The Queen's Visit 50 Years Ago
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The Queen's Visit 50 Years Ago
What are your memories of the Queen's fleeting visit to the three towns fifty years ago this week. Are you old enough to remember . My recollections are pretty sketchy, but I do recall the stage they built outside Ardrossan Town Railway Station in Princes Street. We school kids from Eglinton were lined along South Crescent with our backs to the sea around where the WW1 Memorial is - we cheered her on as she passed on the way to Saltcoats. Anyone else remember this?
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I remember getting marched along Eglington Road by our teacher and made to fly a flag to welcome the Queens on her next visit - I must have been about 7 - which would have been around 1960. Does anyone remember if that was the visit to open Hunterston A Power Station?
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I remember the Queens visit in 1956 well ,I was torn between watching her or looking at the Royal Train passing the bottom of our garden in Anderson Terrace .The train won.It was pulled by a Clan class locomotive and it was spotless,thanks Tom for your photo I can read the last three numbers I can now look up the records and get the name of the engine
Meg, the Queen's visit was to grant Stevenston 'Royal Burgh' status. I think the actual ceremony for this took place in Kilwinning at the Council Chambers. Funnily enough I saw a picture of the ceremony with the Queen, the Stevenston Town Clerks, the Provost, Treasurer and various other people just a couple of weeks ago.
Hope that helps.
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I remember the Queen and the Duke passing throught Salcoats earlier than 1956. I was at Kyleshill school and we were told they would be passing through the town by car coming from Ardrossan. They came along Vernon Street and up over the bridge and down onto Canal Street. We were all lined up ready to wave to the Queen, when the car passed The Duke of Edinburgh was on the kerb side and the Queen on the other, so we only got to see his smiling face and that was only for about two seconds as they went passed. I felt a bit disappointed at not seeing the Queen
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In the photo at the start of this topic - the one with the train at Ardrossan Railway Station, you'll notice the policeman on the right. You could be forgiven if you thought the Queen had brought her own Bobbies up from London. But no, that was how the railway police dressed. I seem to remember there were a few stationed at Ardrossan Railway Station and you'd often see them around the railway stations at Ardrossan Harbour.
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I wonder why she was going along the North Shore road in Ardrossan then - I definitely (I think:-) stood along Englinton road and she was travelling towards West Kilbride - maybe she heard how good the pub lunches were in the Ardenlee:-)dreamer wrote:Meg, the Queen's visit was to grant Stevenston 'Royal Burgh' status. I think the actual ceremony for this took place in Kilwinning at the Council Chambers. Funnily enough I saw a picture of the ceremony with the Queen, the Stevenston Town Clerks, the Provost, Treasurer and various other people just a couple of weeks ago.
Hope that helps.
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Meg, I seem to recall being taken to see the Queen go past but for all these years I thought it was over in Arran, don't know why I think that.
But when you mentioned going along the North Shore that could have been what I remember as I can see myself standing on a dry stane dyke and there were a few of them up the North Shore. I don't think it would have been 1954 as I feel I was only little.
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But when you mentioned going along the North Shore that could have been what I remember as I can see myself standing on a dry stane dyke and there were a few of them up the North Shore. I don't think it would have been 1954 as I feel I was only little.
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