The Irvine Archive
If you'd like to see more of the history of Irvine, why not check out the Irvine Archive.
I.C.I Wharf, River Garnock - by Crawford Fulton
This photo was taken from George McMaster's Collection. In the centre of this image is the Blue Billie spoil heap (reshaped and landscaped in the 1970s). On the horizon to the left are the chimneys belonging to Irvine's three former chemical works , which later became the site of a Royal Ordnance factory and was then redeveloped as the location of Irvine's principal industrial estate in the late 1950s.
The River Irvine, the Water Bridge, Trinity Church, Irvine Old Parish Church and the foot of Bridgegate circa 1898 - by Crawford Fulton
ARCHIVE ADVERT - by Crawford Fulton
This is a design for a poster with which to promote a project intended to start in 2013. The goal of this initiative is to invite the community in Irvine to submit photos, films and video of the town from the past 170 years. If funding can be obtained, CI would hope to collaborate with others in order to produce a DVD and possibly an exhibition.
The Archive now has a Flickr Group:
www.flickr.com/groups/2065279@N23/
Irvine Postcard Posted 1904 Reverse (2) - by Crawford Fulton
Co-operative Butchers, Fullarton - by Crawford Fulton
This photo was taken from George McMaster's Collection. It shows the first shop on the Fullarton side of the bridge (the parapet of which can be seen towards the left edge of the photo), to the south west of the River Irvine.
Irvine Postcard Posted 1904 - by Crawford Fulton