I'm told my Grandmother worked at Ardeer as a nurse. She lived in Saltcoats and was married to Archie Dick. The family immigrated to the US in around 1924. Family stories say that Mary Murray Dick received some kind of an award for her diligence after some explosion there. Must have been during WWI. So interested to see where this factory was and learn it's history because of her. Grand Lady, she was.
If you type 'ardeer' into google earth it should take you straight there. The old factory can be seen on the east bank where the river Garnock takes sharp dog-leg east going upstream just north of the estuary it shares with the river Irvine - the dynamite units are seen as evenly laid out small artifiacial hills.
On my channel I have another short of Ardeer taken halloween 2010.
My father worked in the dynamite at Ardeer; so did my mother - they met there. So did his father and hers and their brothers and sisters. Thankfully I was spared that fate when we emmigrated.
My mother worked there as a teenager during the war. When I left school they had a good intake of school-leavers - it was considered a good place to get a start in.
I'm told my Grandmother worked at Ardeer as a nurse. She lived in Saltcoats and was married to Archie Dick. The family immigrated to the US in around 1924. Family stories say that Mary Murray Dick received some kind of an award for her diligence after some explosion there. Must have been during WWI. So interested to see where this factory was and learn it's history because of her. Grand Lady, she was.
fisk2521 3 weeks ago
@fisk2521
If you type 'ardeer' into google earth it should take you straight there. The old factory can be seen on the east bank where the river Garnock takes sharp dog-leg east going upstream just north of the estuary it shares with the river Irvine - the dynamite units are seen as evenly laid out small artifiacial hills.
On my channel I have another short of Ardeer taken halloween 2010.
revjimbob 3 weeks ago
Thats good that nature is taking it back :)
davidsquall351 1 year ago
Good vid we were there about a month ago and I uploaded a vid.... Interesting place.... Would have loved to have seen it in the days it was working
URBANstig 1 year ago
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GlasgowScumHunter 2 years ago
My father worked in the dynamite at Ardeer; so did my mother - they met there. So did his father and hers and their brothers and sisters. Thankfully I was spared that fate when we emmigrated.
anstria 2 years ago
My mother worked there as a teenager during the war. When I left school they had a good intake of school-leavers - it was considered a good place to get a start in.
revjimbob 2 years ago