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of Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay and Click Here for More Old Skelmorlie Photos Heywood Hotel and Other Planning Applications - Captain Sandy Moodie's photographs, taken from the paddle steamer "Waverley", reveal what North Ayrshire Council's councillors and planning officials consider as the "acceptable" face of Skelmorlie, no longer 'red', as should be the faces of the councillors' and council officials' faces should be seen, 'red with embarassment', but now a waterfront 'blighted white' that, according to North Ayrshire Council's persuasions in 'Part 3' of the report on the 2004 Heywood planning application's 'Analysis' which asserts "Both policies HOU6 (Adopted Local Plan) and The Development Control Statement (Finalised Local Plan) collectively require proposals for new residential development to be assessed against a set of criteria which in this particular case comprise the following – (a) siting, design and external appearance, (b) amenity, (c) access, road layout and parking provision and (d) service provision. "All of the above criteria have been discussed earlier in this report in relation to either grounds of objection or comments from consultees and have been concluded to be either acceptable or, in relation to some of the issues, acceptable by attaching appropriate conditions. "In particular it is considered that the design and appearance of the proposed building (at Heywood) is acceptable. The design and finishing materials are similar to that of the recently completed 3-storey flatted development at Kilmory Gardens, which is situated some 150m south of the application site. "It is concluded that the proposed development satisfies Policy HOU6 of the Adopted Local Plan and the Development Control Statement of the Finalised Local Plan and is therefore considered to be acceptable". Perhaps you disagee with the planners' views and decisions, find out how to object to future plans. * * * * * * * * * * * A Short History of Scottish Education - Scottish education has a unique history of its own, initially separate and in many ways more progressive than that of England and The United Kingdom, as a result, has two closely related education systems. Though Scotland, an independent country until The Act of Union in 1707, was a small country with very limited natural resources, Scotland historically placed greater emphasis on education, especially free public education, than did neighbouring England. * * * * * * * * * * *
Skelmorlie Public School - Dobie writing in 1874, mentions "the excellent school and schoolmaster's residence (it later to become the school janitor's house) recently erected in the village", the school - the building unpartitioned and 'open-plan' to seat two hundred and forty five pupils - was in fact opened on Tuesday, September 25, 1866 by Professor William Thomson of 'Muirsland' (now 'Moreland'), he building 'Netherhall', in Largs, in 1870 and later to being better known as Lord Kelvin. By strange coincidence, exactly 120-years later, on a Tuesday, on Tuesday, September 23, 1986, The Buildings and Property Committee of the 1975-formed Strathclyde Regional Council met to consider offers for the sale of Skelmorlie School, the new school, off Innes Park Road, opened in 1983 - Skelmorlie School Photos
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Greenock Academy - When children leave the primary department of Skelmorlie School, they get scattered - Most go on to secondary school in Largs, a few go to Greenock and 'The Academy', its story set out in a commemorative booklet produced to celebrate the school's centenary in 1955 and the history of Greenock Academy's Uniforms also explored.
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