The Irvine Archive
If you'd like to see more of the history of Irvine, why not check out the Irvine Archive.
Irvine Glasgow Vennel, the Heckling Shop in which Robert Burns (The Bard of Scotland) worked in the flax trade 1781-2, date of photograph unknown - by Crawford Fulton
Old Cross Area (late 19th Century) - by Crawford Fulton
This photo is taken from George McMaster's Collection. The area shown here is possibly the oldest part of Irvine: to the right is the site of the Market Cross, which was also roughly the site of the 1922 War Memorial, it lay in front of the Flesh Market (which was redeveloped in 1862 as the location for the Town House); and the area between the foreground and Kirkgate (marked by the 3 storey building with the cart immediately before it), is Parterre. The statue is of Parterre-born David Boyle who became Lord Chief Justice. For more information, please see item 12 on this town trail :
www.irvineburnsclub.org/irvine/walkingtour.htm
Bank Street/High Street Junction (circa 1900?) - by Crawford Fulton
This photo was taken from George McMaster's Collection.
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.
