Thirty years ago, in June 1981, four people from Maybole made the first exploratory trip to the French town of Crosne, near Paris, to discuss the possibility of the two towns twinning. David Kiltie, Alan Murray, Don Raby and Pipe Major Jim Sym were so impressed that they recommended that the twinning should go ahead and in 1982 official documents were signed. Recently, Crosne welcomed 24 visitors to their annual carnival and once again everyone had a great time on what was the 30th anniversary of that first trip. more

Award winning photographer Gavin Forrest DPAGB had a successful opening of his works in the Cockburn Gallery at the weekend and this exhibition will run till August 14. Gavin's subject matter is varied from Hebridean Island shots to Tuscan landscapes captured whilst on his travels. The Cockburn Gallery is delighted to promote the work of this talented photographer. Gavin will also be exhibiting his works at the Culzean Castle Craft Fair on August 7 alongside Michelle Cockburn who will have a display of hand crafted cards.

The winners of the prize draw for those completing the recent Carrick Centre Survey were presented with their gift tokens in the Carrick Centre Development Office earlier this month. Kyle Campbell won the Youth Section and Cindy McEwan won the Adult Section draws. The presentation was made by Alan Murray, Community Development Manager for the Centre. Alan commented, “We gained a lot of good information about what people would like to see in the Carrick Centre and we hope over the next few months that we can begin to turn these ideas into action. more

Maybole lost one of its most popular characters when William Paterson died recently. Some called him Billy but he was most commonly known as “Willie P” and most folk who knew him had their own favourite story to tell. Last week, Masonhill Crematorium was full to hear Rev Tom Bogle’s affectionate eulogy as he told of Willie’s life and achievements. Willie P was born on January 6, 1931 in a house in Drummellan Street. He lost an eye during his National Service in the Navy and on his return home finished his time as a monumental mason. Frightened of doing a poor job due to his eyesight, however, he moved to work at Wallacetown Engineering. more

Carrick Colts 2004 team held its annual presentation of awards in Carrick Sports Club. Main trophy winners were: Player of the Year - Fraser Bryden Players’ Player of the Year - Robbie Meiklum Best Trainer – Liam Gray Most Improved Player – George Glasgow Special highlight of the evening was that the Scottish Junior Cup was on display. It had been taken along by Tommy Sloan, manager of Auchinleck Talbot who are current holders of the trophy having beaten Musselburgh in May. Tommy also gave the boys a few words of encouragement and he was thanked by manager Andy Conkie who went on to thank the team’s sponsors – Sandy and Alice Abbott; Alan Morrison; and GE Caledonian. The football at Dreghorn starts again on August 21.

Crosshill Thistle pictured before their first game in their Summer Cup competition. They are wearing new strips donated by John and Susan Urie (pictured sixth from left in the back row) of the High Society, Maybole. John and Susan have also donated new kit bags and the club is very grateful to them for their generosity. Crosshill squad for the game was Lyle Cairns, Craig Pike Michael Filson, Dean Clark, Lewis Cairns, Ross Taylor, Lee Simpson, Jamie Davidson, Kris Scott, Brian Kerr, Shaun Thirtle. Subs Keir McSorley, Kenny Campbell, Craig Clark, Ged McLean, Greg Young. The final was on Friday August 5 at 6.30pm

Maybole and District Young Arts are in to their 3rd year, and children aged 6 - 14 have been taking part in some varied activities over the summer. These have included a national outing to Kelvingrove Museum, Felting (pictured) with Liz Gaffney,..more