Lochwinnoch Calder Church
Lochwinnoch Parish Church now closed:
Lochwinnoch Churches
Beith Auld Kirk pictures
These pictures of the inside and outside of Beith Auld Kirk are very striking. The first line of pictures show a monument
One version of the story tells me that this is a monument which was installed up at Spiers School. After that was demolished in the 70s the monument was removed and placed behind the Kirk in 1985…. in the Kirk yard where you can still see them today. Another person told me these were actually from Gielsland House and are called “the Gielsand marbles”.
If you know the history of these, please let me know.
Co-op and School at the Den (Barkip)
The Den was a hamlet on the main road between Beith and Dalry – it had it’s own school, bank and shops, Episcopal church etc and was demolished in the 1900s. You can see the pictures above of the Co-op and School which was known as Kersland Barony.
The Den (Barkip) was largely replaced with the Lambert which became known as the Lambar, then langbar and subsequently “corrected” to Longbar by the council. It is easy to see how that could have happened with the number of Northern Irish accents around at that time.
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Glengarnock Steel Works Melting Shop 1926
Glengarnock Steel Works Melting Shop 1926
The Old Bakehouse (Bakery)
This was the old bakehouse at the bottom of Montgomery Street (the street was known locally as the Gom)
Glengarnock Steel 1939 – Robert Mathews
Mr Robert Mathews is presented with a gift for his wedding:
Glengarnock Steel Works Magazine May 1925 – Daniel McBeth
Report on the death of Daniel McBeth.
John Durney and James Hill are also photographed.
Private William McEwan First World War
This is from the Newspaper, The Scotsman dated 1915 about a Kilbirnie man who was sadly killed during the First World War. William McEwan. I’ve highlighted the name in red, at the bottom of the page.
This is from the Newspaper, The Scotsman dated 1915 about a Kilbirnie man who was sadly killed during the First World War. William McEwan. I’ve highlighted the name in red, at the bottom of the page.
Death of Robert Houston – 1940
Robert Houston was an Artist, born in Kilbirnie in 1891. He attended Spiers School in Beith and became very famous in the word of Art along with his brother George Houston, another famous artist. Another brother James is perhaps better known in the town as James Houston the architect who designed lots of local buildings […]
Robert Houston was an Artist, born in Kilbirnie in 1891. He attended Spiers School in Beith and became very famous in the word of Art along with his brother George Houston, another famous artist. Another brother James is perhaps better known in the town as James Houston the architect who designed lots of local buildings and memorials including some of the W and J Knox Buildings and an installation in the Auld Kirk. Their office and house was at Bridgend, which was demolished so the cinema could be built (latterly a bingo hall and then it became Radio City) and subsequently the office ended up at the bottom of School Wynd in later years ran by his son, also called James. More details about the company and the family can be found here. The genealogy which leads into the Logan family can be found here.
The Death of Mr John Barclay, 1937
The death of a Mr John Barclay from Kilbirnie.
The death of a Mr John Barclay from Kilbirnie.