Thanks everyone for your kind messages all of which are very much appreciated. It's been a while since I've posted (I've been a little unwell and now in permanent nursing care) but I read the board every evening. The internet in this place is a bit shaky and I am always grateful when i connect - oh ...

Yes, I am sure that's the corner where the Melbourne is. I think that's the old church wall opposite. Campbell

I agree Laurence and wondered if she was also sitting high in the water perhaps having been emptied? It’s also kind of strange not seeing any of the large cranes which must have gone up later. When I was a kid Jock Muir, who lived across from us in Clyde Terrace told us all lots of stories about whe...

Two more from Hugh's collection. Regards, Campbell

I'd put off working through my late brothers wee photo box but did it this morning. Inside I found these old postcards. A few aren't postmarked so I've no idea of the year, the ones that are I've typed the details in. Campbell

Happy birthday, Seasider59

Belated best wishes to you Hughie. I hope you'd a great birthday.

Campbell

Thank you very much Meekan. Wishing you a very happy Christmas. Campbell

Thanks very much folks. Heading down to Ardrossan at the end of the week with my nephew as he wants to see where his dad Hugh was born (gran's address at 162 Glasgow Street) and we will then cross over and show him 175 where I was born. It was the attic flat there and I'd love to go up but the close...

Belated birthday wishes to you PT. Hope you'd a great one.

We fished the Mill Dam often when I was a teenager as well as Whitlees and the Busby. Before we were able to get a season ticket, we used to buy daily or weekly permits from Mrs Cliff at the Millglen Filter House. Campbell

Thanks very much for posting this johndo. Oh, the memories and so much film of Ardrossan and its railway sheds in the 1960s too. A lot of nostalgia for me as my uncle and grandfather worked for British Rail. My uncle was a driver on steam then diesel engines and I still remember the distinct smell o...