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Irvine, The Harbour 1904
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A royal burgh and port, Irvine was, by the 1920s, a town of 7,000 inhabitants. Many of these were employed in ironworking, chemical manufacturing and coal-mining, or in Nobel's dynamite works at Ardeer. The novelist John Galt was born in the town in 1779, but Irvine is more famous as the place where Robert Burns eked out a living as a flax-dresser between 1781 and 1783.

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A Selection of Memories from Irvine

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Irvine

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Can Anyone Tell Me More About This Burns’s Lodging?
My 3rd Great Grandparents lived at 23 Seagate, Irvine in the late 1800s. Their surname was Burns.
Irvine, Burns's Lodging 1958
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Added 30 May 2019

The Moor Irvine
I was resident there from birth 1945 until adoption 18 months later. The matron was Miss Logan.
The Moor residential nursery
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Added 20 October 2016

Happy Days
I was Head Girl at Irvine Royal for the last two years of my education. I was a Kilwinning girl and attended from 1969-1972. Living through the 3 day week and walking daily from Kilwinning to Irvine wasn't much fun! But I loved school there so nothing was a problem.My favourite teachers were Willie Stewart and Willie MCIllvaney. Inspirational men!I graduated from Strathclyde with a BSC in Maths and have enjoyed a very successful career in many different careers.
Irvine, the Academy 1904
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The Moor Residential Nursery
I work in the Moor nursery in Irvine for a year I can never find any pictures or information on it . Would be good to see any pictures I think it was around 19 69 Jacquelyn Mclatchie nee Biggar
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