Kilmarnock by Google Streetview
Take a virtual tour of the stately Ayrshire town of Kilmarnock via "Google Street View. Once the home of Johnny Walker, the town also ...
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Dr. Philippa Whitford is a 59-year-old Palestinian-supporting, overweight, Catholic Irish woman who has been the Westminster MP for the... -
An excellent BBC article about the intense minor league football rivalry between two small local teams from the East of Ayrshire: Wh... -
Ayrshire has a long tradition of fesity folk, going back to and beyond William Wallace. Naturally this includes the fair ladies of the s... -
Irvine is a town in North Ayrshire with a population of 33,698 or 39,527 (according to two conflicting entries on Wikipedia). The ... -
It may not be Scotland’s biggest castle, but Kelburn Castle – 35 miles west of Glasgow – is certainly the country’s brightest. Fo... -
One of Prestwick's Twin Pioneers. Despite its bucolic charm of hedge-rowed fields of cows, rolling hills, and the distant bleat of... -
Convicted murderer James Culinane in prison. He claims he is innocent. Over the years there have been a number of terrible murders in ... -
A detailed account of the 18th-century Buchanite Cult that originated in Irvine and was driven out by the Irvine mob to seek refuge in Gal...
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Click to enlarge The 1775 Armstrong map shows the town of Ayr as a developing market town with a military past and a few budding indus... -
"Best no tae smile, Al." Alan Brown is a 47-year-old ex-civil engineer and father of two who has been the Westminster MP for...
IRVINE'S GHOSTLY NUNNERY
Sometime back in the late 70s, when I was just a kid, I remember discovering a large walled estate on the Eglinton Road between the old Irvi...
Russian Premier's Visit to Hunterston and Kilmarnock (1967)
Premier Kosygin meets reporters at Hunterston Thanks to President Putin's wars of aggression, relations between the UK and Russia are at...
How Irvine Dealt with the Closure of the Royal Ordnance Factory in 1958
In 1958, Irvine's Royal Ordnance Factory closed down with the loss of hundreds of well-paying jobs. How did Irvine deal with this? Thi...
When Ayrshire Had a Real Lock Down
The last two years of the COVID outbreak, with all the restrictions that's have been imposed, has been tough. But at no time in the past...
THE NOBEL EXPLOSIVES FACTORY AT ARDEER
A video featuring the voices of people who worked at the Nobel explosives factory at Ardeer over the years, until it's final closure.
Ayrshire has Been Part of Ten Different Political Entities
In its long history, the territory we now know as Ayrshire has changed hands quite a few times. In fact, it appears to have been part of at ...
They Serve Us: Ayrshire's MPs (4) Allan Dorrans
Dorrans with " Paddy's Milestone " in the distance. The 2019 General Election saw a landslide for the SNP in Ayrshire, winning...
HOW AYRSHIRE VOTED 2019 (WESTMINSTER)
In the 2017 general election to the Westminster Parliament, the four Ayrshire constituencies voted as follows: (1) North Ayrshire an...
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