PLAN DO TO AWAY WITH PURELY AYRSHIRE CONSTITUENCIES
Ayrshire is set to lose its clear identity at Westminster after proposed boundary changes to the electoral districts for parliamentary ...
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Premier Kosygin meets reporters at Hunterston Thanks to President Putin's wars of aggression, relations between the UK and Russia are at... -
It may surprise some, but when WWII started the sleepy Shire of Ayrshire was very much on Hitler's radar and figured greatly in ... -
IRVINE With the heavy rains that Ayrshire has been subjected to this Summer, here are a selection of flood maps sourced from the Sc... -
The biggest gig ever held in Irvine was undoubtedy the 2 nights OASIS played at Irvine Beach Park on the nights of the 14th and 15th of July... -
Ayrshire has always punched above its weight as an industrial powerhouse, and continues to do so today, with important home-grown busine... -
There has been no more divisive issue in Scottish politics in recent years than the question of Scottish Independence. Ayrshire was pretty m... -
This print, dated 1901, shows the ruins of Kilwinning Abbey, which was in operation from the 12th to 16th centuries. -
Very few British counties contributed as much to defeating the evils of Naziism as Ayrshire. Despite its remote location, far from Lo... -
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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It is a mistake to conflate the Fascist government of Mussolini's Italy with the National Socialist government of Hitler's Germany. ...
29.08.2024 - 0 CommentsThe biggest gig ever held in Irvine was undoubtedy the 2 nights OASIS played at Irvine Beach Park on the…
27.01.2023 - 0 CommentsNow forgotten, the Saltcoats Train Disaster was a relatively big incident, with 4 killed and dozens injured.…
14.06.2021 - 0 CommentsCessnock Castle, which lies about one mile south-east of Galston, is a pretty typical Scottish castle…
14.10.2020 - 0 CommentsAyrshire is a bit of backwater in rock n' roll terms, so very big names are unlikely to play here when they…
28.06.2024 - 0 CommentsWhat do we know about the candidates in the forthcoming General Election? Not much, so here's what we could…
12.08.2019 - 0 CommentsGrant examines a post box in his constituency From an objective point of view, the best of the present…
23.02.2018 - 0 CommentsWilliam McGonagall, the Dundonian poet is famous for his "bathetic" poetry, which although hilarious,…
06.12.2014 - 0 CommentsAyrshire has a long tradition of fesity folk, going back to and beyond William Wallace. Naturally this…
03.06.2021 - 0 Comments"Ballochmyle Viaduct over the River Ayr" was painted in 1851 by the artist David Octavius Hill…
18.11.2022 - 0 CommentsTake a virtual tour of the stately Ayrshire town of Kilmarnock via "Google Street View. Once the home of…
