ADVOCATE closes at Glasgow 15 Nov 1971 for receiving cargo for East African ports

RED   SEA   AND   EAST

AFRICA

CLAN  LINE,  HALL  LINE,  HARRISON  LINE

JOINT  SERVICES

SOUTH  WALES,   GLASGOW   and   BIRKENHEAD   to

MOMBASA,   TANGA   and   DAR-ES-SALAAM,

also   MTWARA   and   NCALA   (if inducement)

*CITY OF RIPON  ….  Closing Birkenhead 9 November 1971

ADVOCATE  (Harrison)  ….  Closing Glasgow Nov 15  …. Birkenhead  Nov 25

*Omits Dar-es-Salaam  : also accepts cargo for

Aden,  Djibouti,  Assab  and  Port Sudan

CAYZER,  IRVINE  &  CO.  LTD.,  London,  Liverpool  and  Glasgow

THE  CITY  LINE,  Glasgow

HALL  LINE  LTD.,  Liverpool  and  London

THOS.  &  JAS.  HARRISON  LTD.,  Liverpool  and  London

PRENTICE,  SERVICE  &   HENDERSON  LTD.,

68  Gordon  Street,  Glasgow  (for  Harrison  Line  vessels)     

Ellerman's chartered containership TORMES closes 16 Nov at Garston for receiving cargo for La Spezia

ELLERMAN  CONTAINERSHIP  SERVICES

CONTAINERSHIPS  ITALY

NON-STOP  EXPRESS  CONTAINERSHIPS

Full container loads direct to Garston

up to 24 hours after advertised closing

date by arrangement.

Groupage cargo to Braehead, Renfrew

TORMES   Receiving Nov 10 — Noon Nov 16    Sailing Nov 20 1971

     TORMES   Receiving Nov 24 — Noon Nov 30    Sailing Dec 4 1971

CONTAINERSHIPS  PORTUGAL

LIVERPOOL  —  LISBON

Full container loads direct to North Hornby Dock, Liverpool

up to 24 hours after advertised closing date by arrangement.

Groupage cargo to Braehead, Renfrew

TAGUS   Receiving Nov 3 — Noon Nov 9    Sailing Nov 12 1971

Booking for Irish and Scottish cargo

to be made with Scottish Operators

JOHN  BRUCE  &  CO.  (SHIPPING)  LTD.,

75 BOTHWELL  STREET,  GLASGOW  C 2

Telephone  041 248 3581    Telex 77151

Ellerman's chartered containership TORMES leaves Garston November 20 for La Spezia (Italy)

ELLERMAN  CONTAINERSHIP  SERVICES

CONTAINERSHIPS  ITALY

NON-STOP  EXPRESS  CONTAINERSHIPS

Full container loads direct to Garston

up to 24 hours after advertised closing

date by arrangement.

Groupage cargo to Braehead, Renfrew

TORMES   Receiving Nov 10 — Noon Nov 16    Sailing Nov 20 1971

     TORMES   Receiving Nov 24 — Noon Nov 30    Sailing Dec 4 1971

CONTAINERSHIPS  PORTUGAL

LIVERPOOL  —  LISBON

Full container loads direct to North Hornby Dock, Liverpool

up to 24 hours after advertised closing date by arrangement.

Groupage cargo to Braehead, Renfrew

TAGUS   Receiving Nov 3 — Noon Nov 9    Sailing Nov 12 1971

Booking for Irish and Scottish cargo

to be made with Scottish Operators

JOHN  BRUCE  &  CO.  (SHIPPING)  LTD.,

75 BOTHWELL  STREET,  GLASGOW  C 2

Telephone  041 248 3581    Telex 77151

Ellerman's chartered containership TORMES opens 24 Nov at Garston for receiving cargo for La Spezia

ELLERMAN  CONTAINERSHIP  SERVICES

CONTAINERSHIPS  ITALY

NON-STOP  EXPRESS  CONTAINERSHIPS

Full container loads direct to Garston

up to 24 hours after advertised closing

date by arrangement.

Groupage cargo to Braehead, Renfrew

TORMES   Receiving Nov 10 — Noon Nov 16    Sailing Nov 20 1971

     TORMES   Receiving Nov 24 — Noon Nov 30    Sailing Dec 4 1971

CONTAINERSHIPS  PORTUGAL

LIVERPOOL  —  LISBON

Full container loads direct to North Hornby Dock, Liverpool

up to 24 hours after advertised closing date by arrangement.

Groupage cargo to Braehead, Renfrew

TAGUS   Receiving Nov 3 — Noon Nov 9    Sailing Nov 12 1971

Booking for Irish and Scottish cargo

to be made with Scottish Operators

JOHN  BRUCE  &  CO.  (SHIPPING)  LTD.,

75 BOTHWELL  STREET,  GLASGOW  C 2

Telephone  041 248 3581    Telex 77151

ADVOCATE closes at Birkenhead 25 Nov 1971 for receiving cargo for East African ports

RED   SEA   AND   EAST

AFRICA

CLAN  LINE,  HALL  LINE,  HARRISON  LINE

JOINT  SERVICES

SOUTH  WALES,   GLASGOW   and   BIRKENHEAD   to

MOMBASA,   TANGA   and   DAR-ES-SALAAM,

also   MTWARA   and   NCALA   (if inducement)

*CITY OF RIPON  ….  Closing Birkenhead 9 November 1971

ADVOCATE  (Harrison)  ….  Closing Glasgow Nov 15  …. Birkenhead  Nov 25

*Omits Dar-es-Salaam  : also accepts cargo for

Aden,  Djibouti,  Assab  and  Port Sudan

CAYZER,  IRVINE  &  CO.  LTD.,  London,  Liverpool  and  Glasgow

THE  CITY  LINE,  Glasgow

HALL  LINE  LTD.,  Liverpool  and  London

THOS.  &  JAS.  HARRISON  LTD.,  Liverpool  and  London

PRENTICE,  SERVICE  &   HENDERSON  LTD.,

68  Gordon  Street,  Glasgow  (for  Harrison  Line  vessels)     

Ellerman's chartered containership TORMES closes 30 Nov at Garston for receiving cargo for La Spezia

ELLERMAN  CONTAINERSHIP  SERVICES

CONTAINERSHIPS  ITALY

NON-STOP  EXPRESS  CONTAINERSHIPS

Full container loads direct to Garston

up to 24 hours after advertised closing

date by arrangement.

Groupage cargo to Braehead, Renfrew

TORMES   Receiving Nov 10 — Noon Nov 16    Sailing Nov 20 1971

     TORMES   Receiving Nov 24 — Noon Nov 30    Sailing Dec 4 1971

CONTAINERSHIPS  PORTUGAL

LIVERPOOL  —  LISBON

Full container loads direct to North Hornby Dock, Liverpool

up to 24 hours after advertised closing date by arrangement.

Groupage cargo to Braehead, Renfrew

TAGUS   Receiving Nov 3 — Noon Nov 9    Sailing Nov 12 1971

Booking for Irish and Scottish cargo

to be made with Scottish Operators

JOHN  BRUCE  &  CO.  (SHIPPING)  LTD.,

75 BOTHWELL  STREET,  GLASGOW  C 2

Telephone  041 248 3581    Telex 77151

Ellerman's chartered containership TORMES leaves Garston December 4 for La Spezia (Italy)

ELLERMAN  CONTAINERSHIP  SERVICES

CONTAINERSHIPS  ITALY

NON-STOP  EXPRESS  CONTAINERSHIPS

Full container loads direct to Garston

up to 24 hours after advertised closing

date by arrangement.

Groupage cargo to Braehead, Renfrew

TORMES   Receiving Nov 10 — Noon Nov 16    Sailing Nov 20 1971

     TORMES   Receiving Nov 24 — Noon Nov 30    Sailing Dec 4 1971

CONTAINERSHIPS  PORTUGAL

LIVERPOOL  —  LISBON

Full container loads direct to North Hornby Dock, Liverpool

up to 24 hours after advertised closing date by arrangement.

Groupage cargo to Braehead, Renfrew

TAGUS   Receiving Nov 3 — Noon Nov 9    Sailing Nov 12 1971

Booking for Irish and Scottish cargo

to be made with Scottish Operators

JOHN  BRUCE  &  CO.  (SHIPPING)  LTD.,

75 BOTHWELL  STREET,  GLASGOW  C 2

Telephone  041 248 3581    Telex 77151

"Lady of Mann" (1930 - 1972) sold for breaking up

Robert Dickens writes -
She was the largest ship owned by the company, and made her final sailing , Ardrossan to Douglas, on 15th August 1971.
She left Douglas for Barrow and docking on 17th August.
Sold 14th December 1971 to Arnott Young & Co., Dalmuir, near Glasgow.
Left Barrow 29th December 1971 in tow of the Clyde tug "Wrestler" arriving in the Clyde 31st December 1971.

Death of Capt. Ian Campbell, of Ardrossan

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 24th December 1971.

Capt. I. Campbell

Captain Ian D. Campbell died suddenly at his home at 68 Eglinton Road, Ardrossan, on Tuesday morning.

The 69-year old captain who gained fame earlier this year by his courageous voyage with his wife's uncle, 82-year old Mr. Gordon Munro across the Atlantic, had been discharged from hospital last week where he had been confined with a fractured leg following an accident in his home.

Captain Campbell, who belonged to Ardrossan, was well known in the town although he spent most of his career at sea in foreign waters.
He was known also as a poet ; in 1935 he published a book of his verses mostly on local scenes and topics; verses expressive of his lively sense of humour.

In April Ardrossan Town Council held a civic reception in honour of his four month crossing from Gourock to the Bahamas from August, 1970, to February this year, and Captain Campbell was presented with a plaque.
At the end of the epic voyage the captain said that it would be his last one.
Captain Campbell is survived by his wife and daughter.
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I found one of his poems: .....(E)

HAMESEECK

Oh! its nippy doon here at the tail o? the year,
Wae thae humplocks o? seas for a road.
Ay! A silly gowk me tae skedaddle tae sea,
When I micht hae got feed at ?Montfode?
When I micht hae got feed at ?Montfode?
An? had parritch an? dook for ma wame.
But I?m drookit an? soakin?, an retchin? an bockin?,
An? wishin tae Goad I was hame.

I could come tae nae herm on a bonny-like ferm,
An? ye cannae get droont wae a ploo.
Dod the Butter hill?s wee,? by the heicht o? this sea,
But I wish I was up on it noo,
Ay, I wish I was up on it noo.
Wae ma feet on a humplock o? glaur,
But I?m sooth o? Cape Horn on this deevlish morn,
An? I?m thinkin? the sea?s getting waur.

For a guid wheen o? days I?ve been wearin? wat claes,
An? the blankets are wat in ma bunk.
When ye?re herdin? the kye, ye can keep yersel ? dry,
An? a fermyaird?ll never get sunk,
Na! a fermyaird?ll never get sunk
Nor a heystack loup up tae the sky.
But this rusty auld boat gies a dunt an? a stot,
An? she?s leakin? gey badly forbye.

They?ve got nae sails tae set, that I?ve heard tell o? yet,
At ?Whitlees? ? Montfode? or Coalhill;
If I?m spared tae be ta? en tae Ardrossan again,
It?s me for a job at the ?Mill?
Did I say a bit job at the ?Mill??
I?ve ettled tae hae it before,
But I ken geyan weil when I?m twirlin? the wheel,
That I never could settle ashore.

.....................................Ian D Campbell 1935

(EricArdrossanShips)

Ardrossan Lion

THE LION SPEAKS
Tak? notice, a? ye daecent men
Frae Saltcoats tae Montfode road en?,
An a? ye folk that bide roon here
Frae Whitlees tae the Lichthoose Pier,

That I o? noble beasts a scion,
Tae wit, Ardrossan?s Smilin? Lion,
Hae flittit frae my auld location
Tae up forenent the Cale Station.

There?s some folk here hae advocated
That I should be exterminated,
An? ane I ken expressed the view,
No? lang syne up at Kilmahew,

That Skipper Francis o? the tug
Should tak? me like a messan dug
Tae six miles oot frae West Kilbride
An? drap me quately ower the side

Anither man o? high degree
(Convener o? a committee)
Hae said the cooncil wad dae right
Tae dight me quickly oot o? sight.

"Because," said he, "for years its been
On watch, and Guid kens whit it?s seen,
An? tho? it?s just an auld antique
Ae day, it micht think fit tae speak"

They baith maintained my smilin? face
Was ludricrous and oot o? place,
But gin they look aroon? they?ll see
Some lion, faur mair strange, than me.

Just let them haud afore their e?en
A nerarby factory magazine;
The cratur for the cover view
Resembles maist a pooter doo

I will admit that I can smile,
Tho?, faith, its haurdly worth my while
When a? the sensitive elite
Wad raither a lion greet,

I hear them railin? at my smirk
An? sayin?, when they gang tae kirk
"Gin that stane whuppit?s like the lave,
Then Daniel wisnae just sae brave."

But frien?s, I?m safe frae a? that crew;
The precedent?s created noo,
An? tho? they wished me muckle wrang,
They hesitated ower lang.

I?m noo an heirloom constitutit,
A fact nae mair tae be disputit.
Guid luck tae man and wife and wean,
I?ll maybe never speak? again.

Ian Campbell..Ardrossan 1935

Messan = Term of contempt, a lapdog
Flittit = Moved house
Guid kens = God knows
Gin = If
Railin = Jesting, funny remarks.
Maist = Most
Greet = Cry
Pooter = A pigeon

"Mona's Queen" launched at Troon

Isle of Man vessel "Mona's Queen" launched today at the Ailsa Shipyard, Troon.

Death of Mr. William Kerr, Customs and Excise, Ardrosan Harbour

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 31st December 1971

MR. W. A. KERR

Mr. William Archibald Turner Kerr, who lived at 5 Oak Road, Ardrossan, died suddenly on Tuesday at Ballochmyle Hospital. He was aged 61.

Mr. Kerr was well known in the town and especially in shipping circles.
He worked for the Customs and Excise at Ardrossan Harbour where he was a Preventive Officer.

Born in Millport, Mr. Kerr joined the Customs and Excise in 1930 and worked in various parts of the country including Glasgow, Greenock and at Prestwick Airport before being appointed Preventive Officer at Ardrossan Harbour in 1960.

Mr. Kerr, who is survived by his wife and married son and daughter, had been in apparent good health until Tuesday.

See "Memories & Help"...."Customs", for further reading.

Skipper of fishing boat "Silver Crest" fined for having illegal-sized nets

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 31st December 1971

NET RESULT WAS A FINE

The skipper of a fishing vessel which docked at Ardrossan Harbour with nets which enabled more fish to be caught than with the standard nets was fined ?15 at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court on Wednesday.

At a previous hearing William Dickson of 34 Fisher's Road, Port Seton, East Lothian, admitted by letter to having a trawl net on board his vessel "Silver Crest" which did not have meshes in the Fishing Nets (North East) Atlantic Order, 1971.

Imposing the fine, Sheriff Reginald N. Levitt told Dickson that his net would have to be confiscated.

Engineering survey for entrance of Ardrossan Harbour

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 7th January 1972.

TWO COUNCILS DISCUSS SAILINGS

Ardrossan Harbour Company have agreed that an engineering survey will be made of the harbour entrance to see what can be done to make entry to the harbour more easy for the Arran car ferry in rough weather.

This was intimated at a meeting held in Arran on Wednesday of last week between representatives of Ardrossan Town Council, Arran District Council, Ardrossan Harbour Company and the Caledonian Steam Packet Company.

It was pointed out that the ferry "Caledonia" requires berthing facilities which allow cars and commercial vehicles to drive-on and drive-off without delay, and these facilities are only available at Ardrossan and Gourock on the mainland, and at Brodick.
The pier at Fairlie which hitherto was used as an alternative berth to Ardrossan in stormy weather is in a state of decreptitude, and to repair it and install drive-on and off ramps would be uneconomic. There are no scheduled sailings to and from Fairlie in the years programme.

DESIGN

Although Ardrossan Harbour has been used by the Arran steamers for a hundred years or more, the design of the new vehicle ferries and the related necessity to construct special ramps at their berths, have imposed some teething troubles.
During the discussion, Mr. John D. Whittle, general manager of the CSPC pointed out that the "Caledonia" had fulfilled 96 per cent of the crossings, but Arran members drew attention to the fact that the islanders were not interested in percentages, they wanted a service they could rely on operating to the place and at the times advertised.

REDUCE SPEED

Mr. Whittle explained to a "Herald" reporter that as any vessel obviously has to reduce speed on approaching a pier, when entering Ardrossan Harbour this reduced leeway can make the ship difficult to manoeuvre in rough seas, and especially in strong wind conditions.
"Caledonia," although perfectly stable, by the nature of her design sits higher out of the water than the Clyde steamers of 20 or 30 years ago, and as she has to make a sharp right turn to her berth immediately after negotiating the relatively narrow harbour entrance at Ardrossan, such conditions, especially with a north-west wind, can make her handling and berthing a matter of difficulty. a difficulty which can be experienced equally by much larger ships.

COMBINATION

This combination of difficulties is nobody's fault, and it is in an attempt to find if these problems can be obviated still further, that the harbour survey is to be undertaken by a firm of consultant engineers.
We understand that the council representatives at last week's meeting were assured that if remedial construction work or engineering situations are required at Ardrossan Harbour, the financing of such work will not necessarily be a particular problem.

The Arran councillor with special responsibility for transport services to and from the island, Mr. Fisher Gilmore, stressed at the meeting that the steamer link should be with Ardrossan - for passengers to be taken to Gourock in rough weather was awkward and unsatisfactory.

ANXIOUS

Ardrossan representatives, Provost Joseh McManus and the Town Clerk Mr. William M. Cumming, expressing natural agreement with this point of view, stressed in turn that their council were most anxious to give any assistance and support to the Harbour Company and the CSPC - a view equally endorsed by the general manager of the Ardrossan Harbour Company, Mr. John Shields.

Councillor Gilmore told our reporter that the meeting had been most satisfactory and helpful.
A further meeting between representatives of the same bodies will be held in the spring when the findings of the harbour survey may be known.

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 7th January 1972

The "Lady of Mann" which from 1930 until last season was on service between Ardrossan and the Isle of Man, sailed on her last journey past Ardrossan this week on her way to the breakers yard at Dalmuir, Glasgow.
She had journeyed from Barrow-in-Furness in tow of the Glasgow tug "Wrestler."

Robert Dickens writes -
She was the largest ship owned by the company, and made her final sailing , Ardrossan to Douglas, on 15th August 1971.
She left Douglas for Barrow and docking on 17th August.
Sold 14th December 1971 to Arnott Young & Co., Dalmuir, near Glasgow.
Left Barrow 29th December 1971 in tow of the Clyde tug "Wrestler" arriving in the Clyde 31st December 1971.

Introduction of metric units as basis for freight charging

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 23rd July 1971

The Dock and Harbour Authorities Association announced that the target date for the introduction of metric units as the basis of freight charging by UK port authorities is 1st January.
The freight transport industry is co-operating with user representatives in an endeavour to reduce the need for working to a dual system in the transit of goods.