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President Craig last week hosted the first of the new Breakfast Gatherings at the Fox & Willow. It proved a great success with 10 members enjoying an informal and chatty Breakfast with Juice, Bacon Rolls, Croissants and a choice of Teas & Coffees – All for just £5.00! How can you resist? This must be worth ...
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In August last year, Doug Wilson, in his capacity as officer (Lt.) in the 17th Ayr Boys’ Brigade company (Castlehill), was presented with a £200 cheque from the Treasure Chest fund. The money had assisted travel to Romania where representatives of the Brigade carried out work at an orphanage run by the Rhema Foundation. ...
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Our popular annual exhibition and recruitment event took place in the conservatory at Dobbies Garden Centre on Saturday morning. After a slowish start, interested folk began to drift in and there was quite a buzz through the core mid-morning period. The final visitor headcount was 61 which exceeded previous years.
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Ayr Rotary club is sponsoring a team from Carrick Academy in the District stage (seniors) of the annual Youth Speaks competition. We were treated to an entertaining presentation on “The Value of Remembering History” by the three-member team from the Academy. Original team members Robbie Paterson and Scott Anderson ...
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SeAscape is a local charity, set up to help people who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, to access and maintain accommodation which allows them to be independent. It assists people with all categories of accommodation: Homeless Emergency Accommodation, Homeless Temporary Furnished, Council Accommodation, Housing ...
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As we get older we are all threatened with the possibility of impaired hearing or vision. Denise McClung, project manager with the Sensory Impaired Support Group (SISG) came along to talk to us about this worthwhile Ayrshire charity.
SISG was established in 1998 and now has 46 volunteers to assist 4 staff in delivering ...
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Well, Hugh Miller certainly had the members hanging on his every erudite word as he delivered his highly entertaining talk in characteristically unhurried, yet confident, style. Hugh, who was, for twenty years, head teacher in Grange Academy, Kilmarnock, spoke to the club on the theme 'Having Fun with Crazy Ideas'. For ...
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Around sixty members and guests attended our annual Burns Supper at the Savoy Park Hotel. Into the company of the (nearly) great and the (mostly) good, we welcomed surprise Canadian visitors John Hutchison and Margaret Watkins from Vancouver and Mary Johnston from North Lincolnshire. Piper Leslie Wilson and our favourite ...
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Jimmy McGhee, accompanied by his wife Effie, gave the members the benefit of his long-held passion for the development of farm machinery. Originally an apprentice with the Mauchline-based, manufacturer, Pollock, Jimmy worked his way up to eventually owning the business and has been more than 50 years with the company which ...
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We are very pleased to welcome our newest member, Loudon McAndrew, to the club. Following his academic studies in accountancy at Glasgow University, and after a few years working with Larkhall Machine Tool Co. (a former subsidiary of Rolls Royce), Loudon joined the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society (SCWS) where he ...
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