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...
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It's funny how much SNP politicians like to "keep it in the family." SNP leader Nicola "Wee Nippy" Sturgeon is ... -
The British victim of a missile strike on a US-British base in Iraq was apparently a young woman from Ayr. As reported by the Dai... -
Lanfine House is a large Georgian Neoclassical property located on the South side of the upper River Irvine valley about 2 miles from Darvel... -
Eight years ago today the body of a young Swedish woman was recovered from an Ayrshire beach. A few days later, on 7 December 2005, a lo... -
Recently the Guardian newspaper sent one of its "big city" reporters to the village of Dreghorn in our humble shire to dig u... -
Old Monkton Kirk, where Wallace had his inspiring dream. Photo by Roger Griffith. I have made this point before that the evidence of W... -
From the Ayr Advertiser : AYR tops the list for the highest number of sex criminals in Ayrshire – with 74 offenders recorded as res... -
Jewish refugees Lore Zimmerman and Susanne Schaeffer in 1939. Because the Scots share some of the characteristics from which the Jews ... -
Ayrshire is graced by some beautiful manor houses and impressive stately homes, but more often than not few people actually know who own... -
Annick Lodge is a late 18th-century manor house in the Neo-Classical style then in vogue, built on the site of the earlier 15th-century Pe...
Ayrshire Sites
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...
Kilwinning by Google Street View
Take a virtual walk around the peaceful Ayrshire town of Kilwinning, also the birthplace of Freemasonry.
"TRACTORS OF DEATH" AT LOCHWOOD FARM
The countryside can be a dangerous place. These tractors were working for Lockwood Farm (near Stevenson), where, going by the size and sp...
Daniel Defoe on Irvine in the 1720s
Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) is now mainly famous as the author of the adventure novel "Robinson Crusoe" (1719), but he was a pro...
The Marine Hotel in Troon Reopens Under New Management
One of Ayrshire's most iconic hotels, the Marine in Troon, is set to reopen from July after being taken over by a firm of Chicago-based ...
WHO OWNS AYRSHIRE'S STATELY HOMES (5) LANFINE HOUSE
Lanfine House is a large Georgian Neoclassical property located on the South side of the upper River Irvine valley about 2 miles from Darvel...
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