Vikings and Brisbane Queen welcomed electric trains in 1987

The replacement of older and slower diesel trains with faster and more comfortable electric services didn't come without a price - with two train tracks reduced to one because of the need to fit electric pylons in the Fairlie tunnel.

But it was all smiles on the day the first electric train came to town, with ScotRail staff, Brisbane Queen Sharon McMullen and some hand-picked Viking warriors called upon to mark the occasion 37 years ago.

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Meanwhile, Young artists from Cumbrae Primary brushed up on their skills and had the certificates to prove it following a creative event at Kelburn Country Centre, in the above photo by Walter Kerr.

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This Brownies fashion show comes all the way from the 1970s - do you recognise anyone in the photo? If so email us at editorial@largsnews.co.uk

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And it was a case of 'bring on the clowns' at a Skelmorlie Gala Day event, safe in the knowledge that there was no Pennywise from the (then) new Stephen King novel 'It' to stalk the streets...something which wouldn't happen until much, much later...

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And the principals of the Cinderella panto at Barrfields Theatre from the late 1980s featured plenty of familiar faces from the Largs am-dram scene.