294 Results for author: Douglas Haddow
Kayleigh Hamilton gave us a talk on “Raising Awareness of Additional Support for Young Carers” which made us aware of the current needs and challenges faced by Young Carers in Ayrshire. Young Carers are those under the age of 18 and still at school who support a relative/friend with physical or mental illness, ...
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The Rotary Club of Ayr hosted a Burns Night on Tuesday 24th January, attended by members, family and friends. A huge thanks to
Douglas Haddow for organising the whole event, and to all those who spoke and performed on the night. 13 year old piper Adam greeted everyone as they arrived at the Savoy Park Hotel for the ...
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Mary Helen Shakespeare was born and brought up in Ayr, attending Ayr Grammar School and then on to Ayr Academy. Off to Strathclyde Uni thereafter where she studied Commerce and Economics with French and German. Between school and University, Mary Helen spent the summer near Frankfurt to improve her German and the year ...
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It was our pleasure to attend a meeting at the Rotary Club of Kilmarnock on Thursday evening. Our very welcoming hosts ensured we experienced an excellent night of Rotary camaraderie. President Alastair Crabb introduced speaker Alexander Fleming who was on Zoom, a Scottish economist and holds two doctorates, including ...
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Ayr Rotary Club was privileged recently to have Craig Happell as a speaker, accompanied by his eight year old guide dog Merlin. Without any reference to presentation prompts, Craig launched into explaining how he has to plan a day out. Highlighting the challenges of street furniture, the considerations of left or ...
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On a beautiful Saturday afternoon in the Savoy Park gardens, our annual croquet day made a welcome return. The experts, Neil and John Laughland were in attendance, but without the feared Paul Williams who had to pull out at the last moment. During the titanic struggle which included "lucky" shots, magnificent strokes and ...
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Swapping if flags with rotary corfu Kapodistrias and Ayr Rotary club, @ en Plo, Faliraki, corfu
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MARY-HELEN SHAKESPEARE was born in Ayr rather a long time ago and attended Ayr Grammar and then progressed onto Ayr Academy. She then went on to study at Strathclyde University in Glasgow where she met her husband Martin. Having moved to the Lake District for 14 years where they had two children and then moved to ...
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Sinclair has been co-owner of Lochinver Guest House in Ayr, with his partner Berthold for the past 5 years, following a 15-year career with the National Trust for Scotland (NTS). Sinclair’s professional qualifications are in Horticulture. He studied at Auchincruive, and spent a year training in the gardens of Sir Elton ...
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Taking us on a wonderfully descriptive tour of the new Burrell Collection, John Rattenbury enthralled his audience with his indepth knowledge. As Chief Guide Volunteer John began with Burrell's early years. Born on 9 July 1861 in Glasgow, Burrell was the third of nine children to ship owner William Burrell (1832–1885) ...
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