Carrick pupils develop a taste for marketing. Pupils from Carrick Academy had to use their loaves .... Looking Back: 25 Years Ago: Maybole Community Association aims to launch a 'good neighbour' scheme ... When Maybole Went Pop. Maybole's boot and shoe factories made the town famous- and its was mighty thirsty work! Houses too close to industrial site. A Homes development may not be right on the site of a former Maybole factory, say planners. Net a deal with us, Maybole group tells local volunteers. A Maybole group has come up with a deal designed to encourage more townspeople to click on to the Internet. The town's Community Development Group is looking for local volunteers at 48/50 High St. New Business Group. A Business association is to be set up in Maybole. Its aims are likely to include the enhancement of the town centre and the installation of closed circuit security cameras. Burns Fans Try to Sup Again! Better late than never' is clearly the motto being adopted by organisers of Carrick Academy's annual Burns Supper. More 999 staff for Maybole and Girvan. Emergency ambulance crews in Girvan and Maybole are being boosted with extra staff.
TOWN GOES INTO OVERLOAD
Helen Parker (above) shows a CD player damaged by the electrical surge. Councillor Alan Murray (left).
Mark Mex-es up a tasty treat
A POWER surge blew electrical equipment in hundreds of Maybole homes and forced two of the town's factories to send workers home. ScottishPower have admitted responsibility for the overload ... It's Back! After a sell-out first edition of a new book of photographs, it has been reprinted and is available now - but it will only be on sale for a few weeks. Vandals wreck garden project. Vandalism is repeatedly hampering the completion of the work being undertaken by May-Tag ... Busy days at May-Tag as they invest in people. Local training agency May-Tag Ltd has been awarded the prestigious Investors in People Award. LOOKING BACK:25 YEARS AGO: Tenants of Maybole's Minnoch Crescent threaten legal action against Kyle and Carrick District Council as a last-ditch bid to gain improvements for their dampness-plagued homes.
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SOLAR POWER PLANS FOR AILSA CRAIG LIGHTHOUSE |
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£250,000 plan to use solar power for lighthouse. Ailsa Craig lighthouse could soon be using solar power to warn sailors of impending danger. A £¼ million refurbishment programme is being planned... |
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The distinctive Ailsa Craig lighthouse. For more photos and background on Ailsa Craig see these pages. |
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...for the landmark building in a bid to improve safety and increase the range of the light from nine to 17 miles. The move was welcomed by Givan lifeboat cox Roddy Leitch who claimed ... many sailors still depend on traditional early warning systems. | ||
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Super Saturday show for OAPs. A town hall full of elderly folk had a great time... |
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The hard-working committee members who organised Saturday's super show ... |
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Maybole band 'The Haze' have lined up a charity gig at Auchincruive College, in aid of Comic Relief. |
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Walkers head south. Maybole OIR's walking group headed south last Wednesday to the Port Logan area. |
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Bill's back in the chair ...27 years on! Former Kyle and Carrick District Councillor Bill McCubbin was last week elected chairman of Maybole and District Branch of the Scottish National Party. |
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Two die in Maybole roadside Tragedy. Two people died and a third was seriously injured when a car crashed into a tractor near Maybole on Friday. |
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LOOKING BACK
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