my mum worked in ici all her days in the dets they called it,i love taking the dog down and exploring.its a fantastic place down there full of history as i live local ive been just about everywhere but when i seen your video ive not! lol.but now ive got a bearing im going back down soon during this lockdown to get a few more of my own videos.brilliant drone footage love it.ill have to get my parrot bebop out i think.
Was there a few days ago but couldn't figure out how to get into the place? The locals used to call this place "the bomb factory" a nice place...good video of it...thanks for sharing!
Easiest way in is via the todhill nature reserve, follow the path you will find gaps in the fences, sometimes need to avoid guys workimg at the quarry but generally they leave you alone, the place is massive though, something like 14 square miles in total,good bit of ayrshires history right there my dad worked there for 25 years it was like a town in itself, hopefully you can go back and get a better look around next time
Would like to have seen inside the mounds where the women worked, what were those red brick houses type buildings for would have been better with a bit of explanation going overcut .
@@morse27 thankyou still enjoyed it tho, my mum and aunties worked there during the war, and my cousin worked there when it was ICI, I would Lovett have seen inside the sheds they worked in.
One of the bridges IS crossable on a cycle, I have done it on several occasions since 2020. The longer bridge - further down The Garnock, towards Irvine harbour area IS NOT crossable on a bike (but you can do it on foot - you have to shimmie along the outside of the barriered-off sections at each end though). The shorter bridge - up closer to Stevenston & Kilwinning is the one you can take your bike across, although quite heavily barricaded on the Stevenston side. They put huge lumps of bricks, earth, trees, cement etc. at that end of the bridge as a barrier to everything but mainly for vehicles probably but you can get a bike over it. I've cycled a fair bit on both sides of the river, always crossing that bridge. But both sides are also accessible from elsewhere too of course, for example down through Irvine Golf Club (Bogside) leads eventually to a path that takes you to the east side of the bridge. Nice forest trails on the east side & also lots of ponds & lots of old explosives magazine buildings & other explosives related buildings etc. Utterly fascinating area - & huge! Good on foot or on a bike. Enjoy!
my mum worked in ici all her days in the dets they called it,i love taking the dog down and exploring.its a fantastic place down there full of history as i live local ive been just about everywhere but when i seen your video ive not! lol.but now ive got a bearing im going back down soon during this lockdown to get a few more of my own videos.brilliant drone footage love it.ill have to get my parrot bebop out i think.
my mum and aunties used to work here and nice video!
The concrete buildings at 9:55 were the gunpowder section
their was 3 large roller Mills the only ones left in the UK and they were cut up for scrap
Was there a few days ago but couldn't figure out how to get into the place? The locals used to call this place "the bomb factory" a nice place...good video of it...thanks for sharing!
Easiest way in is via the todhill nature reserve, follow the path you will find gaps in the fences, sometimes need to avoid guys workimg at the quarry but generally they leave you alone, the place is massive though, something like 14 square miles in total,good bit of ayrshires history right there my dad worked there for 25 years it was like a town in itself, hopefully you can go back and get a better look around next time
Amazing! Thanks for uploading.
if they had not shut us down, i would never have left. we worked together, socialised, played and even married each other.
Towns nearby benefited so much from ICI, shame we have lost all of that.
@@dominicgribben1994 my papa and his sister worked there
Hi this is a great video. How can I contact you to discuss re-use of the footage? My PhD is on the Ardeer, so this is great to see!
Thanks for this can you do one down at the mouth of the river where it meets the sea
I think I already have such a video on my channel
Would like to have seen inside the mounds where the women worked, what were those red brick houses type buildings for would have been better with a bit of explanation going overcut .
Probably but I have no idea what's what.
@@morse27 thankyou still enjoyed it tho, my mum and aunties worked there during the war, and my cousin worked there when it was ICI, I would Lovett have seen inside the sheds they worked in.
More 27 ,I think they worked with the explosives if I recall correctly.
Do you know if that bridge is crossable on a cycle?
One of the bridges IS crossable on a cycle, I have done it on several occasions since 2020. The longer bridge - further down The Garnock, towards Irvine harbour area IS NOT crossable on a bike (but you can do it on foot - you have to shimmie along the outside of the barriered-off sections at each end though). The shorter bridge - up closer to Stevenston & Kilwinning is the one you can take your bike across, although quite heavily barricaded on the Stevenston side. They put huge lumps of bricks, earth, trees, cement etc. at that end of the bridge as a barrier to everything but mainly for vehicles probably but you can get a bike over it. I've cycled a fair bit on both sides of the river, always crossing that bridge. But both sides are also accessible from elsewhere too of course, for example down through Irvine Golf Club (Bogside) leads eventually to a path that takes you to the east side of the bridge. Nice forest trails on the east side & also lots of ponds & lots of old explosives magazine buildings & other explosives related buildings etc. Utterly fascinating area - & huge! Good on foot or on a bike. Enjoy!
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