in his green- house. Mr Pisani brought the plant home from Italy last year and has successfully cultivated it.

The other day a woman walked into a shop in Saltcoats and asked the owner if he knew the whereabouts of a woman who had worked there sixty-five years ago. The owner could not supply the information wanted.

Sandy, the little brown pony which can be seen grazing on the ground opposite Winton Park in Ardrossan is popular with the old and young. Sandy goes forward to the railings and is petted like a child. Children between two and three years of age carry bread to Sandy daily and and it is amazing how gently he takes the food from their hands. If the children arrive and Sandy is down in the field she comes running up to the youngsters for his daily titbit.

Found and handed in at Saltcoats Police Station - a child's tricycle, an air rifle, a cigarette lighter and several sums of money.

25 YEARS AGO on May 24, 1985
Frankie Clarke, the former Scottish internationalist, is the new team manager of Ardeer Thistle. Clarke, who has been playing with Ardrossan Winton Rovers for the past two seasons, takes over from Tommy Bryce, who resigned because of other commitments. Bryce will be staying on as assistant manager, however.

A full police inquiry has been launched into the callous shooting of a dog in a Saltcoats back garden - only yards from a school playground. The shooting was carried out by a resident in the presence of the police, much to the horror of local inhabitants. The Alsatian bitch was highlighted in the Herald last week as having a love of low-fat milk. She had been stealing nearly 30 pints a week from door- steps along Christie Gardens.

St Andrew's Academy won the Scottish Schools' Under-15 Football Shield at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock. In the final the Saltcoats boys fell behind to an early goal from opponents Mid-Calder but recovered to win 4-1.

Fears over the number of leukaemia cases among Three Towns youngsters are voiced in a secret report to councillors. Investigations into the sensitive issue were carried out by Cunninghame District Council and revealed that 10 cases of the killer disease were discovered when only four were expected.
The confidential report claimed that Ardrossan, Saltcoats and Stevenston is an area worthy of further examination' as officials were surprised and shocked at the lack of information available on the subject.

Children from Argyle Primary School in Saltcoats and St Peter's Primary School in Ardrossan could be on television soon. Last Thursday a team from London Weekend Television arrived to record the children's reaction to certain words and phrases in our colourful language for the popular series Child's Play, hosted by Michael Aspel.

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Re: Looking Back - Herald files

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From the post above

"A full police inquiry has been launched into the callous shooting of a dog in a Saltcoats back garden - only yards from a school playground. The shooting was carried out by a resident in the presence of the police, much to the horror of local inhabitants. The Alsatian bitch was highlighted in the Herald last week as having a love of low-fat milk. She had been stealing nearly 30 pints a week from door- steps along Christie Gardens."

That is terrible. So sad.
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Re: Looking Back - Herald files

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From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on May 26, 2010

150 YEARS AGO on May 1860
The earl of Eglinton and Winton presented to Kilwinning Bowling club a gold medal for annual competition.

Saltcoats fair is as popular as ever. A novel feature of the Fair was a religious service conducted by the Free Church ministers of the district at intervals from 2 pm, to 9 pm.

The weather during the past week has been very cold along the Ayrshire coast. In Arran there were several showers of hail.

100 YEARS AGO on May 27, 1910
A meeting of the Masonic Lodge Royal Arch West Kilbride, No 314, was held on Tuesday evening where Bro. Wm. Brownlie I.P.M. was presented with the Past Master's Jewel on completion of his three years occupancy on the office of W.R.M. Another presentation took place with Bro. Thos. Barbour, R.W.M. being presented with the Masonic pendant to mark the occasion of his leaving for Canada.

After hearing a leet of six, which was afterwards reduced to three, the congregation of Erskine U.F. Church, Kilwinning at a meeting on Monday night, decided to give an unanimous call to the Rev J. M. Dawson. M.A., assistant Kirkcaldy.

The result of the golfing final at Beith for the president's title (Mr John Foster) was a tie of 79 between the two scratch men, James M. Foster and Robert Ritchie.

50 YEARS AGO on May 27, 1960
Articles of furniture - damaged and undamaged - were strewn along a stretch of Arran Place, Ardrossan, early last Friday morning when a removal van struck a lamp standard and police call box as it was negotiating a bend, The side of the van was ripped off when it collided with the lamp standard opposite the Barony Church Hall. Both the lamp standard and the police box were badly damaged and had to be removed. The furniture was later loaded into another van belonging to the removal firm -Kerr & Co., Ardrossan.

A wild dog which has terrorised flocks of sheep in Arran for many months has finally been caught and destroyed. The dog, it is stated, had worried nine lambs in a week.

Disturbance and damage to property caused by youths playing football on a vacant piece of ground belonging to Ayr County Council adjoining his house at 15 Audlea Road, Beith is subject to complaint which the House Committee have received from Mr. James. M. Clark. "Though appreciating the position and being desirous of attempting to improve it" the Committee have pointed out that they are unable to act immediately as the ground is under negotiation of lease or sale. In the event of the proposed transfer not taking place they have agreed to use the ground for the erection of house.

Last Friday evening two boys with kit bags got off the 8 o'clock bus at the Bridge in Blackwaterfoot. At first it was thought that they intended to camp on the spare piece of ground there but, in less than an hour they had built a canoe and their expert handling of the equipment showed they were not novices. They pushed the canoe into the water and set off for Campbelltown, which they said they should reach in about two hours time. It was lucky for them that it was a calm time.

Thanks to the hard work of one resident the grass at Hamilton terrace has been mowed into a fine lawn.

25 YEARS AGO on May 31, 1985
An oil rig production company has won its bid to take over part of the former Ayrshire Marine Constructers yard at Hunterston. Westward Offshore Services Limited is expected to sign the lease for fabrication sheds and the quayside areas of the yard within the next few days. As exclusively revealed by the Herald two weeks ago, Westward expect to create more than a 100 jobs at the former AMC yard.

Thieves smashed windows and vandalised classrooms at a local primary school last week. Pennyburn Primary School was their target and police estimated the cost of the vandalism at more than £1,000. The thieves got away with a large haul of equipment including a video display unit, two sewing machines, and a video recorder. However, a large amount of the property was recovered by CID officers who have noted some youths in connection with the incident.

Kilwinning Round Table were holding an emergency meeting this week to decide how to recoup their losses after Saturday's Charity Carnival washout. The Tabler's 14th carnival was the first ever to suffer such a downpour.

About 2,000 rock fans turned out to see Ardrossan-based rock band 'Mean Street' perform at the Kelvingrove Festival in Glasgow on Saturday. First on, 'Mean Street' set the standard for the two days of music and gave one of the few performances which the audience felt merited an encore. Pleased with their success, bass player, Hugh Kelly, later commented: "We had everything on our side except the weather. It was great."

Thanks to Tom McGrattan for the original
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