It was all kicking off in Irvine and Kilwinning back in June 2004, with boy bands, an It's a Knockout day and a national Burns winner hitting the Times headlines.

Who do you recognise in these photos from 20 years ago this week?

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Irvine’s Rose Stewart raised £110 for Marie Curie Cancer Care. The Del’s Diner cafe worker donned her running shoes for the Britannic Asset Women’s 10K to raise the money. Keen runner Rose, 50, was stunned to discover she had crossed the finish line in 345th place out of 11,089 runners. She handed over the cheque to Brenda Johnstone of Marie Curie Cancer Care at Del’s Diner.

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Scottish Boy band No Reason performed at Kilwinning Academy as a reward to pupils for their good behaviour. Pupils Amy Gibb, Stephanie Forrest, Leah McCluckie, Lynsey Dickson, Christine McCulloch, Natasha Northcote and Catherine Lockhart are pictured with the band.

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Irvine welcomed the Scottish Cooperative Women’s Guild in 2004 for their 112th annual congress. North Ayrshire Depute Provost Jane Gorman greeted the 200 women who converged at the Volunteer Rooms for the event.

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Talented Irvine girl Pamela Quinn fought off stiff competition to win silver in a Burns singing contest. The 15-year-old Irvine Royal Academy pupil took silver in the S3-4 category at the Burns Federation’s national competition in Bellshill.

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Council bosses were set to back Kilwinning’s bid to become Scotland’s newest Fairtrade Town. The town’s Justice and Peace Group needed North Ayrshire Council on board if they were to meet the criteria required by Fairtrade, which guarantees better lives for Third World farmers. The group were pictured at their stall at the Segdoune Gala.

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Pupils at St Mark’s Primary prepared to sign off for summer in style with an exciting It’s a Knockout day in June 2004.