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29 NOVEMBER

CYCLIST'S DEATH - SEARCH FOR DRIVER OF STOLEN CAR – VEHICLE FOUND ABANDONED

The police are carrying out an extensive search for the driver of a car which, stolen from a Saltcoats street on Friday afternoon (26 November 1937), was discovered damaged and abandoned on the Ardrossan-West Kilbride road, about half a mile from the place where, on the same day, a cyclist was found lying injured and unconscious beside his wrecked machine. The cyclist, Thomas Bower, 17, 11 Young Street, Ardrossan, died on Saturday morning in Kilmarnock Infirmary without having recovered consciousness. The following description has been given of a man reported to the police as having been seen to enter the car before its disappearance from Dockhead Street, Saltcoats - between twenty-five and thirty years of age, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches in height, dark hair and thin face, dressed in a dark suit with a white scarf and bare headed.
The Scotsman, 29 November 1937

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GLASGOW HERALD
30 NOVEMBER 1882

VESSEL SPOKEN

OGWEN, of Liverpool, from Ardrossan to San Francisco, 40 days out, October 22, in latitude 4S, longitude 31W.
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30 NOVEMBER 1887

MARRIAGE

BRYCE – BARBOUR: At 96 Glasgow Street, Ardrossan, on the 29th instant, by the Rev. J. D. McCall, William Bryce, grocer, to Sarah, third daughter of James Barbour.
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30 NOVEMBER 1918

DEATH

BLACK: At Lily Bank, Eglinton Road, Ardrossan, on 28th November, Catherine McDonald (Reina), on the eve of her 12th birthday, dearly beloved daughter of Lieutenant James Black, R.N.V.R., and Mrs. Black.
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30 NOVEMBER

DEATH - ADAMSON

At a nursing home, Edinburgh, on 29 November 1940, the Reverend R M Adamson, D D, senior minister of Saint John’s, Ardrossan. Funeral to Grange Cemetery on Monday 2 December. Friends desirous to attend, please meet cortege at cemetery gate at 2.30pm.
The Scotsman, 30 November 1940

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DEATH OF THE REVEREND DR R M ADAMSON, SENIOR MINISTER OF SAINT JOHN’S ARDROSSAN
The death occurred yesterday at a nursing home in Edinburgh of the Reverend R M Adamson, M A, D D, Hon C F, senior minister of Saint John’s, Ardrossan. Born in 1866 at Cupar, he was the son of the late Alexander Adamson and was educated at Cupar, the Royal High School, Edinburgh and Edinburgh University and, after graduation in New College, continued his studies at Leipzig and Jena Universities. From the time of his ordination as minister of Saint John’s, Ardrossan, he exercised a growing influence in the West of Scotland and was a prominent figure in the church life of Ayrshire. A cultured and impressive preacher, be brought the force of an attractive personality to bear upon the interests of education , was active by pen and voice in promoting the cause of church reunion, was president of the Church Worship Association in the United Free Church and had rendered long service to the Territorial Forces as chaplain. His capacity as a scholar and a thinker had been shown by contributions to sacred learning, notable in New Testament subjects and in particular by a valuable work, The Christian Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper. Dr Adamson received the D D degree at Edinburgh University in 1931. He was an occasional contributor to the correspondence columns of The Scotsman.
The Scotsman, 30 November 1940

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1 DECEMBER 1886

MARRIAGE

SHAW – MILLAR: At 151 Glasgow Street, Ardrossan, on the 29th ultimo, by the Rev. Donald Gray, Saltcoats, Neil Shaw, Whiting Bay, to Helen, youngest daughter of the late John Millar, Whiting Bay.
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GLASGOW HERALD
1 DECEMBER 1884

COURT OF SESSION
ALLAN v. ALLAN
SEPARATION AND ALIMENT

Lord McLaren yesterday heard evidence in an action for separation, and aliment at the rate of £100 a year, raised by Mrs. ANNIE McKAY or ALLAN, residing at Ardrossan, against her husband, JOHN ALLAN, tailor and clothier, recently residing at Glasgow Street, Ardrossan.

Parties were married on 12th October 1876, at Ardrossan. They lived together in defender’s father’s house there for a year, and then they went to Wigan, where defender started business, and where they lived till April last. Four of the five children of the marriage survive.

Pursuer averred that from a period shortly after the marriage her husband had behaved in a cruel manner towards her, had often insulted her, and told her that he had more pleasure in the company of another woman than in her. Corroborative evidence of ill-treatment having been adduced, it was stated that after April last defender left Wigan and returned to Ardrossan. His wife followed thither in July, and he subsequently returned to Wigan, sold off his household effects, and was now living in lodgings there.

The Lord Ordinary said that this raised a question of jurisdiction; but Mr. Burnet (pursuer’s agent) pointed out that there was here domicile of origin and of marriage, and there was no intention definitely expressed by the defender of changing that domicile and adopting an English one.

His Lordship remarked that it did not appear that the parties at the time of marriage had had a Scotch residence in view, as they had lived in the father’s house, and thereafter took up house for themselves in England. What could have made the evidence of English domicile stronger than the establishing that the defender’s business and household were in an English town?

Mr. Burnet replied that he did not think that the domicile of the husband was sufficient to warrant the withholding of decree here, where there were all the elements of equity.

His Lordship took the point to avizandum.
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GLASGOW HERALD
2 DECEMBER 1918

IN MEMORIAM

JONES: In loving memory of my dear husband, Benjamin Jones, who died in Cornwall Street, Glasgow, 1908; also my son, Sergeant William Hunter Jones, R.F.A., killed in action, 1917; and my daughter, Catherine Stewart, died at Ardrossan, 1918.

“And with the morn these angel faces smile,
Which we have loved long since and lost a while.”

Inserted by Widow and Mother, 163 Glasgow Street, Ardrossan.
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GLASGOW HERALD
2 DECEMBER 1920

SHIPYARD STRIKE - 20,000 JOINERS OUT

A strike of joiners employed in the shipbuilding industry of the United Kingdom was inaugurated yesterday.

The joiners in Ardrossan Shipyard, numbering over 100, did not start work yesterday.
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GLASGOW HERALD
2 DECEMBER 1921

ARDROSSAN PARISH COUNCIL AND THE PREMIER

Mr. Lloyd George, in a letter sent to Ardrossan Parish Council, deals with the Unemployed Workers’ Dependants Bill, which, it was stated by the clerk, had been under consideration by many parish councils throughout the country.

The Ardrossan Council had suggested to the Prime Minister that a regulation be made whereby in cases in which unemployment benefit or dependants’ grants were not paid by the Exchanges, when due, on account of delay of one kind or another, and in the interval corresponding amounts were advanced to the individuals by parish councils the arrears should afterwards be paid direct by the Exchanges to the parish councils on submission of proper certificate of claim.

It was pointed out by the Council that otherwise parish councils had no claim for refundment, and in each case the individual received double the dole.

In his reply the Prime Minister says that, after inquiry, he understands it is only in exceptional cases that delay takes place in the payment of benefit, and it is only fair to say that it is in most cases due to the absence of information from the applicant himself. He regrets that it is not possible to carry out the suggestion, in view of the terms of the Unemployment Acts, which prohibit any assignment of benefit or grants.

Arrangements, he states, are already practically completed for closer co-operation between the local Employment Exchanges and the Poor Law authorities, and intimation of these arrangements will be made shortly.

Ardrossan Parish Council have replied to the Prime Minister, pointing out that a large proportion of the applicants to parish councils had to resort to parish assistance because their benefit or grants had not been paid, and that the fact that some men were receiving double doles was creating dissatisfaction and grumbling among the others.
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2 DECEMBER

50 YEARS AGO - 2 DECEMBER 1960

Mr Joseph Brodie, 6 Carrick Place, Ardrossan, Collector of Dues for Ardrossan Harbour Company, retired on Wednesday (29 November 1960) after fifty years’ service with the Company. To mark the occasion, ten of the colleagues called at his home and, on behalf of the staff, Mr Shields, the secretary of the Company presented Mr Brodie with a portable radio. Mr Brodie, who is a well-know figure in shipping circles, was a keen amateur footballer in his younger days and up to the time of his illness was a keen golfer. He is a most sincere man and has a likeable nature. Joe and I have been friends since boyhood days and as young men we played for the same amateur football team.
Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, 2 December 1960
Joe Brodie played for Ardrossan Benburb and won two medals in 1916-17.


MOTOR COASTAL VESSEL
The motor coastal vessel, Welsh Coast, built for Coast Lines Limited, was launched yesterday at Ardrossan. The new vessel is 199 feet in length and is designed to carry 1000 tons of cargo at a speed of 12 3/4 knots. Her engines will be supplied by John G Kincaid and Company Limited, Greenock, and fitted at Ardrossan. This is the fifth ship of the same type launched from the Ardrossan yard for Coast Lines Limited.
The Scotsman, 2 December 1937

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George Ardrossan wrote: Sun Dec 02, 2018 10:36 am 2 DECEMBER
50 YEARS AGO - 2 DECEMBER 1960

Mr Joseph Brodie, 6 Carrick Place, Ardrossan, Collector of Dues for Ardrossan Harbour Company, retired on Wednesday (29 November 1960) after fifty years’ service with the Company.
Hi George,
He's likely to be a descendant of the Brodie who was a well known Ardrossan Harbour Pilot mentioned here: viewtopic.php?p=106331#p106331
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