262 Results for author: Douglas Haddow
The Rotary Club of Ayr had the pleasure of being entertained by our speaker Kenny Smith, the Editor of the Ayrshire Post at their recent meeting. He provided a chronological career development from his time as a copy boy, through time writing for the Daily Record & Daily Mirror, to his new role as Editor. And then to ...
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Street Pastors is a global inter-church charity, made up of 14,000 street Pastors in 360 areas across 5 continents. Founded in Brixton, South London, UK in 2003 by Rev. Les Isaac. It was based on a model from Jamaica in which individual churches joined together to take their values out onto the streets. The initial ...
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Past District 1230 Governor, Alex Blair gave us an insight into the Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal which was first proposed by Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton in 1791. Hugh wanted to connect the booming industrial towns of Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone to his new deep sea port at Ardrossan and his ...
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On a bright, perfect Friday morning on 13th May, at 10.30am on the sound of an air horn, eighteen teams teed off simultaneously, for the annual Rotary Club of Ayr charity golf event held at Belleisle, having fuelled themselves with bacon butties beforehand. A calm day, coupled with glimpses of the sun and a mild ...
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New member Craig Alexander took us on a whistle stop tour of his career as a police officer up to his retirement in 2011. Beaming with his pride in his family, Craig continued by expressing his early desire to become a fireman, eventually opting for a role as a policeman.
He detailed his time in various depart...
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Bob Henderson has passed away peacefully in the Ayrshire Hospice on the morning of Thursday 5th May. He will be sadly missed by all who were engaged by his wit and perceptive insight whether it be from his early days as a founder member of the Ayr Kyle Round Table in 1968, as a veteran with Shelterbox, on the stand at ...
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Having co-ordinated the collection of over two hundred thousand pounds for the Poppy appeal over the last six years, Geoff and Jan Barber visited the Royal Navy’s top capital ship HMS Bulwark whilst moored in Glasgow on Saturday 30th April as guests of our very own Colin Vooght.
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Author Ian McMurdo delivered a detailed presentation on the Knockshinnoch disaster, tantalisingly, up to the point of rescue. Time limitations and a humorous request to buy his book, was Ian’s rationale. He began by explaining that the disaster was an event which gripped the Ayrshire village of New Cumnock for three ...
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The erudite journalist Bob Shields, was the speaker at the Ayr Rotary Tuesday evening meeting. Without notes, he captivated his audience, by taking them on a journey of his career from the early days of being a paperboy earning 4 old pence a week to his present role as an uncompromising columnist for the Ayrshire ...
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In aid of the Guildford Eye Camp
On Saturday evening, 16 April 2016, in St Leonard's hall, Ayr Rotarians and guests attended a Safari Supper, organised by Alex Thomson and his team, on behalf of the Guildford Eye Camp. Enjoying a fun night of chat with like minded colleagues. President
Douglas Haddow ...
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