Irvine Rivergate Shopping Centre Postcard (mid to late 1970s) - by Crawford Fulton
This is a view of the interior of Irvine's shopping centre, which opened in 1975. You can make out the Victorian Wilson Fullarton Church through the windows to the right. These windows are now partially obscured by a cafe. Please note the light coming in from the upper left, this was through a series of clerestory windows; you can make out their counterparts to the right (the light from these being less intense than their opposite numbers, due to their northern, as opposed to southern aspect). Unfortunately, all these upper windows were blocked off around 1980, when a second roof was required to be added on top of the original one; this was due to significant problems with water ingress, which had existed before the centre opened (the first roof leaked like a sieve). The mall now requires a significant amount of artificial light, as can be seen in this photo, taken in 2009: www.flickr.com/photos/crawfordfulton/5153285693/in/set-72...
The Last Pub In Fullarton 1971 - by Crawford Fulton
By the time that this photo was taken by George McMaster, Central Fullaton's days were numbered: the Church Street tenements had been demolished, as had half of Waterside; all that remained of Friars Croft was an isolated, boarded-up, 2 storey, stone house; and, at the top of the image you can make out the twin muddy tracks, which would become the Northern Approach Road.