They Serve Us in Edinburgh: Ayrshire's MSPs (1) Patricia Gibson
It's funny how much SNP politicians like to "keep it in the family." The former SNP leader Nicola "Wee Nippy" St...
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Live Review: Pistol Daisys, Irvine HAC, 21st February, 2026
I’m always dubious about getting behind “chick” bands. This is because chicks in rock are flaky as fuck. Blokes stay in bands because most o...
WHEN AYRSHIRE'S OPEN CAST HELPED CRUSH THE 1984 MINER'S STRIKE
Sourlie Open Cast: Part of Thatcher's coal reserves Differing views on the 1984 Miner's Strike are allowed. On the one hand, the Tha...
IRVINE, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING TOWN THAT KEEPS BUILDING MORE HOUSES!!!!
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...
OASIS AT IRVINE BEACH 1995 (YES, *THAT* OASIS, AND *THAT* IRVINE BEACH)
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...
IRVINE'S CULT: THE BUCHANITES
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...
IRVINE'S GHOSTLY NUNNERY
Sometime back in the late 70s, when I was just a kid, I remember discovering a large walled estate on the Eglinton Road between the old Irvi...
How Irvine Dealt with the Closure of the Royal Ordnance Factory in 1958
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...
Daniel Defoe on Irvine in the 1720s
Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) is now mainly famous as the author of the adventure novel "Robinson Crusoe" (1719), but he was a pro...
The Night Liberace Was Mobbed in Irvine
Back in 1960, piano virtuoso Liberace actually visited Irvine. Yes, I know, it's pretty unbelievable, but it's true. The occasion w...
IRVINE: A New Town in an Old Setting
Promotion film made by the now disbanded Irvine Development Corporation in 1994 to celebrate the first 28 years of Irvine New Town. The so...
THE NAZIS AT WAR WITH AYRSHIRE (3): IRVINE'S ANTI-ITALIAN RIOTS
It is a mistake to conflate the Fascist government of Mussolini's Italy with the National Socialist government of Hitler's Germany. ...
THE NAZIS AT WAR WITH AYRSHIRE (2): THE NIGHT THE LUFTWAFFE BOMBED IRVINE
It may surprise some, but when WWII started the sleepy Shire of Ayrshire was very much on Hitler's radar and figured greatly in ...
WTF ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH THE ARDEER PENINSULA?
One of the big, unanswered question in Ayrshire is: What the f*** are they planning to do with the Ardeer Peninsula? Situated betw...
Industrial Ayrshire: Irvine - Drugs, Paper, Glass, Oil, Aerosols, and Wind Power!
Stretching a third of a mile, the giant UPM paper mill along the A78 Ayrshire has always punched above its weight as an industrial pow...
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