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Darvel Memories

  • Seeking Places of Note

    by Suzanne Rush 5 February, 2013

    The short version: I'm looking to find out where some less obvious places of historical and...… 2 Comments

Latest Comments on Darvel Memories

  • Jim Wilson

    RE: Seeking Places of Note

    Its actually "HORNBOOK" not brook! It was a transparent rolled sheet of horn that the children... more
  • Alexander Morton

    RE: Seeking Places of Note

    Hi I know where Robert Burns met the devil in "Death and Doctor Hornbrook" Place of interest but... more
  • brian beattie

    RE: The Jamieson Family

    hello darvel,i'm thinking of moving home again more
  • alex allan

    RE: The Jamieson Family

    Whatever becme of heather , we used to play together at the braes .she once hit a lad over the... more
  • Colin Copeland

    RE: Sunday Nights

    Jim you would have had to travel a mite further to skate on Steeles Loch as it was situated on the... more
  • George Anderson Memorial Trophy

    by myra lyons (McCaffrey pre1967) 1 August, 2012

    Can anyone from 1960 onwards who attended Darvel JS School remember the above mentioned trophy.In...…

  • Sunday Nights

    by Colin Copeland 2 June, 2012

    How many remember the walk from Darvel to Newmilns meeting up with friends and ending up with either an ice cream or a hot Vimto at the icecream parlour at Newmilns Cross followed up with a walk round to the Old Folks Cabin or the Harvest Ball at the… 2 Comments

    Anyone remember?

    by JOHN 30 April, 2012

    Permission was granted to reproduce this Photo from "The Pictorial History of Darvel" (Alloway...… 2 Comments

  • Rose Garden - Morton Park

    by Maureen Ross 27 April, 2012

    I am looking for photos of the rose garden in Morton Park as it used to be when looked after by the local town council. If you have any please let me know.  I remember it as a lovely place - quiet and peaceful - not the way it is at the moment!… 2 Comments

  • The Jamieson Family

    by Valerie Large 10 December, 2011

    My grandmother Jean Cleland Jamieson grew up at the Braes, Darvel.  Her parents were Alexander...… 4 Comments

    102 years of the "DarvelOld Folks" Outing

    by JOHN 21 June, 2011

    The "Trip" has been going for 102 years and the latest to Largs on June 15, 2011 prompted me...… 1 Comment

  • The Weekly Supplement and Advertiser

    by JOHN 19 January, 2011

    An old newspaper has been recovered and I intend sharing some snippets from it. It is dated...… 5 Comments

    Darvel School photo 1973

    by Ian Mcluckie 12 January, 2011

    Do you know anyone from the photo, it seems like ages from when the class photo was taken. Im told by Margaret kirkland its 1973, although i do remember the photo being taken i dont remember the date. If anyone else has any photo's please put them on…

    Building an owlcote, 2008-2010

    29 November, 2010

    John Oliver has posted a pictorial record of Hugh Hendry's project to build an owlcote at Middlefield Farm.…

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