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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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... -
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... -
It is a mistake to conflate the Fascist government of Mussolini's Italy with the National Socialist government of Hitler's Germany. ...
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,...
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14.04.2024 - 0 CommentsA detailed account of the 18th-century Buchanite Cult that originated in Irvine and was driven out by the…
08.06.2018 - 0 CommentsEdgar Allan Poe and the school he went to as a boy Edgar Allan Poe is in many ways the most…
06.12.2014 - 0 CommentsAyrshire has a long tradition of fesity folk, going back to and beyond William Wallace. Naturally this…
27.01.2023 - 0 CommentsNow forgotten, the Saltcoats Train Disaster was a relatively big incident, with 4 killed and dozens injured.…
07.03.2015 - 0 CommentsJames Lee Ewing taking a letter from James C. Neill at the Alamo. It is well known that the Texas…
10.11.2014 - 0 CommentsAn excellent BBC article about the intense minor league football rivalry between two small local teams from…
13.10.2020 - 0 CommentsBack in 1960, piano virtuoso Liberace actually visited Irvine. Yes, I know, it's pretty unbelievable, but…
30.01.2015 - 0 CommentsThe first invasion of Ayrshire that history has some record of was the Roman invasion of 81 and 82…
01.09.2023 - 0 CommentsThere is a very nice wooded park to the East of Troon, where you can enjoy a picnic or a walk, and there are…
22.09.2015 - 1 CommentsOld Monkton Kirk, where Wallace had his inspiring dream.Photo by Roger Griffith. I have made this point…
