Kilbirnie, Place Castle 1958
Photo ref: K206004
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A Selection of Memories from Kilbirnie

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 Kilbirnie

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We used to visit Maggie Cook's on our way home from school if we were lucky enough to have been given tuppence
I remember my days of playing on the large pips that lay on the grounds which is now a car park at the bottom of the Largs road does anyone else remember the pips that lay there.
Humble pie now massed produced wae shell and lid and meat enhoosed, I crave thy taste o succulent meat, just richtly spiced and warm tae eat, your crusty shell want break ma teeth, the bakers skill and guid Scots beef, black and white pepper, an ounce tae the pound, perfectly formed, perfectly round, Some wae onions, some wae tatties, some wae egg, some wae patties, Rangers pie and Celtic pie wae flour and lard, ...see more
It seems She never had it aff, she wore it aw the time, Dain the bakin covered in Floor, dain the dustin covered in Stoor, Hining oot washin,Beating the rugs, Cleaning the windies, Dichtin the dugs, Wipen the sweat aff her auld furred broo, she even wore it milking the coo. She aye kept a guid wan fir the minister cummin, That wan wis clean, the ither wan Hummin, She wiped oor tears sae gentle aboot it, When she ...see more