275 Results for author: Ron Ireland
Bruce Keith was the guest speaker at our recent meeting at the Savoy Park Hotel. His was an excellent and informative talk on the bridges of Scotland which are the subject of his book “Bridgescapes”, a personal journey through history celebrating Scotland’s bridge-building heritage.
Bruce began with an admission ...
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Whisper it – Halloween’s just round the corner!
Tamfest is Ayrshire’s premier Halloween festival, organised and run by Ayr Festivals (a registered charitable organisation) working in partnership with South Ayrshire Council. Rooted in Ayrshire heritage, the festival was inspired by Robert Burns’ famous ...
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Playlist for Life is a music and dementia charity. The charity was founded in 2013 by writer and broadcaster Sally Magnusson after the death of her mother, Mamie, who had dementia. Pam Ribbick, our speaker for the evening, said their vision is simple: “we want everyone with dementia to have a unique, personal ...
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Betty McDonald, this year’s District 1230 Governor, honoured the club with her virtual presence this week. Betty is a past-president of Greenock Rotary and in her short speech she outlined her own objectives for the year ahead and encouraged members to prepare for change as clubs come to terms with the ...
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Who doesn’t have salt in their kitchen larder? It is the most fundamental of ingredients in almost every dish and, according to Greogorie Marshall, locally produced Blackthorn Salt can “transform the mediocre, enhance a range of flavours or add a suggestion of rolling moreishness and sophistication to any meal”.
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A knowledgeable and sincere speaker, Neil Findlay, a former MSP, spoke to the members about "Life in the Raws", the title of his book on memories of a Shale-Oil Village in West Lothian. The book is essentially the life story of John ‘Jock’ Findlay, Neil’s grandfather, and was largely written by Jock himself in his ...
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Gavin McCully is a self-confessed grammar school drop-out and yet has worked on numerous mega-projects around the world. In his recent job-talk to the members he explained how this had come about and described some of these fascinating projects in which he has been involved.
Gavin left school at 16 and straightaway set ...
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Barry Fisher and Chris Johnson – 27 April 2021
These were the first speakers invited to talk to the club specifically to address environmental matters since the creation of the club’s Environment Committee. The setting up of the committee was in response to Rotary International’s granting of Environment ...
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Is it easier to lie convincingly through the technology of a Zoom virtual meeting than in an actual physical situation? Well, the Ayr Rotarians had a good try at it when nine individuals “volunteered” to try their luck at convincing fellow members of the veracity of some outrageous stories in the manner of the popular ...
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Founded in January 2018 by Angie McPike and Gabriella Baronello, AWH is an early stages community interest group. It operates from warm, friendly walk-in premises where, in normal times, women can go to socialise, learn and empower each other through free workshops, surgeries and classes. It is also a bridge to several ...
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