The magical aura of Nardini’s Cafe in the 1970s was captured by former ‘News’ photographer Grahame Ross.

Pictures of the much loved cafeteria area, and the ice cream kiosk at the corner of the cafe – where the main entrance is today – received over 100 likes from nostalgic Facebook users in just a matter of hours.

Heather Burke said: “I loved the knickerbocker glory – always a special treat.” Charlotte Evans laughed; “I used to steal the sugar cubes from tables as we walekd through and ate as many as we could without our parents noticing!” Jennifer Freed Shea said: “Oh those ice cream cakes and frothy coffee!” And it was certainly a trip down memory lane for Shona Wilson who said; “That is just how I remember it – many a laugh was had in there – good times!” And also for Alison Grindlay who reminisced: “I remember my dad treating us to oysters on a Friday night.” And another happy recollection came from Maureen Lewis who said: “I used to love serving on the cake counter and the Christmas display.” A number of rare photos and articles from our 1969 files have been surfacing on the Largs News Facebook recently and have proved very popular.

One such story was a front page article on well known Largs man Colin Grant who was one of 140 people invited to a reception by the Secretary of State for their assistance to police in catching criminals.

The ‘News’ reported: “Colin (18) met Mr William Ross at Edinburgh Castle, where the Scottish Secretary opened the National Crime Prevention Campaign held in every part of Scotland. The Largs man was awarded the Sir James Duncan Medal Trust Certificate in June for bravery in going to the assistance of a petrol filling station attendant who had been robbed. Coling tackled a much bigger man than himself and suffered bruises to his face and mouth.” And bringing us nicely up to date was a superb night-time shot of Largs seafront with Nardini’s in the background. The picture was taken by young talented photographer Dylan Walker catching the light streams of traffic past Nardini’s Cafe and Morris’s restaurant in Gallowgate Street.

Dylan explained: “I had to use by ND filter for this one because the light from Nardini’s and passing cars was making the photograph too bright.

You can find more pictures in a similar style at facebook.com/DylanWalkerPhotographry