THE CANDIDATES: CENTRAL AYSHIRE
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...
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When all is said and done, Ayrshire is a bit of a backwater in a country (Scotland), that is a bit of a backwater in a nation state (the UK)... -
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... -
A short film about the ongoing efforts to breathe life back into Prestwick's iconic art-deco cinema. Opened in 1935, it closed in 1976.... -
Old Monkton Kirk, where Wallace had his inspiring dream. Photo by Roger Griffith. I have made this point before that the evidence of W... -
Despite its solid contributions to popular music (Gallagher and Lyle, Biffy Clyro, Trashcan Sinatras, etc.), Ayrshire is a little off t... -
Apart from the weather and the Calvinism, one of the dominant forces shaping Scottish architecture and design has been the unrelenting eff... -
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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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. F... -
It may surprise some, but when WWII started the sleepy Shire of Ayrshire was very much on Hitler's radar and figured greatly in ... -
A video featuring the voices of people who worked at the Nobel explosives factory at Ardeer over the years, until it's final closure.
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AYRSHIRE'S FORGOTTEN MANSIONS (1) FULLARTON HOUSE
There is a very nice wooded park to the East of Troon, where you can enjoy a picnic or a walk, and there are even some interesting old build...
The Marine Hotel in Troon Reopens Under New Management
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 ...
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...
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