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We were treated to a fascinating historical rollercoaster journey by George English, current secretary of Kilmarnock Rotary Club, at our Tuesday evening meeting. His topic was the Pilgrim Fathers’ Mayflower expedition to America. Europe, said George, had experienced religious turmoil instigated by the Protestant Reform...
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At the Henley on Thames Rotary Club Founders night on 22nd February, our previous secretary Craig Wilson was acknowledged as a recipient of the Paul Harris fellowship award. The formal presentation was made by Henley’s President Mark Harling.
During our anniversary dinner in November 2021 at the Brig o Doon, Craig ...
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We were thrilled to have Fiona McClelland along to our meeting to provide us with first hand knowledge of the origins and ultimate despoiling of the Scottish Dark Sky Observatory. She explained that the structure was an astronomical observatory located near Loch Doon in East Ayrshire. It was situated on a hilltop site ...
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The annual Big Beach Clean is now a joint venture between Rotary and Ayrshire Coastal Path. The Rotary clubs of Ayr, Troon, Prestwick and Alloway, together with the help of South and North Ayrshire Councils and numerous community groups, hope to be able to cover more than a dozen beaches in this year's ...
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On 1 February 2022, Ayr Rotary member,
Ron Ireland, gave a very interesting talk on SAPI and in particular The Culzean Way.
SAPI is a constituted community group set up in 2017 by a group of like-minded individuals with a keen interest in Active-Travel matters (travel requiring human effort). SAPI raise funds and in ...
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The big question was “what could we substitute for the covid-cancelled, traditional club Burns Supper?” And the answer was “a virtual Scottish quiz set by a Welshman!”. Earlier fears were confirmed when the official answer given for the date of the Union of the the Crowns was 1707 and not the correct 1603. This cue ...
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The dust has now settled after a hectic few weeks for Jim Nelson and his Ayr Rotary Club team. With the go-ahead being given in November, there was a great deal to be done, in readiness for the opening day on 10 December 2021.
South Ayrshire Council were very supportive, giving a grant to cover setup costs, and ...
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Recent new member, Howard Stevenson, delivered the customary job-talk to a virtual audience which was enthralled by his description of the Scope of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Howard was a consultant plastic surgeon at Ninewells Hospital in NHS Tayside before he and his wife retired to Ayr. His attraction to this ...
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It’s that time of year again and it couldn’t be avoided! Willie Stewart’s traditional Christmas quiz (or “guessing game” as he prefers to call it) was as fiendishly difficult as ever and it was evident in his introduction that he took a malevolent delight in inflicting this annual mental torture once again on his ...
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Local man, Alexander Hall, has spoken to the club before on the world wars and was invited back recently to give his overview of those brutal days in what became a major battle theatre at the beginning of WW1. Alex is an expert on many aspects of those gruesome events and this was evident in his instructive and interesting ...
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