The Irvine Archive
If you'd like to see more of the history of Irvine, why not check out the Irvine Archive.
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/
Boats for Hire, Low Green - by Crawford Fulton
This image is taken from George McMaster's Collection.
Fullarton Street, Irvine (early 20th Century) - by Crawford Fulton
This photo was taken from George McMaster's Collection. It is very difficult to date this photo, although it is safe to assume that it is probably before the 1930s, due to the lack of traffic). This scene is unrecognisable today, were you to stand on the same spot as upon which this photo was taken, you would not believe that you were in the same town. The buildings to left were replaced by 5 blocks of flats, those to the right were replaced by shops and flats, set back from the road by several feet (with a new a grassed area with trees and a new road between Fullarton Street and this development): www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Fullarton+St/@55.612063,-4.67...
