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John Boyd Dunlop.
John Boyd Dunlop.
1841-1921.
John patented the pneumatic tyre in 1888.
The bronze memorial plaque outside the Dunlop Memorial Hall, Dreghorn, which opened in 1961.
The Dreghorn and Irvine Brass Band (seen above) bought the Dunlop Memorial Hall for their own use. The mural in the background was commissioned by the Dunlop Rubber Company. The artist was John Holden.
Townfoot, Dreghorn. The first house on the right was the home where John Boyd Dunlop grew up. There is a plaque of the churchyard gable wall where the hearth was.
Rosemeadow, Dundonald Road. John Boyd Dunlop inherited this property from the Boyd side of his family and would rent the home to his sister and her husband, Agnes and Frederick Alexander. Rosemeadow was a small farm.
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