P1a2 boys - 1, David Sloss; 2, Neil Hawthorn; 3, John Weir. To be honest i cant remember this but i did come second!! in the 1969 40yd dash.p1 This was when we were at the old public and the sports day was held on jacks road playing field, i think it was P4 when the classes split between mayfield an...

I remember the oven incident, cant remember the year, must have about 1978

Hi, I think the factory you remember is Glen Husky which was in factory place, this was a knitwear factory which from memory produced sweaters with leather/suede patches. The biggest knitwear factories in ayrshire were in Irvine, Not sure if any exist now, I bought some machines from a company in Ir...

That is very interesting, the main factories producing berets in ayrshire were situated in Stewarton, I have more than a historical interest in berets as my company Is the current main supplier to the MoD for Berets we supply over 30 different designs covering all British Regiments.

Neil

The price breakdown for the round was pint of bitter £3.60 large glass of wine 250ml £4.50 2 pints of cola at £2.95 each. needless to say we only had the one round. Pubs the serve food round our way tend to be more expensive for drinks, But even our local pub who regards peanuts as bar food charges ...

Where i live in leicestershire we have seen many pubs close down as well, A lot of this is down to prices, The other week i was in a local pub for a drink and a meal myself the better half and the 2 kids. A round of drinks came to over £14.00. that was for 1 pint of beer, glass of wine and 2 pints o...

thanks for that hughie, i didnt think he lived in canal street, i think we were more tolerate of people with this type of disablity years ago and let them to an large extent get on with leading a life whatever that may be. We may be PC now and dont call people dummys etc, but do people with this dis...

Hi All, If my memory serves me right the families who owned the kiddies rides semi retired to saltcoats and lived on some land with their caravans behind/beside the garages at the rear of gladstone road. i always had a interest in the old wagons they used to power the rides and remember when i was a...

Hi all,
I remember the wee man always doubled up with his big sack of ginger bottles, we knew him as the stevenson dummy.
I lived in canal street just up from marios shop, during the 60s/70s i never thought he lived in canal street?

Neil

Hi all, I was born and bred in saltcoats, our family lived in canal street, I left to work in england 25 years ago, my parents were Bill and Margaret Hawthorn who have both passed away. I still make a annual trip to saltcoats to catch up with friends and stock up the usual grocery items. Neil

I rarely post, but i do visit the site at least 3 times a week, and really appreciate the work that hughie and the regular contributors put in to making this a brillant site.

Neil

i remember the cafe, just !! i was a wee boy when it changed to a pub, As i lived in canal street all the kids used to go the ice cream factory in Seabank street where you would get a massive ice as they never used a ice cream scoop and piled it on with a stainless steel blade.

Neil