Burning effigy in Saltcoats

[Hughie]

Can anyone elaborate on the following claim - it's from this post in "Saltcoats on this day". Page 144

Mrs Cree's husband - James Cree - who is dead, was a boot and shoe maker in Saltcoats for many years. He was a prominent figure in a well remembered incident that led to the effigy of a townsman being burned.

[Hughie]

Found this in the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald, December 15, 1855.

[hahaya2004]

There's a general reference to it in 'Saltcoats Old and New' chapter 14:
"No longer do the people burn witches here. They found, some years ago, a more congenial pastime in burning effigies." No explanation given. Maybe there's a reference in one of the other 10 chapters.

[meekan]

I wonder when the need for a stamp on a receipt was phased out I certainly can remember Davie Mitchell put a stamp on receipts for account customers? That would be in the 1950’s. I wonder what the amount was that required a stamp on a receipt?

[John Donnelly]

I wonder when the need for a stamp on a receipt was phased out I certainly can remember Davie Mitchell put a stamp on receipts for account customers? That would be in the 1950’s. I wonder what the amount was that required a stamp on a receipt?

I also remember my father doing this. No idea what the stamp cost, but I do remember that it was very little.
JD.

[Penny Tray]

I think it was abolished in 1964 when the stamp duty was twopence for receipts £2 and over.