IDC PROPAGANDA FILM: ONE DAY IN IRVINE
The Irvine Development Corporation (IDC), a quasi-fascist development quango, was given complete control of Irvine from 1966 to 1996 i...
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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 ... -
A price of £2.5m was quoted when the property came on the market in 2007 Ayrshire is graced by some beautiful manor houses and impress... -
Lanfine House is a large Georgian Neoclassical property located on the South side of the upper River Irvine valley about 2 miles from Darvel... -
Very few British counties contributed as much to defeating the evils of Naziism as Ayrshire. Despite its remote location, far from Lo... -
Convicted murderer James Culinane in prison. He claims he is innocent. Over the years there have been a number of terrible murders in ... -
One of the big, unanswered question in Ayrshire is: What the f*** are they planning to do with the Ardeer Peninsula? Situated betw... -
Ayrshire is graced by some beautiful manor houses and impressive stately homes, but more often than not few people actually know who ... -
What do we know about the candidates in the forthcoming General Election? Not much, so here's what we could find out at short notice. Fi...
EDGAR ALLAN POE AND THE HORROR OF IRVINE
Edgar Allan Poe and the school he went to as a boy Edgar Allan Poe is in many ways the most internationally respected American author,...
IRVINE MURDER FILE
Convicted murderer James Culinane in prison. He claims he is innocent. Over the years there have been a number of terrible murders in ...
AYR ADVERTISER: AYR IS TOP OF THE LIST FOR SEX OFFENDERS IN AYRSHIRE
From the Ayr Advertiser : AYR tops the list for the highest number of sex criminals in Ayrshire – with 74 offenders recorded as res...
They Serve Us: Ayrshire's MPs (2) Alan Brown, SNP
"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...
AYR - A TIMELINE
1197 A castle is built by the River Ayr 1205 King William the Lion creates a burgh at Ayr. The town has weekly markets. 1230 Dominic...
MAP OF AYR IN 1775
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...
AN ODE TO THE IMMORTAL BARD OF AYR
William McGonagall, the Dundonian poet is famous for his "bathetic" poetry, which although hilarious, is also occasionally m...
AYR'S JEWISH COMMUNITY
Jewish refugees Lore Zimmerman and Susanne Schaeffer in 1939. Because the Scots share some of the characteristics from which the Jews ...
LABOUR'S PUBLIC-PRIVATE FUNDING DISASTER IN NORTH AYRSHIRE
Every month, North Ayrshire Council pays over £1 million to service debts to a private contractor, as part of some extremely bad deals...
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