A nice wee fish from the " hole in the wall" Saltcoats

Totally off topic, but hello stranger - welcome home, missed your posts :wink: Now Meg - back on topic :lol: I'm very sorry miss Broadie :wink: I have misinterpreted the topic of Chicken Soup. When you have a good chicken stock it opens up many ideas for a good soup. Yesterday I made Chicken broth ...

Guys as the weather gets colder boil up the carcase of the chicken you had for dinner and make cockaleekie its great for warding off the cold. I do this often bill, my favourit is chicken and rice with a handfull of chopped parsley. Also tried home made chicken noodle soup mmmmm. I would like to tr...

Both P.T. and J.D. posted about the Breakplough on the Kerelaw photo topic. P.T. was curious about the name and J.D. remembers the name Brekkleshuch (sp) , I too recall this name. Someone suggested that it had a germanic sound to it but the "shuch" part has been in use locally for as long ...

Have a cool Yule everyone

On Fri 9th of Sept we had a bit of a blaw, for the younger members " Blaw means wind" :wink: and rail services were disrupted. (source - train guard on Sat 10th) The tide height at Ardrossan was showing 2.8 - 3.0 metres, I am sure there will be higher tides than this during the winter. Yes...

[/quote] Sorry LP, I think you're wrong. but Armour's was round on Shore Road. Frank Gilmour's was next door (towards the station) and straddled the corner between Shore Road and Warner Street with the main entrance right on the corner.[/quote] You are right, I remember it noo, the doorway sat at a ...

Vinegarjoe wrote: Frank Gilmour, at one time owned a "supermarket" at the Station gates on the corner of Warner St.

Vinegarjoe, no offence intended here, but I think the shop you are thinking of was Armours ironmongers.

Can anyone recall this shop, where it was and the name? I dont recall Hays music shop on Hamilton St, a bit before my time, but I remember the location of the music shop after it was acquired by Ray Humphries, Bill Underwood and Barcley Fullerton (sp). At a guess I would say it was situated at apro...

I have to say, the last time I was in Nursery Place it consisted of a row of flats. I have been unable to spot them in the photo ?

stivis wrote:It would have been nice to get a response,

Hi stivis, I have not been on for some time so please accept my apologies.
I think you are spot on with the model "Bel Air" and it was a convertable, not sure what was under the bonnet though.

Is it Steve McQueen far left and Charles Bronson far right. ?

As for location ---- the film is a spaghetti western suggesting an Italian influence to the bar, is it Cecchini's . ?