R. U. Coming or Going (Stevenston) Traditional Cache
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R. U. Coming or Going (Stevenston)
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Part of a series of quick dash and grab caches set up locally. Please bring your own pen / pencil. Area can be very busy. Plenty of parking nearby, if you are either doing just this one or going to attempt the circular walk of caches in this area.
The town was the birthplace in 1768 of Miss Lesley Baillie. Robert Burns met her in 1792 and described her to a friend as "the most beautiful, most elegant woman in the world". She inspired one or two of his love poems, in which she is described as Bonnie Lesley. A memorial now stands in her memory and is situated between Sinclair Street and Glencairn Street. Also site of a cache GC205YK.
The town became a coal mining centre until the pits were exhausted at the end of the 19th century. In later years the town was a major base for Nobel Industries and later ICI, whose Ardeer site employed thousands of workers producing explosives and chemicals. ICI built a nylon plant in the 1960s which closed after a short period, and along with the decline of ICI's presence in the town this had a devastating long term effect on the town's economy.
In 1840 Stevenston received its first railway station, on the line travelling from Ardrossan to Glasgow. In 1888 a second railway station, Stevenston Moorpark was opened on the new Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway, however this line had a short life span, and the station closed in 1932.
Situated in the north of the town sits the ruin of Kerelaw Castle, with a history spanning over 800 years. Nearby was Kerelaw House, once home to the family of Alexander Hamilton and later the family of Kenneth Campbell VC RAFVR, however the house was demolished in the early 1970s.
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