| 1849 - June - WEMYSS BAY HOTEL - Villa at Wemyss Bay - CLIFF HOUSE to LET - MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT SKELMORLIE - SKELMORLIE HEIGHTS Hydropathic Establishment - WEMYSS BAY - To Let, the Book Stall at Station - SUNDAY MILK 1872 - September - CALEDONIAN RAILWAY - Skelmorlie - Wemyss Bay - To let from 1st June - WEMYSS BAY TO EDINBURGH 1875 - April - Greenock and Wemyss Bay Railway Company v. The Caledonian Railway Company 1875 - December - RUSSIAN BARQUE RUN DOWN AND SUNK IN THE CLYDE 1881 - January - CALEDONIAN v. THE WEMYSS BAY RAILWAY 1882 - August - CALEDONIAN v. THE WEMYSS BAY RAILWAY (continued) 1887 - January - WEMYSS BAY RAILWAY COMPANY v. THE CALEDONIAN 1889 - August - GREENOCK AND WEMYSS BAY RAILWAY - CRAIG-NA-HULLIE - BAZAAR AT SKELMORLIE - SKELMORLIE PARISH - WEMYSS BAY PIER EXTENSION - WEMYSS BAY PIER DESTROYED BY FIRE 1902 - July - UPPER SKELMORLIE RAILWAY - DOUBLING OF THE WEMYSS BAY LINE - SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT WEMYSS BAY 1904 - November - SALE OF KELLY ESTATE, WEMYSS BAY - KELLY HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE 1914 - July - J.P. Appointment - Rev. D. Bruce Nicol - ALLEGED MARRIAGE - GROUSE FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS IN GLASGOW - JOB VACANCIES - BEECHGROVE FOR SALE 1919 - August - FUNERAL OF LORD INVERCLYDE 1920 - October - WALL COLLAPSES AT WEMYSS BAY - CHARABANC OVERTURNS NEAR SKELMORLIE - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 1922 - June - WAR MEMORIAL - PROPERTY MARKET - WEDDINGS - SKELMORLIE RESERVOIR BURST 1925 - April - SKELMORLIE RESERVOIR BURST (continued) 1929 - February - FUNERAL - SKELMORLIE CASTLE FOR SALE - WHYTE WEDDING - Inverkip, Wemyss Bay and Skelmorlie Horticultural Show Results 1930 - October - SKELMORLIE HYDRO HOTEL - NORTH CHURCH - HEYWOOD - SKELMORLIE HOUSE - ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION LINE - Skelmorlie Hydro Hotel (Ltd.) 1932 - May - SKELMORLIE - A VISITOR'S NOTEBOOK 1932 - September - RESCUE AT WEMYSS BAY - TWO SKELMORLIE MEN DEAD IN MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT - LATE REV. D. BRUCE NICOL - Reports from The Moors - Death - Induction of The Rev. John Begg B.D - SKELMORLIE MAN'S ORDEAL ON ROAD KNOCKED DOWN AND BEATEN - SKELMORLIE AND BARR MOORS - Skelmorlie Church Memorial Tablets - Sunset at Skelmorlie - Golf and Tennis 1937 - July - TWO YEARS HARD LABOUR FOR FRAUD - RUNAWAY HORSE ON WEMYSS BAY PIER - South Church Choir - Church Memorial Dedicated - Oldest Resident Dies - ARREST - SKELMORLIE HYDRO HOTEL - Brigend Guest House - FIRTH OF CLYDE GOLF TROPHY - GAS COMPANY SHARES FOR SALE 1938 - August - Inverkip, Wemyss Bay and Skelmorlie Flower Show - Retiral of Telephone Operator - WEDDING GIFT TO LORD MONTGOMERIE - Annet House Sale - SKELMORLIE HYDRO HOTEL - MIRA MAR - GROUND ANNUALS SALE - WILL - HILL SPORT - GARDEN FETE - YOUTH CONFERENCE AT SKELMORLIE - MERCHANT SAILORS LOST - DEATHS - SKELMORLIE SCHOOL HEADMASTER - Death of Former Minister 1942 - August - RADIO PROGRAMMES - GOLDEN LABRADOR - RUSSIA CONVOY ATTACK - DEATH - MACROBERT'S Squadron A.T.C. (49 F) - ORDER OF INDIAN EMPIRE - FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE - DEATH - WILLS AND ESTATES - HALLY BROWN'S SKELMORLIE GIFT - PAULSEN BIRTH - LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER WILL - WAR BONUS FOR SCOTS THEATRE MUSICIANS 1945 - April - 20 MILLION CIGARETTES LOST IN FIRE - Earl of Eglinton and Winton Dead - NOTED MINISTER'S DEATH - Woodend House, Skelmorlie destroyed by fire - Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay Community Centre was declared open by Sir Harry Lauder - ROTHMAR HOTEL de-requisitioned and is NOW OPEN - General Merchant's business for sale - New Skelmorlie Youth Hostel 1947 - May - Skelmorlie Tennis Club's pavilion blown over - "BEST-KEPT STATIONS" COMPETITION - WILLS AND ESTATES - HYDRO and HEYWOOD HOTELS DE-REQUISITIONED AND RE-OPENED - SKELMORLIE BRITISH LEGION - Death - MIRA-MAR HOTEL - SKELMORLIE LADIES GOLF 1949 - March - The Snowdrop - FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE - SKELMORLIE GOLF RESULTS - £7,396 for Old Masters - COCHRANE HOUSE - TANKER REFLOATED - Chaseley - ELECTRICITY RATES -PREMIER IN SKELMORLIE - REV. JOHN BOYD'S WIDOW'S DEATH - SKELMORLIE HYDRO HOTEL - Craig War Memorial Home - BEACH HOUSE For Sale - EGLINTON BAR For Sale |