Love any photo of Edinburgh Castle. That one taken in the evening from the top of the Vennel is a beauty. Noo I'm not claiming any royal connections (though I am related to an Elizabeth :-) ) but on my grandmother's Cornelius side there was a birth in Edinburgh Castle in the 1850s. The compiler of t...

Yes I got that, Meg. How could we forget oor Morag. She added a lot to our forum right from the first days. Have a happy heavenly birthday dear Morag. Miss you heaps. xxx

Must look out for Milda's birthday when it comes around too.

From the Archives of the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald published on October 10, 2007 100 YEARS AGO on October 11, 1907 TWO Saltcoats young men, Mr John L Allan and Mr David Guthrie were saved from the wreck of the steamer, Orion which sank in the mouth of the Clyde on Sunday. They were returning fro...

Kilmarnock Herald September 23, 1949 Died After Night Shift "Jerry" Forde, 68-year-old night watchman at the Granvue Stadium, Stevenston, who resided at Blakely Road, Saltcoats, died suddenly at his home at 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning. He came in from work about 8 o'clock on Monday, had breakfast ...

Kilmarnock Herald September 23, 1949 Mystery Solved Mr Louis Scott, well-known Saltcoats proprietor, got quite a shock on Wednesday morning when an item, .complete with photograph, in a morning paper informed him that his son, Cesare ("Chez') was reported as a "tattooed mystery man" found to be suf...

Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette November 2, 1945 Bobby Patrick No player was more faithful to Winton Rovers than Bobby Patrick. After a time with Irvine Meadow and Queen of the South, Bob signed for Rovers and he gave faithful service. While he took up many positions he was best known as a c...

Yes, I remember the greyhound track at Hillside Street. It would have been around where the golf driving range is. The Stevenston Motorcycle club used to have scrambles there in the late 1950s on a Friday night - went there a few times.

Brian, I remember on our first trip back to Scotland my rellies and I got into the pints at the local pub. Prior to returning home I had a kidney stone attack - not nice. Anyway while standing at the urinal I heard a ping - that was my kidney stone hitting the stainless steel. :D Told my doctor when...

The image of the Titan Crane outside Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd. Reminded me that the majority of the marine engineering castings we made at Winton Foundry in Ardrossan were for Barclay Curle. The demise of shipbuilding on the Clyde meant the end of Winton Foundry too.

Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette February 1, 1946 Davy Docherty About 36 years ago when Ardeer Thistle played on Warner Park, Stevenston, the echo of the cheers and jeers could be heard far and wide for in these days they took their football very seriously. Thistle reared many first-class goa...

Elderly man mistakes slushy machine for a sanitizer.

Henry Shields of Ardrossan. This was sent to me but there was no mention of what publication it was taken from. It's the first I've heard of him.