At the 50th anniversary of the burgh , special caskets were handed to Mr Charles John Cathcart Douglas who handed over land at Haylie for Douglas Park in Largs, giving the upper lands in 1906, before donating the lower lands in the 1920 to allow for new bowling and tennis courts. Mr Douglas accepted the casket just weeks before his death.

Mr Douglas had handed over the upper lands of Haylie as a gift to the Town Council for the benefit of the residents and the visitors to Largs, and this was followed after the war, by a gift of the more valuable lower lands, as an expression of thanksgiving for the preservation of his son in the perils of the great war.

Mr Robert Barr of Whinhurst, West Kilbride, was also given a solid silver casket supplied by local jeweller. Provost Harper said: 'The younger people of Largs are especially grateful to you for your appreciation of their need of suitable sports ground and pavilion, and the Town Council have made every effort to see the grounds laid out and quipped in accordance with your expressed desires.' For more on Know Your Largs, read this week's Largs and Millport News.