From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 29th May 1970.

The "Framptondyke" sailed from Ardrossan Harbour for Montreal on Wednesday with a cargo of steel, and was one of 44 ships to dock at the harbour during the week ended last Saturday.
Seven tankers were among the arrivals, the largest being the "Krebsia" from Hamble, with spirit, and the "Venita" from Puerto Miranda with crude oil.
The "Yewmount" sailed on Sunday with a load of sulphur for Bayonne.

1970 Advertisment by Ellerman Lines for their services from Canada and UK to Ceylon

VICTORIA CITY launched at John Brown's Shipyard, Clydebank, Glasgow

Uganda cruise from Leith

Advert for a cruise from Scotland on "Uganda"

UGANDA leaves Leith on a cruise to Vigo, Gibraltar, Malaga and Lisbon

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 29th May 1970.

The "Framptondyke" sailed from Ardrossan Harbour for Montreal on Wednesday with a cargo of steel, and was one of 44 ships to dock at the harbour during the week ended last Saturday.
Seven tankers were among the arrivals, the largest being the "Krebsia" from Hamble, with spirit, and the "Venita" from Puerto Miranda with crude oil.
The "Yewmount" sailed on Sunday with a load of sulphur for Bayonne.

Explosives washed up on Saltcoats beach

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 29th May 1970.

EXPLOSIVES WASHED UP ON BEACH

An area of the beach north of Saltcoats bathing pool was closed to the public for three hours last Thursday afternoon as Police and officials from I.C.I. Ardeer Factory combed the area for sticks of gelignite which had been washed ashore.

More than 200 sticks of gelignite which had been dumped in the sea by I.C.I. were recovered by the search party while Police cordoned off the area until it was decided it was safe.

A spokesman for I.C.I. Nobel Division said that the gelignite cartridges had been "drowned" in very deep water out in a designated area, but unusual conditions of storm and tide had caused them to be disturbed.

Staff from Ardeer had searched the shore after high tide last Friday and had retrieved the major number of cartridges which had been exposed to water and were not sensitive.

For several days the beach was surveyed to make sure it was safe, and on Sunday it was feared that more cartridges had been washed ashore when Ardrossan Police received a report that a metal cylinder had been seen on the north shore between Ardrossan and Seamill.
But when a Police Constable arrived he discovered that the object was just a used Naval hydroplane.

Gelignite cartridges recovered at Saltcoats beach

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 29th May 1970.

EXPLOSIVES WASHED UP ON BEACH

An area of the beach north of Saltcoats bathing pool was closed to the public for three hours last Thursday afternoon as Police and officials from I.C.I. Ardeer Factory combed the area for sticks of gelignite which had been washed ashore.

More than 200 sticks of gelignite which had been dumped in the sea by I.C.I. were recovered by the search party while Police cordoned off the area until it was decided it was safe.

A spokesman for I.C.I. Nobel Division said that the gelignite cartridges had been "drowned" in very deep water out in a designated area, but unusual conditions of storm and tide had caused them to be disturbed.

Staff from Ardeer had searched the shore after high tide last Friday and had retrieved the major number of cartridges which had been exposed to water and were not sensitive.

For several days the beach was surveyed to make sure it was safe, and on Sunday it was feared that more cartridges had been washed ashore when Ardrossan Police received a report that a metal cylinder had been seen on the north shore between Ardrossan and Seamill.
But when a Police Constable arrived he discovered that the object was just a used Naval hydroplane.

Waverley excursion from Largs to Inverary

Waverley excursion from Largs to Inverary

Naval hydroplane found on North Shore

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 29th May 1970.

EXPLOSIVES WASHED UP ON BEACH

An area of the beach north of Saltcoats bathing pool was closed to the public for three hours last Thursday afternoon as Police and officials from I.C.I. Ardeer Factory combed the area for sticks of gelignite which had been washed ashore.

More than 200 sticks of gelignite which had been dumped in the sea by I.C.I. were recovered by the search party while Police cordoned off the area until it was decided it was safe.

A spokesman for I.C.I. Nobel Division said that the gelignite cartridges had been "drowned" in very deep water out in a designated area, but unusual conditions of storm and tide had caused them to be disturbed.

Staff from Ardeer had searched the shore after high tide last Friday and had retrieved the major number of cartridges which had been exposed to water and were not sensitive.

For several days the beach was surveyed to make sure it was safe, and on Sunday it was feared that more cartridges had been washed ashore when Ardrossan Police received a report that a metal cylinder had been seen on the north shore between Ardrossan and Seamill.
But when a Police Constable arrived he discovered that the object was just a used Naval hydroplane.

The 1970 sailings to the Isle of Man

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 29th May 1970.

This years first Isle of Man sailing from Ardrossan Harbour was made last Sunday, and the first Friday night crossing will take place on June 12.

Formal verdict after docker's death in Burns & Laird car-park

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 20th February 1970

FATALITY AT HARBOUR

An Ardrossan Docker was fatally injured when he lost his balance and fell under the wheels of a tractor at Ardrossan Harbour last Friday.
Mr. John Muir (58), 33 Clyde Terrace, Ardrossan, had been working on containers in the Burns & Laird Lines car park when he fell in front of a tractor being driven by his son John (29), who lives at 98 Glasgow Street.
He was killed almost instantly.
A Police spokesman said later: "It was a million-to-one chance."
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From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 29th May 1970.

FORMAL VERDICT AT INQUIRY INTO HARBOUR DEATH

While men were loading containers on to the M.V. Lion at Ardrossan Harbour last February, an Ardrossan man fell under the wheels of a tractor driven by his son, and was killed.

John Muir, a 29-year-old docker of 98 Glasgow Street, Ardrossan, told a fatal accident inquiry at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court on Monday that he was driving his tractor slowly forward in the Burns & Laird Lines car park when he heard a shout and felt a slight bump as if he had gone over something.
"I jammed on my brakes and when I turned round I saw my father lying on the ground."

His father, John Muir (58), docker, 33 Clyde Terrace, died instantly from a fractured skull.
He had been standing on the trailer of another tractor, joining the shackles of the gantry crane onto the trailer when his son drove his tractor alongside and the accident happened.

Another witness, Mr. William Walker (57), 35 Oak Road, Ardrossan, who was one of the men working at the ferry said that after he had secured his shackles to the trailer he jumped to the ground.
"The next thing I heard was someone saying : "Oh God, John Muir has been run over."

The jury returned a formal verdict.

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 5th June 1970.

Ten tankers were among the 56 ships to dock at Ardrossan Harbour during the week ended last Saturday.
The largest arrivals were the "Polystar" from Old Kilpatrick with fuel oil, and the "British Fern" with a load of spirit from Belfast.

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 5th June 1970.

Ten tankers were among the 56 ships to dock at Ardrossan Harbour during the week ended last Saturday.
The largest arrivals were the "Polystar" from Old Kilpatrick with fuel oil, and the "British Fern" with a load of spirit from Belfast.