Promotion film made by the now disbanded Irvine Development Corporation in 1994 to celebrate the first 28 years of Irvine New Town. The sound quality has been boosted.
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Convicted murderer James Culinane in prison. He claims he is innocent. Over the years there have been a number of terrible murders in ...
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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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Pink Floyd is probably the most respected rock band on the planet for the consistently high quality and sophisticated rock albums they ...
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Ayrshire has a long tradition of fesity folk, going back to and beyond William Wallace. Naturally this includes the fair ladies of the s...
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Irvine is a town in North Ayrshire with a population of 33,698 or 39,527 (according to two conflicting entries on Wikipedia). The ...
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An animated historical account of the famous Battle of Large in 1263, when Scots and Norwegians came to blows over who would rule the ...
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The city of Brisbane, with a population of 2.4 million in its metropolitan area, is the third most populous city in Australia, but few ...
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Old Monkton Kirk, where Wallace had his inspiring dream. Photo by Roger Griffith. I have made this point before that the evidence of W...
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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...
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New houses at the Harbourside It's no secret that Irvine is undergoing something of a building boom. Grok estimates that over the last 1...
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