This week, we're taking a look back at the top headlines and photos from the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald in late September 2003.
Who can you spot in these North Ayrshire photos from the Herald files some 20 years ago?
The impressive new Amec Tower at Kilbirnie’s Radio City dominated the background in 2003 as, from left, MSP Allan Wilson, John Hume, of main project contractors Robison and Davidson, MP Brian Wilson, Amec business development director Ian Thomas, and Radio City chief executive John Stewart admired the new structure.
Youngsters from Mayfield Primary in Saltcoats proved you could get money for old rope by joining the Skip for Scotland event held to raise cash for the British Heart Foundation in September 2003.
Ready for action on the pitch in 2003 were these talented young football players from West Kilbride Primary’s P5/6 classes. The team are pictured with coaches Gavin Wilson and Mark Cleland.
Budding young rugby stars from the Three Towns were put through their paces at Memorial Field, Ardrossan by experienced SRU coaches in September 2003.
Veterans of Number One Commando Unit returned to North Ayrshire in 2003 to present a plaque to the community thanking them for their hospitality when they were stationed here in 1941 and 1942. The group included North Ayrshire’s own commando heroes, Jim Crowe, from Beith, left, and Reg Teager from Irvine.
THE Ayrshire Branch of the MS Society held a fund-raising fun weekend at Eglinton Park in September 2003 - with Sunday’s Wonkey Donkey Derby proving a real highlight.
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