Old Stevenston Beach

[gerv]

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[JimMcCub]

Great picture Gerv circa 60's?, postcard?

[chriso]

Looking at the photo I would think it must have been in the 50's, as the paddling pool wasn't in it.
I didn't realise the new kiosk was built as long ago as that.

[morag]

I don't ever remember that many cars in Stevenston, muts've been an 'event' ..also what aboot the bigfoot down at the crossing point? What is that?

[little plum]

..also what aboot the bigfoot down at the crossing point? What is that?

Honest to God Morag, whit wull we need tae dae wi yi, IT'S THE SHADOW OF THE BRIDGE.

gerv, fantastic photo.

[morag]

Naw, it's def a Yeti! lol!!

[GEODGC]

Interesting to see that they have spelled Stevenston wrongly. A wee bit of blunder there

[peterm1711]

Interesting to see that they have spelled Stevenston wrongly. A wee bit of blunder there

Spelling Stevenston without the last 'T' is an annoying Keelie thing

James and Chris.....you could both be right regarding the date of the photo, but Chris has got to be favourite, as one of these horrific Post Office vans can be seen in it. They're Morris Commercial JB Vans apparently made in 1957, and aye, I'm in Lt Columbo mode tonight

[unicornheart]

would the building far right be the public loos?

[Hughie]

would the building far right be the public loos?

If you mean the building that has been circled, then no. I think that might have been the "Ponderosa" which was part of the Chemical Row. The toilets were in the building in the centre of the photo. I think the large building next to the circled one was the Shanks and McEwan crusher.

[little plum]

I think that might have been the "Ponderosa" which was part of the Chemical Row.

Chris, we called it the Ponderosa but it was actually known as " Seamore House" and it sat adjacent to the chemical raw. I can remember my parents refering to it as the engineers house, my mother was reared in the chemical raw and I suspect it might have been a memory passed down about the iron works. I had a class mate that lived in it when I was in Ardeer Primary. I'm struggling to remember his name, it was Robert Aitkins/ Aitchison or something similar, quite often I was in that house with my pal, I was shocked at the living conditions, it could only be described as derelict. As for a date I'm struggling, the house could well have been there in the early 60's as Jim suggests.

[John Donnelly]

Hi LP,

if you called it the Ponderosa, you should be able to get an idea of the date with the date when the TV series started.

JD.