50 New Stories Have Been Added to the ‘Stories’ Section

As a Christmas present to our readers, we added 50 new stories to the ‘Stories‘ section of our website, from all around North Ayrshire and on a huge variety of topics!

From the history of the Cumbrae War Memorial and West Kilbride Village Hall, to tales of the 1913 Strike at Nobel’s Factory and the Storm of 1912.

Perhaps you’d like to learn more about the Boydston Boulder, Irvine Harbour or even Largs Aquarium and Zoo!

We are consistently adding new stories to the website, where we are preserving and curating the history of North Ayrshire one story at a time!

Here is the complete list of all the new stories that have been added to the site:

  1. Hugh Melville and the Roebank Printworks – North Ayrshire Heritage
  2. King Edward VII Visits Arran in 1902 – North Ayrshire Heritage
  3. The 1880 Lifeboat Rescue of the Matilda Hillyards – North Ayrshire Heritage
  4. Thomas Thorburn – North Ayrshire Heritage
  5. Colour-Sergeant Thomas Hughes – North Ayrshire Heritage
  6. Mary Thomson Kerr – North Ayrshire Heritage
  7. The 1913 Strike at Nobel’s Explosives Factory – North Ayrshire Heritage
  8. First Burial in Ardrossan Cemetery – North Ayrshire Heritage
  9. The Boydston Boulder – North Ayrshire Heritage
  10. John Aitken – North Ayrshire Heritage
  11. West Kilbride Village Hall – North Ayrshire Heritage
  12. Cumbrae War Memorial – North Ayrshire Heritage
  13. The Siege of Millport – North Ayrshire Heritage
  14. The Storm of 1912 – North Ayrshire Heritage
  15. Largs Aquarium and Zoo – North Ayrshire Heritage
  16. Largs Train Crash – North Ayrshire Heritage
  17. The Kilbirnie Riot – North Ayrshire Heritage
  18. Kilbirnie Ladeside Junior F.C. Win Scottish Junior Cup – 17th May, 1952 – North Ayrshire Heritage
  19. William Barr – North Ayrshire Heritage
  20. Hamilfield Church, Beith – North Ayrshire Heritage
  21. Perceton and Dreghorn Free Church – North Ayrshire Heritage
  22. Resurrectionists in Irvine – North Ayrshire Heritage
  23. Estate of Kilbirnie – North Ayrshire Heritage
  24. Kilbirnie Net Workers Strike of 1913 – North Ayrshire Heritage
  25. Kilbirnie’s Golf Courses – North Ayrshire Heritage
  26. Ardrossan Hospitals – North Ayrshire Heritage
  27. The Formation of the Ardrossan, Saltcoats and Stevenston Branch of the British Legion – North Ayrshire Heritage
  28. Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Baden-Powell Visits North Ayrshire – North Ayrshire Heritage
  29. Reverend John Stewart – North Ayrshire Heritage
  30. Seafield Tower – North Ayrshire Heritage
  31. The Boys Brigade in North Ayrshire – North Ayrshire Heritage
  32. Beith Post Office – North Ayrshire Heritage
  33. Calder Glen Laundry, Lochwinnoch – North Ayrshire Heritage
  34. John Pollock’s Victoria Cabinet and Chair Manufacturer in Beith – North Ayrshire Heritage
  35. Matthew Pollock’s Caledonia Cabinet & Chair Works in Beith – North Ayrshire Heritage
  36. The Founding of Netherhill in Canada by John Craig – North Ayrshire Heritage
  37. Agatha Shedden – North Ayrshire Heritage
  38. Six Men Lose Their Lives on S.S Hjortnes – North Ayrshire Heritage
  39. Hezekiah Merricks Arnott – North Ayrshire Heritage
  40. Largs Thistle F.C. Win Scottish Junior Cup – North Ayrshire Heritage
  41. Army Cadets at Kelburn Park, Fairlie – North Ayrshire Heritage
  42. History of Irvine Grammar School, Irvine Academy and Irvine Royal Academy – North Ayrshire Heritage
  43. The Harbour at Seagate, Irvine – North Ayrshire Heritage
  44. Irvine Burgh Mines – North Ayrshire Heritage
  45. Irvine’s Fire Brigade – North Ayrshire Heritage
  46. Irvine Harbour – North Ayrshire Heritage
  47. Irvine Lifeboat – North Ayrshire Heritage
  48. Irvine’s Postal Service – North Ayrshire Heritage
  49. Opening of the British Workman Public House in Irvine – North Ayrshire Heritage
  50. Oasis in Irvine – North Ayrshire Heritage