Muirkirk Main Street Part 1
Muirkirk Main Street (part 2)
Photo Jimmy Taylor
Photo Jimmy Taylor
The images above shows the difference between postcards of the day, and the original glass negative, which the right hand image was taken from.
Main Street looking West. On the left Muirkirk Co-operative Society Central Grocery. On the right, the Baird Institute. The spire to the left of centre was the bell tower of the Dundas Church, later to become the Dundas Hall, and finally the Regal Cinema in 1939.
Photo Jimmy Taylor
Photo Jimmy Taylor
Temperance Hall Brae looking East. On the left, the Temperance Hall (built in 1884),was the mecca of all entertainment in the early 1900's. It was converted into Muirkirk Picture House in 1912. On the right the entrance to one of Muirkirk's earliest places of education - The Donald School.
Photos Jimmy Taylor
Right: The office of the Muirkirk Advertiser can be seen on the left, just the far side of the old car.
The Office of the Muirkirk Advertiser which was housed in the Lesser Temperance Hall following the fire at Parsonstown House in Main Street in 1925 (Taken from the centre of the above right image)
Photo Jimmy Taylor
Photo Jimmy Taylor
Main Street looking East. The Old Post Office was the second shop on the left. This was run by the McCaul Family until 1889, when it was taken over by W. S. Blackwood, and latterly by the two Blackwood sisters, when it was relinquished in 1931. The houses on the right were known as "Meikle's Row."
Photo Jimmy Taylor
Photo Jimmy Taylor
Left: Main Street looking East
Right: Main Street looking West. The third building on the right
was the original Printing Office, destroyed by fire in 1925.
Photo Jimmy Taylor
Photo Jimmy Taylor
Main Street looking West from Temperance Hall. Left: This photograph was taken in the late 1890's. The large building in the centre was Turner's Buildings, and was completely destroyed by fire in 1909. It comprised four shops and three dwelling houses. The white-washed thatched house on the left was a "Model," and was later converted into the Play Shed at Main Street School. The site of the fire was later used as a yard by Brown the Builder, and more recently houses the property of Mr James Currie.
Right: The Donald School, Main Street
Photos Jimmy Taylor
Left: Bridge Street. Co-operative Buildings showing the Kirkgreen Co-operative Shop. In the Background is the Black Bottle Tavern.
Right: The Top of the Town The Masons Arms Hotel, affectionately known as the Heid Inns
Muirkirk Main Street (file 2)

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