They Serve Us in London: Ayrshire's MPs (2) Elaine Stewart
Elaine Stewart, the Labour MP for Ayr, Carrick, and Cumnock is an ex-punk rocker with an openly gay son, who worked as a nanny for one year ...
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"TURDTOWNS" VLOG VISITS AND RATES AYRSHIRES EIGHT WORST TOWNS!!!
It had to happen one day. "Turdtowns" the YouTube channel that reviews and critiques the worst towns around Britain came to Ayrs...
FRANK McFADDEN: "A PLAYLIST FOR FIONNBAR" at THE MACLAURIN GALLERY
A gallery walk-through of "A Playlist for Fionnbar" an exhibition of the art of Frank McFadden at The Maclaurin Gallery, Ayr, 30th...
Moon Over Ayr: When The Who's Drummer Crash-landed at Prestwick
You wouldn't normally think there was any connection between Ayrshire and mega-rock band, The WHO, but you'd be wrong. Thanks to Pre...
WHO OWNS AYRSHIRE'S STATELY HOMES? (3) CASSILLIS HOUSE
Ayrshire is graced by some beautiful manor houses and impressive stately homes, but more often than not few people actually know who ...
AYR LASSIE KILLED IN IRAQ MISSILE STRIKE
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...
FLOOD MAPS OF AYRSHIRE (from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency)
IRVINE With the heavy rains that Ayrshire has been subjected to this Summer, here are a selection of flood maps sourced from the Sc...
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...
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 ...
Famous Ayrshire Folk (1): Mary MacArthur
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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