Community & Events
Proclamation of King George V, 1910
A crowd gathers at Darvel Town Hall for the proclamation of King George V on 9 May 1910.
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Not every photograph belongs to a street or landscape. These are the people, teams, workplaces, outings and occasions that made Darvel a community.
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Beyond places and landscapes
A town seen through its people.
“Other” is useful as a home for discoveries that cross boundaries, but the photographs themselves tell clearer stories. They are organised here by community and events, sport, work and everyday life, and school and service.
Together they range from textile workers and school classes to church outings, Darvel Juniors, the Burgh Band and a crowd gathered outside the Town Hall in 1910.
Digitised from artefacts held by Darvel Museum at the Town Hall, with thanks to Frank Donnelly for his longstanding care of the collection.
Community & Events
Darvel Burgh Band, 1922
Darvel Burgh Band pictured with instruments and trophies in 1922.
Community & Events
OAP trip to Bow Butts, 1909
A Darvel group outing to Bow Butts in 1909.
Community & Events
Ayrshire Voluntary Aid Challenge Cup
A Darvel group with the Ayrshire Voluntary Aid Challenge Cup. Date unknown.
Community & Events
Blair, Smith and Clelland outing
A group outing associated with Blair, Smith and Clelland. Date unknown.
Community & Events
The Co-op bus trip
A Darvel Co-op bus trip. Date unknown.
Community & Events
United Free Church trip, 1908
Members of Darvel United Free Church on an outing in 1908.
Community & Events
Gathering at the Alexander Morton Memorial
An unidentified gathering at the Alexander Morton Memorial. Date unknown.
Sport
Darvel Bluebell, 1933
The Darvel Bluebell Scottish juvenile football team in 1933.
Sport
Darvel Juniors, mid-1930s
A Darvel Juniors team photograph from the mid-1930s; archive records differ between the 1933–34 and 1934–35 seasons.
Sport
Darvel Juniors before the war
A pre-war Darvel Juniors team photograph. Exact date unknown.
Sport
Darvel Juniors v Rutherglen Glencairn
Darvel Juniors play Rutherglen Glencairn in a Scottish Cup tie. Date unknown.
Sport
Scottish Junior Cup Final, 1976
Darvel Juniors threaten the Bo’ness United goal in the 1976 Scottish Junior Cup Final.
Sport
Scottish Junior Cup semi-final, 1984–85
Darvel Juniors line up at Love Street, Paisley, for the 1984–85 Scottish Junior Cup semi-final.
Sport
John Leckie with his Junior Scotland cap
John Leckie proudly displays his Junior Scotland cap from the match against Wales in the 1977–78 season.
Sport
Bowlers at the Alexander Morton Memorial
A group believed to be bowlers at the Alexander Morton Memorial. Date unknown.
Work & Everyday Life
The milk cart
A horse-drawn milk cart in Darvel. Date unknown.
Work & Everyday Life
Workmen and horse
Unidentified workmen with a horse, possibly behind the old Co-op building. Date unknown.
Work & Everyday Life
Darvel’s first car
Bill Johnson, a Darvel dentist, and his wife Mary with what is recorded as the first car in Darvel. Date unknown.
Work & Everyday Life
Brass bobbin winding
Workers winding brass bobbins for Darvel’s textile industry. Date unknown.
Work & Everyday Life
Connerama Department, Alexander Morton & Company
Workers in the Connerama Department at Alexander Morton & Company. Date unknown.
Work & Everyday Life
Weaving lace curtains
Lace curtains being woven in a Darvel textile works. Date unknown.
Work & Everyday Life
Weaving madras curtains
Madras curtains being woven in a Darvel textile works. Date unknown.
School & Service
Loudoun Overmoor School
Loudoun Overmoor School and schoolhouse. Date unknown.
School & Service
Third-year school class, 1945
A third-year school class photographed in 1945.
School & Service
School during wartime
A Darvel school group during the war. Exact date unknown.
School & Service
Four military men
Four unidentified servicemen. Date unknown.
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