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Ian McAnulla was the guest speaker at Ayr Rotary Club last Tuesday. Ian’s speciality is political cartoons and using many slide examples he showed the interested and inquisitive audience the hidden meanings behind popular and cleverly framed drawings. He explained that more than just the lampooning of characters, the ...
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What a great night we had at the races last Friday courtesy of Ian Alexander and his many stable-hands. The event, held at Ayr Rugby Club, had been organised to raise funds for charitable causes but mainly for Crossroads (South Ayrshire) Care Attendant Scheme. Forty-five members and guests attended and the amount raised ...
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The annual District Conference, held this year in Stirling on 6 and 7 October, was attended by President Colin and club Secretary (and ADG) Craig. Both gave an excellent roundup of the weekend activities and provided a moving report on the contributions by several speakers on the theme “Overcoming Adversity”.
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The mid-nineteenth century architect, Alexander Thomson, who was born in Balfron and died aged 58 in 1875, was nicknamed ‘Greek’ for his regular incorporation of ancient Grecian styles into his works. The Alexander Thomson Society campaigns for the conservation of the architect’s work, and its chairman, Mark Baines, ...
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Ayr Rotary Club and the Ayrshire Coastal Path Pathminders were commended last week in the following motion presented to the Scottish Parliament:
Motion Number: S5M-14050
Lodged By: Claudia Beamish
Date Lodged: 21/09/2018
Title: Ayrshire Coastal Path Wins Paths for All Award
Motion Text: ...
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The River Garden Auchincruive project, which opened in Spring 2018, is a residential training and social enterprise development centre for people in the early stages of recovery from drug and/or alcohol addiction, modelled on the three most successful and transformative, self-help organisations for people in recovery ...
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John Dunlop gave the members a comprehensive and amusing resumé of his career, preferring the verb definition of ‘career’ as ‘moving swiftly and in an uncontrolled way’ to describe the route his working life had taken. Rejecting an academic route he began as a management trainee in London, with J.Sainsbury in ...
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Many newer members of the club had heard talk of the ‘Malawi’ solar power project but could be forgiven for lack of any real understanding – until now. Neil Beattie and Muir Austin gave a well-received, comprehensive review of the project from inception in 2010 up to present day.
In 2010, the then International ...
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Last year the club’s Treasure Chest made a £200 donation to ‘Thegither’ project run by North Ayr Parish Grouping, consisting of Ayr St. Quivox Church, Ayr St. James Church, Newton Wallacetown Church and Lochside Church. This was to help establish an after-school club to educate and entertain young children, a ...
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Secretary Craig once again came up with a fiendishly difficult set of questions for our annual mastermind quiz. There was much murmuring in the ranks throughout the meal as members delved into their distant memories to try to recall, amongst other things, US States beginning with the letter N. In desperation, fictitious ...
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