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Gala Day - May 1996
Submitted
by Joseph Craig.
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These photos are from Wemyss Bay Gala Day in May 1996.
Do you recognise yourself or anyone else in the photos? |
Flat race at the Gala Day 1996 |
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Wheelbarrow race at the Gala Day 1996 |
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A young Joseph Craig flying a helicopter |
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June 2004 The Mercury, submitted
by Archie Nicol. |
The P S Mercury leaving Wemyss Bay, probably between 1923 and 1933
when it was withdrawn. The remains of Kelly House, burnt down in 1913,
can be seen in the background.
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March 2004 Submitted
by Margaret Smith.
Read some of her memories here. |
| Willie Boyd, Wemyss Bay Piermaster,
took photos every Sunday, and in
between, these were mailed to his daugher Jennie's husband George
Elliot, serving with
RAF in the Middle East, and to his son Hugh Boyd, with RAMC in
France. He was taken Prisoner at St Valerie in 1941, age
21 years, and spent 4 years in a prisoner of war camp in Poland. |
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Interior of Wemyss Bay Station,
looking up the ramp from the pier. Display cases contain the crests
from paddle
boxes of early Clyde paddle steamers. Does anyone know where are
they now?
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Willie Boyd's prize winning floral displays inside
the station. All the plants were started in the greenhouse behind
the Station Master's house. There were 2 of these stands, several
flower boxes and hanging baskets.
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Remembrance Day 1948 service at
the War Memorial. Good attendance. Several men from Wemyss
Bay and Skelmorlie served in WW2.
Note Gynns' bungalow & tearoom in background.
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William and Meg Boyd with Andrew
and Isabella Elliot, of Craignahullie, Upper Skelmorlie.
Kelly Estate and North Lodge in background.
Early 1940's.
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Wemyss Bay Piermaster, William Boyd, and wife
Meg with grand-daughter Margaret Elliot and family pet Judy. Early
1940's outside Pier House.
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The Boyd women, Meg with daughters
Maimie Boyd, Jennie [Boyd] Elliot & Margaret Elliot.
1941-42.
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Grannie Boyd, Meg, with Margaret Elliot. She
walked me to / from school daily in Upper Skelmorlie. Judy the
dog came too and we usually detoured through Kelly. 1941.
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Inside Pier House, 1943. Margaret
Elliot and mother, Jennie [Boyd] Elliot. Sitting in the kitchen/living
room, beside the Range which was used for heating,
cooking.
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Margaret Elliot re-living
childhood memories & introducing another generation to Wemyss
Bay, granddaughter Allysa Reid, age 10, from Canada. Photo taken
in 1999.
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07/05/2003 Submitted
by Murdo Messer. The picture below shows his dad, Dr Jim Messer,
who was born in the hotel in 1940.
Read more here.
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Dr Jim Messer outside the Wemyss Bay Hotel in 1979.
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| 07/01/2002
With the future of the power station currently being discussed,
John Hulme submitted this picture of the power station being constructed. |
Inverkip Power Station during construction.
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| 28/11/2001
This photo is from 1930 and was submitted by Joe McDougall |
This house is opposite the farm road to Kelly, and is now known
as Woodside.
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| 12/6/2001
The postcards below were submitted by Rob Wemyss in Australia. The
cards were purchased at Wemyss Bay circa 1953 by his late grandmother.
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Wemyss
Bay Station and Pier -
full size |
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Wemyss
Bay from the railway bridge - full
size |
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| The picture below
was submitted by Peter Austin. |
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| An
early morning picture of the Glen Sannox (1957) taken 15 July
1977 at Wemyss Bay - full size |
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| These pictures
were submitted by Julie Edwards, whose father Jack Edwards worked
at the power station from 1975 to 1989. |
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The
Old Pier and part of Castle Wemyss - full
size.
Compare this with the state of the old pier in the picture below. |
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| These
pictures of the jetty (full size)
and Inverkip (full size) were
taken from the power station chimney in 1981. |
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| The pictures
below were taken during the mid-90s. |
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| The Old Pier before Leapmoor Drive appeared - full
size |
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Where
Castle Wemyss once stood. Now Castle Wemyss Road - full
size |
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| Work
begins on Leapmoor Drive. The huge chimney of the power station
dominates the skyline - full
size |
