Primary Sources:
World War II in North Ayrshire
Local Newspapers Index
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Primary Sources: Local Newspapers Index |
Look out in the Blackout (Irvine Herald 9/2/40)
Nearly 1,200 killed in December alone.
War Time Cookery Demonstrations (Irvine Herald
19/4/40)
Demonstrations to be run in Irvine.
Morale: how to play your part (Irvine Herald
26/7/40)
Practical hints which will mean strength, steadiness and efficiency for all;
it is hoped that everyone will follow these hints and that copies will be put up
in every home, air-raid shelter, observation post and factory.
Now on Ration ( Largs &
Millport Weekly News 6/6/41)
A detailed list of goods which come under
the new clothing and cloth rationing scheme.
Anti-Italian Riots:
regrettable scenes in Irvine (A &
SH 14/6/40)
caused by Italy’s declaration of war aimed at Britain
and France; nine Italian shops wrecked and goods stolen;
Army Camps “Racket”:
Fiscal’s comments in Ayr Sheriff Court (A &
SH 26/7/40)
Three people charged with buying or receiving goods stolen from military stores.
Seven of the offenders came from Saltcoats; Saltcoats was earning the reputation for disregarding the law.
More Lighting Offenders
(Largs & Millport Weekly News 23/1/42)
People disregarding their own safety and
the safety of their neighbours; warning that fines would be increase and
offenders even sent to prison.
Juvenile Crime (A & SH 16/10/42)
Over 43,000 offences proved against young people last year.
Crime In Ayrshire (A
& SH 24/3/44)
Crime during previous year has fallen; a
lessening of serious crime in Ayrshire.
Minute of meeting of the Town Council; Kilwinning excluded from the lists of places unsuitable for receiving transferred persons, despite its proximity to Nobel’s explosives; Clerk to write to Department of Health asking that Kilwinning be excluded from the list of reception areas; reply from the Secretary of State for Scotland.
Plans for Landward part of County (A&SH 24/5/40)
A maximum number of 8,200 children from Glasgow could be sent to the County of Ayr; meeting attended by people who had volunteered to act as reception and billeting officers; plan would only be carried out if air raids developed on a serious scale; only school age children would be sent, without their mothers.
New arrangements for West Kilbride (A&SH 31/5/40)
300 protestant unaccompanied children will be sent from Glasgow to West Kilbride; billeting allowances.
Evacuees (A&SH 25/10/40)
Health and physical condition of the evacuated children
The Evacuation Problem (A&SH 16/5/41)
Destruction caused by children
Care of Children in War-Time (A&SH 23/1/42)
Church of Scotland asked to assist in scheme to care for children whose mothers are engaged in war work; Church halls may be required as nurseries
Ration Law (Irvine Herald
29/3/40)
Penalties for
disregarding the law; swapping coupons is illegal; it is an offence to obtain
rationed food without a coupon; shops must not sell food without requiring the
coupons.
3 Good Housekeeping Rules ( A & S H
3/5/40)
Avoid waste; get
the best out of food; vary your meals.
For War-Time Economy use Be-Ro (A & S H
10/5/40)
Advert
How to Eat Wisely in
Wartime (A & S H 17/5/40)
Body building
foods; energy foods; protective foods.
Your Ration Book: how to fill it up ( A & S H 14/6/40)
Your New Ration Book: how to register with the shops (A & S H 14 /6/40)
Food Bulletin (A & S H 5/7/40)
Use salads and
vegetables.
Stock Flour says Food
Ministry (Irvine Herald 19/7/40)
Keep enough
flour in the cupboard for a week’s supply of food for an emergency.
Ministry of Food: Food Facts (A
& SH 2/8/40)
Tea tips;
lettuce; stale bread; recipe for stuffed marrow
Ministry of Food: Food Facts (A
& SH 30/8/40)
Old vegetables;
health hints; plums; bread
Ministry of Food: Food Facts (A
& SH 13/9/40)
How to dry
plums; salad; blackberries
Ministry of Food: Food Facts (A
& SH 18/10/40)
One-pot meal;
carried meal; storing potatoes
Grow More Food: a notice
to farmers and those willing to help on the land (A&SH 16//5/41)
A scheme of
volunteers who are willing to help farmers in their spare time; voluntary “local
registrars” appointed to keep a list of volunteers in their area; names of
“local registrars” given.
Ministry of Food: soap rationing (A&SH
13/2/42)
Details of how
to buy soap.
Gas Masks to be Distributed (A&SH 3/2/39)
(from the Minutes of a meeting of Ayr County Council) discussion on whether gas masks to be issued to the public with preference given to vulnerable areas, or should they be kept in store and given out only when needed. 195,750 gas masks to be distributed throughout the County.
Emergency Committee (A&SH 3/2/39)
(from Minutes of a meeting of Ayr County Council) proposal that an Emergency Committee should not be appointed as it would only put fear into the public’s minds and they would think that a crisis had arisen.
17 tons of gas masks: 34,000 arrive in Ardrossan for distribution in District (A&SH 24/2/39)
respirators arrived in Ardrossan to be immediately distributed throughout the neighbouring towns as soon as possible.
Total Enrolments (A&SH 10/3/39)
Total enrolments for ARP (air raid precautions) in the County totalled 7,200.
Gas Masks: the work of assembly and distribution (A&SH 17/3/39)
Irvine’s fine efforts; locals put in the biggest, most strenuous spell of voluntary work; they assembled 25,000 gas masks and the fitting and distribution of between 12,000 and 13,000 of these masks to the men, women and children of the town.
Aluminium for Aircrafts
(A & SH 19/7/40)
Appeal by the Women’s Voluntary Services has
resulted in large collections in Ardrossan and Saltcoats; pots, pans and kettles
dominate.
Air Raid Shelters (Irvine Herald 9/8/40)
Permission for 21 shelters to be built throughout the Burgh; man to be appointed to supervise and clean the shelters.
Invasion Committee:
formed in Kilbirnie (A&SH 1/5/42)
Invasion Committees to be set up in every town; each should offer his/her
services to defend their homes; what is entailed in making preparations for
invasion.
Public Vaccination at
Largs (Largs & Millport Weekly News 10/7/42)
The County Medical Authority is to carry out public vaccinations.
War has resulted in many women losing their original jobs; estimated that a million women workers will be wanted for the metal and engineering industries.
Demand for Women Workers (Irvine Herald 9/3/40)
Fall in demand
for domestic servants due to evacuation; munitions, war work, textiles and other
industries are calling for women.
Women’s Voluntary Service for Civil Defence ( A & SH 24/5/40)
Appeal for helpers to give full-time service in private houses; recruits also urgently required for the Land Army.
Women on the Home Front (A & SH 16/8/40)
“Men fight the battles but women win the wars” praise for women.
200 Ayrshire Women Wanted (A & SH 30/1/42)
200 women are wanted immediately for part-time work in a local factory; working hours and payment.
Care of Children of
Mothers engaged, or likely to be engaged, on work of National Importance (Largs
& Millport Weekly News 13/2/42)
Council asking women who need child care to hand in their names; owners of
buildings which might be suitable are also asked to hand in their names.
Join The Women’s Land Army (A & SH 20/3/42)
Advert; enrol now and live a healthy life on the farm or in a modern Hostel.