History of Old Kilmarnock | TVA History

[@bigbilly3516]

Absolutely love it 😍 proud of.my home town 😎🔥💥

[@TVAyrshire]

Thanks for watching and supporting Billy 😁

[@bigbilly3516]

@@TVAyrshire brilliant pal 😎🔥💯

[@davyinootthehoose5682]

Great vid!...although I agree with councilor Boyd's sentiment ..I think the best thing about the 70's redevelopment is the underpass!...it works! ..and has a pleasing retro urban aesthetic to it...I'd actually miss it :(

[@TVAyrshire]

It will be interesting to see what happens regarding the underpass! Quite often plans are scaled down but I hope the palace theatre is transformed 👍 thanks for watching

[@davyinootthehoose5682]

@@TVAyrshire Yeh..I'm glad there's folk like Councilor Boyd hopefully getting things done regarding the mess the 70's planners made ..but It would be good to keep some of the best of the worst, I actually love the Underpass, lol..though ofcourse would rather have Duke Street!...cheers :)

[@scotsov]

Here was me remembering Saxone factory being down where Tesco is now

[@TVAyrshire]

I remember there being a lot of industrial units at Tesco but not sure what they were?

[@DarrenCGraham]

The town is bleaaaaaak but not as bad as Ayr

[@TVAyrshire]

I think they both have a similar issue which is far too much retail space for modern habits, Ayr just has a bit more!

[@DarrenCGraham]

@@TVAyrshire I agree and a huge lack of investment from the council dosent help

[@edwardfulton8277]

Sorry Queens Park is the oldest 1867

[@TVAyrshire]

Queens Park is oldest amateur club, Kilmarnock is the oldest professional club 👍

[@BooksByDavidRoss]

@@TVAyrshire Alas, Killie are no longer the oldest professional club. I believe I was the originator of the claim in my book ‘Killie - the Official History’ in 1994. I felt it sounded better than ‘Scotland’s second oldest club,’ so given that Queen’s Park were amateur Kilmarnock automatically became the oldest professional club. However they were not the first club to turn professional. Officially no one can make that claim. Professionalism was legalised in Scotland in 1893 and Scottish League clubs turned pro overnight. Kilmarnock didn’t turn (part-time) professional until 1894 and joined the Scottish League Second Division a year later. In November 2019 Queen’s Park voted to turn professional. Kilmarnock’s claim was based on happening to be the oldest club in Scotland that was professional, not the first club to become professional. So Queen’s Park now hold the title of being not only the oldest club but the oldest professional one too. Killie do still have some claims to fame that can’t be taken away though. They took part in the first ever Scottish Cup tie on October 18th 1873 when their match v Renton kicked off ten minutes earlier than the other ties played that day. Incidentally they fielded just ten players in that match. Additionally Kilmarnock are the only club to have competed in the Scottish Cup proper in every single season since its inception in 1873-74. Queen’s Park, who you’d think would share that distinction, failed to qualify in 1911-12. Now that’s out of the way I wanted to say how enjoyable I found the video. Some really great photos there and thanks to you and your team for making it available online.

[@TVAyrshire]

@@BooksByDavidRoss Thanks for the really insightful comment David! We've had a lot of comments about that but you've really taken the time to break it down and I have to agree with you on the point ultimately. Really glad you enjoyed the video, we'll hopefully have more in the history of series coming out soon 🙂