This week we go back 15 years to look at some of the best Irvine and Kilwinning photos from September 2008.

Who can you spot in these pictures from the Irvine Times files?

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Irvine Times: Greenwood

Greenwood Academy’s football stars enjoyed the opportunity to travel to Valencia to play in the summer.

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Irvine Times: Line dance

A new  line dancing group started up at Cranberry Moss Community Centre in Kilwinning.

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Irvine Times: Mikey from Big Brother

Kilwinning’s Mikey Hughes came second in the 2008 edition of Big Brother. The blind DJ had been favourite to win for much of the show.

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Irvine Times: Horticultural show

There were some fantastic – and a few bizarre – exhibits at the annual Kilwinning Horticultural Society show in Abbey Church Hall.

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Irvine Times: Fire crew

Fundraising firefighters at Dreghorn station put their skills with a hose to another use to help raise money for a sick tot in need.

They were all too happy to scrub up the cars of passers-by - so long as they made a donation to the Jessica Appeal which was raising cash to send a little girl to the US for vital medical treatment

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Irvine Times: The Marymass Flower Show 2008

The Marymass Flower Show was yet another colourful and successful festival event in 2008. MP Brian Donohoe was pictured with new Carters Captain Danny Kerr, Marymass Queen Kerri-Ann Murdoch and her Marys.