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Over the past year, we have come to appreciate our emergency services and frontline workers more than ever before - but today we have an extra excuse to pay them tribute. That is because today marks Firefighters Day - 24 hours in which we can reflect on the hard work, dedication and sacrifice portrayed by firefighters up and down the country who have committed their lives to protecting others. With that in mind, North Ayrshire Heritage Centre went a wander down memory lane to look at our own local fire heroes, centring on the history of Irvine Burgh s Fire Brigade.
National Fire Service Irvine Personnel. Photo credit: Brownie Bear
A museum in Saltcoats has appealed to locals for their help in pinpointing the coastal town which has appeared in a 100-year-old photo sent in by a follower. The North Ayrshire Heritage Museum reached out to residents on Facebook asking for their assistance in locating the town after follower, Jean, sent in a striking picture of her great grandmother, Janet, in the 1920s or 30s. Can anyone help? We recently published a post about Largs and one of our followers, Jean, sent us this lovely picture. Posted by North Ayrshire Heritage and Cultural Services on Thursday, 10 December 2020 The photo features the woman in a black coat and hat while boatmen busy themselves on a docked vessel beside her.