Millport Memories

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  Millport Town Council

  by Gordon Hart 2 Jun 2010

  Here's one that I wonder if anyone know when it was taken, my guess is sometime in the mid 50's.… 3 Comments

• millport country and western day

  by ciaran sinclair 1 May 2010

  Country and western weekend is my favroit time of my millport memories.I have went to it all throghthe years and with my papa allan sinclair and conner burtt my cousin.COUNTRY anD wEsTeRn DaY is all a… 4 Comments

• Fern Andy

  by Alistair Smith 29 Apr 2010

  I remember seeing a photo of Andy, in his cave/hollow. Who was he, how did he end up living life as a hermit?… 5 Comments

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  Visit of Lord and Lady "Askmore"

  by Sandy Morton 14 Apr 2010

  This was Lord and Lady "Askmore" arriving at Millport to raise money for some charity. aka George Heron and Tommy Gillan. Donnie McLauchlan picked them up at the back of the island… 5 Comments

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  Cannon in the Wall

  22 Mar 2010

  Alistair Smith says: I would be interested in learning how the artillery piece came to be incorporated into the sea defense on the West Bay?… 37 Comments

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  MILLPORT FINLAYSON CUP

  by allan sinclair 16 Mar 2010

  Allan Sinclair says:An invitation football competition started in the 1950's played in the summer at the West Bay park Millport, a straight knockout right up to final which was played at the Glasgow F… 53 Comments

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  Lodge Kelburne's First Master Rev. Herbert Henley Richardson

  by Donald Riddell 25 Nov 2009

  A Divine Service was held in the Cathedral of The Isles on Sunday 22nd November at 2pm, which was led by the Rt. Rev. Br. Idris Jones. The Service was to commemorate the life of the Rev. Herbert Henle… 2 Comments

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  The story of the Skiffle photo 'The Peepel' on the beach, Millport 1957

  20 Oct 2009

  You may recall the story of the Skiffle Photo, which we now know was taken on Friday 26th July 1957. We re-created this photo on the Sunday of the September Weekend, 21st September, when we managed to re-assemble all the original members of the group… 11 Comments

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  Millport: Water, water everywhere...

  14 Sep 2009

  Millport: Water, water everywhere...and not a drop to drink! Have you seen the pictures from The Evening Times back in September 1968 showing people queuing up to fill pots and kettles from a road tanker at the Keppel Pier.… 7 Comments

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  Millport & Nashville Country & Western Festival

  2 Sep 2009

  Yee-hah! And welcome to the Wild West (Bay). It's hard to credit it - but Ol' Timers reckon it was way back in 1995 when the first Millport & Nashville Country and Western Festival moseyed on into town...… 2 Comments