THIS week we take a look back at the Irvine and Kilwinning stories from November 2004.

Can you spot anyone you know in these photos from 20 years ago?

(Image: Newsquest) The 2004 Marymass Queen Siobhan King opened the new £20,000 conservatory at Ayrshire Central Hospital in late October that year.

(Image: Newsquest) A new creche opened up in Irvine’s Magnum Leisure Centre in November 2004, allowing parents to safely go for a swim or enjoy the fitness suite knowing their wee ones were safe and well.

(Image: Newsquest) Dreghorn councillor John Moffat urged the Ministry of Defence to give more support to the town’s Remembrance Day marches. He was disappointed the MoD didn’t send anyone to the 2004 parade, even though they sent representatives to the Irvine and Kilwinning parades.

(Image: Newsquest) Kilwinning woman Aileen Mitchell’s resolve to shed a staggering six stones in weight in two years resulted in her being chosen as the town’s 2004 Slimming World Woman of the Year. Aileen (centre), who is blind, lost the weight by walking new guide dog, Tate, and taking regular swimming sessions at Auchenharvie swimming pool.

(Image: Newsquest) Youngsters at Pennyburn Community Nursery were given a taste of culture when performers from the Scottish Ballet dropped by to put on a show in November 2004.

(Image: Newsquest) Angry Irvine residents gathered outside North Ayrshire Council’s headquarters in 2004 to vent their disgust at the local authority’s proposals to create a landfill site at Shewalton. STOP Shewalton Tip Opposition organised a protest march from the Rivergate Homebase to Cunninghame House.