Ardrossan - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
24 JULY 1894

ELECTION OF ARDROSSAN PAROCHIAL BOARD MEMBERS

The following gentlemen have been elected members of the above board: -

William Wyllie, bootmaker, Ardrossan;
James Bryden, clothier, Saltcoats;
Robert Brown, gardener, Ardrossan;
Alexander Duff, miner, Saltcoats,
Charles James Shaw, burgh surveyor, Ardrossan;
Alexander Black, baker, Saltcoats; and
William Craig, grocer, Ardrossan.

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GLASGOW HERALD
24 JULY 1890

THE MISHAP TO THE STEAMER DUCHESS OF HAMILTON

Hands were busy overnight putting to rights the damage done the Duchess of Hamilton on her passage from Arran to Ardrossan on Tuesday evening; and yesterday morning she took up her run, and made it in the usual good time.

The day was one of the stormiest of the season and on that account she did not go to Campbeltown as advertised, but otherwise she was up to time in all respects.

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GLASGOW HERALD
25 JULY 1892

ARDROSSAN BOWLING TOURNAMENT

The first and second ties in the tournament played on the principle of the sweepstake games for special prizes presented by Mr. James B. Smith, were played off on Ardrossan Bowling Green on Saturday. The weather was fine, the green in good condition, and entries were numerous.

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GLASGOW HERALD
25 JULY 1898

ARDROSSAN BOWLING TOURNAMENT

Greater interest was manifested in this tournament on Saturday, and the attendance of visitors was largely in excess of the preceding day. The weather was fine, but a strong breeze blowing across the green was at times troublesome.

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ARDROSSAN & SALTCOATS HERALD
25 JULY 1874

DEATH

McCONNELL: Drowned at sea between Glasgow and New Zealand, John McConnell, son of John McConnell, Saltcoats.

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GLASGOW HERALD
25 JULY 1893

DEATH

IRVINE: At 131 Glasgow Street, Ardrossan, on the 24th instant, William, eldest son of the late Captain Andrew Irvine.

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GLASGOW HERALD
26 JULY 1897

DEATH

ROBERTSON: At Ardrossan, on the 23rd instant, after a lingering illness borne with Christian patience, John Robertson, late contractor, Glasgow, aged 63 years.

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GLASGOW HERALD
26 JULY 1893

AGRICULTURAL NOTES

The cutting of a 20 acre lot of oats was commenced yesterday at Boydstone, in Ardrossan parish. This is probably the first of the corn harvest in the northern district of Ayrshire, but in several other localities grain shows the golden tinge, and is now nearly ready for the reaper.

In the Ardrossan district, bordering on West Kilbride, the second early potatoes are likely to prove a good crop.

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GLASGOW HERALD
26 JULY 1893

THEFT

At Kilmarnock Sheriff Court yesterday, WILLIAM AFFLECK, alias THOMSON, a vagrant labourer, was charged with having, on the 20th instant, from the stable loft at the farm of Meiklelaught, Ardrossan, occupied by Thomas Spiers, stolen several articles of clothing.

He pleaded guilty, and having been previously convicted, was sentence to 30 days imprisonment.

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GLASGOW HERALD
27 JULY 1893

MARRIAGE

SINCLAIR – McSHANNON: At the Railway Hotel, Ardrossan, on the 25th instant, by the Rev. J. D. McCall, John Sinclair, to Barbara, second daughter of Donald McShannon, Lamlash, Arran.

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GLASGOW HERALD
27 JULY 1894

MARRIAGE

HOGARTH – WYLLIE: At 5 Victoria Crescent, Glasgow, on the 26th instant, by the Rev. David Watson, Woodside Church, assisted by the Rev. J. D. McCall, M.A., Ardrossan, John Hogarth, to Eliza Jane, eldest daughter of R. J. Wyllie.

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GLASGOW HERALD
27 JULY 1898

DEATH

NICOL: At Harbour Place, Ardrossan, on the 25th instant, Andrew Nicol, spirit merchant, in his thirty-fifth year.