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jamiemcginlay
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 Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:03 pm Post subject: Irvine WW2 and Royal Ordnance Factory Irvine |
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There is a small memorial garden in Irvine on Burns Street, opposite the junction with Marress Road. It appears that two seperate memorials have been saved, presumably following demolitions, and set into the wall at the end of the gardens. The bronze tablet commemorates the workers of a factory (unfortunately the factory is not named) and the two granite tablets appear from their design to be from a church or may have belonged to the ex-servicemen's club? I'm afraid I have no information on this and any info would be of interest.
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KevinStoke
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| This garden has been redeveloped and the tablets redone and in perfect order. See below. Also there is a plaque describing the original building. |
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KevinStoke
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golnia
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:00 pm Post subject: hosiery works ,Irvine |
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Wee bit of background info on the Works .
İRoyal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.Licenced user
Hosiery works, Cochrane Street, Irvine, Ayrshire
This works was founded in 1929 by the British Textile Manufacturing Co. Irvine became a centre of hosiery manufacture in the inter-war years.
This view shows the street frontage of the building, which had obviously been constructed as cheaply as possible. It had a three-storey ten bay front block cement-rendered, probably over brickwork.
This building was demolished soon after this photograph was taken, as part off the development of Irvine New Town.
İScottish Motor Museum Trust.Licenced user
Seen in 1919 in the very colourful livery of the Hosiery Manufacturing Co Ltd and registered with Albion's number plate GA3, the van is fitted with solid rubber tyres on cast wheels, a bulb horn and it fitted with spirit lighting
Very nicely signed with socks being the font style used for the company name, factories in Irvine and Troon |
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spoons
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