Discover if your family has a military heritage

Family history and family trees are a fascinating subject that have been constantly growing in popularity in recent years. With the rise of television programmes such as Who Do You Think You Are?, and numerous online websites helping you trace your heritage, the past is definitely big business. However, there’s a step back in time…

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Scots Prisoner of War camp will be remembered

The history of a Scottish Prisoner of War camp is to feature in a talk. Led by Cumnock History Group and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Pennylands Camp 22 – Hidden Histories of Ayrshire exhibition tells the story of those who lived and worked in and around Pennylands Camp 22, a former WWII…

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Art of the Scottish seas forms new collection

The Scottish Maritime Museum will host a remarkable new national art collection. Featuring works by artists such as FCB Cadell, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Muirhead Bone, Kate Downie and John Bellany, Maritime Perspectives: Collecting Art of a Seafaring Nation will run at the Scottish Maritime Museum on the Harbourside in Irvine, North Ayrshire, from Friday, June…

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Latest exhibition of Scottish art by blind painter

A painter’s latest exhibition of work in a display with a difference. From March 5 to March 22, Keith Salmon will exhibit 25 of his paintings alongside work by two sound engineers in Painting with Sound. The work will be on show at the Barony Centre, 50 Main Street, West Kilbride in North Ayrshire, and…

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Ayrshire’s Prisoner Of War camp will feature in new exhibition

A brand new exhibition will shine a spotlight on a former WWII Prisoner Of War camp. Pennylands Camp 22, also known as Camp 22, Temple Camp and Auchinleck Camp, was situated in the parish of Auchinleck in East Ayrshire, to the north-east of Dumfries House, and will be highlighted at the Baird Institute in Cumnock…

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Traditional country cottage in Ayrshire is on the market

Galbraith presents to the market Garden Cottage, a beautiful country cottage situated on the 2000 acre Lanfine Estate, near Darvel in Ayrshire. Garden Cottage is a traditional country cottage with a charming, chocolate box appearance thought to date back to the mid-1800s. The property is situated on the Lanfine Estate – over 2000 acres of…

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Increase in demand for properties in Ayrshire

Buyers from throughout the UK are looking to buy property in Ayrshire. House sales in Burns country continue to show strong growth, with the area being an attractive location for buyers from the whole of the country, according to leading independent property consultancy, Galbraith. The latest figures compiled by Galbraith indicated another strong quarter in…

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Doing the light thing as festival is extended till next weekend

A fire and light spectacular is proving to be a hot ticket. Illuminight, being held in Kilmarnock’s Dean Castle Country Park, has seen thousands of visitors enjoying the event over the opening weekend and over 12,500 tickets already snapped up for the run. Due to popular demand, new family-friendly sessions have been added to Illuminight…

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It will be all light on the night at spectacular Ayrshire event

An all-new audio visual light spectacular experience is coming to Kilmarnock this week. Visitors will be able to see Dean Castle Country Park as they have never seen it before at Illuminight, a spectacular, brand new autumn event. Set amongst the rivers, ponds and trees of the Country Park and the castle itself, Illuminight will…

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Art exhibition featuring over 400 works set to open in Ayr

One of Scotland’s most prolific charity art exhibitions with almost 400 artworks on sale starts next week. For its 24th year running, the Ayrshire Art Exhibition and Sale launches on October 22 for four weeks, exhibiting the works of both top professionals and talented amateurs on sale in aid of Save the Children. The event,…

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