From the archives of the Ayrshire Post

25 YEARS AGO

Souvenir hunters keep swiping signs that explain the optical illusion at Ayrshire’s world famous Electric Brae.

A shocked Councillor John Davidson told the Post:“I could hardly believe my eyes when I drove past and saw another sign had been stolen.

“That’s the third interpretive sign that’s gone missing, and they cost £500 a time.”

Planning Officer James Yee said: “Luckily we have a spare sign as one of the missing ones was retrieved at Auchincruive.”

50 YEARS AGO

A major feature of the eight-mile long Kilmarnock bypass will begin to take shape. The Bellfield Interchange is complex looking but easy to navigate.

A model shows the carriageway from Spittal Hill to Fenwick, passing the Bellfield scheme and a bridge over the River Irvine.

The high-level roundabout stems the roads to Riccarton, Queens Drive and Hurlford. The bypass is the biggest ever single road development in Ayrshire , costing £5m with 21 bridges and will take two years to build.

100 YEARS AGO

The Opening of a Scrap Iron Yard in Ayr.

Mr E T Nafialin, 123 Main Street, begs to intimate to his numerous customers and to the Public in general, that he has removed from the above premises to more commodious premises.

These are in Weir Road, Newton-on-Ayr, where he will be able to handle heavy consignments of all kinds of scrap iron and metals.

He will pay market value on all Goods arriving, please consign to Wood Lye Newton-on-Ayr.