After all, the Pittodrie club finished last season in second bottom spot, with the Ayrshire side one place above them. |
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Hyslop and Sturgeon are both in their 30s, both brought up in Ayrshire, both driven and tough. |
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One is a housewife on a council estate in Ayrshire while the other lives in a leafy suburb in the English midlands. |
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As I write, the sunlight is streaming through my window at the Ayrshire Hospice. |
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This weekend they will be revelling just as hard in Moscow, Russia, as they rave in Moscow, Ayrshire. |
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It owns recycling plants in Ayrshire, Paisley and Glasgow and supplies recycled aggregates, topsoil and subsoil. |
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The proposals accepted by South Ayrshire Council in February include a casino, multiplex cinema and houses. |
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I use all local produce, and have a good butcher for my black pudding, sausages and Ayrshire bacon. |
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When it's ready, the old Screen Machine will be put out to pasture in Ayrshire, or Stornoway, or Campbeltown. |
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Ayrshire landmark Ailsa Craig is swathed in a layer of mist, thick enough to maintain a veil of secrecy. |
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Glasgow City Council's secure unit in Ayrshire is ageing and unfit for its purpose. |
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Mr Newlove has trained animals all his life and has ridden Ayrshire bulls at local shows and once discovered a horse which would fetch sticks. |
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The view from the south-west Ayrshire coast, out over Ailsa Craig and towards Arran, is pretty spectacular on its own. |
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Tension pervades the air, though the prevailing climate has more to do with Melbourne next March than Ayrshire in high summer. |
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South Ayrshire Council is not opposed to sporting clubs developing vacant land, even if a proposal is controversial or against planning policies. |
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Irish crocheted lace, Clare embroidery, and Ayrshire whitework were invented to support starving women in nineteenth-century Great Britain. |
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Ayrshire bacon is not only the best for breakfast, it is also good in sandwiches, quiches, pasta, salads and stews. |
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East Ayrshire Council has banned paintballing and South Lanarkshire has vetoed several outdoor pursuits, including paragliding and sand yachting. |
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On Friday he was told North Ayrshire would not be putting up the cash, and he is still waiting to hear from the others. |
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But union sources believe that GE will face a humiliating climbdown at the Ayrshire plant. |
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For the first time in 45 years, an Ayrshire beat a Friesian cow to win the overall supreme cattle championship. |
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There used to be a poet from Ayrshire who did that stuff, but he's long dead now. |
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An Ayrshire school was forced to hire falconers armed with hawks to safeguard its pupils. |
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But it had appealed for a reprieve for its cattle, virtually irreplaceable Red Galloway beef and Ayrshire dairy stock. |
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Scottish Coal employs more than 1,000 at opencast mines in Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Fife, supplying 4.3 million tons of coal a year to the power industry. |
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Born in Prestwick in Ayrshire, John Currie was always interested in choral music, although he has a strong sideline in rather serious hillwalking. |
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The ship carries up to 1,200 tonnes down to Ayrshire once or twice weekly. |
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Yes, she grew up in Kikbirnie, heartland of the Ayrshire steelworks, where her school chums rejoiced in names like Lenin McKay and Joseph Stalin McGregor. |
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I ask a friend how she filled her summer holidays in rural Ayrshire. |
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Appointed to a living at Kilwinning in Ayrshire, he took part in the Glasgow Assembly, protested against Arminian innovations, and served with the army of the covenant. |
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Permission has been secured for an extension to a mine near New Cumnock in east Ayrshire where 100 jobs will be maintained and an additional 1m tons extracted. |
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Will they manage to mature, in tandem, into a team capable of bringing silverware back to Ayrshire or will the swinging sixties remain, in perpetuity, as the halcyon era? |
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Leaders from African countries flew into Prestwick airport at Ayrshire in the morning for an onward journey to Gleneagles, in contrast with the transport chaos in London. |
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A carlin undertook to carry a large hill from Ayrshire to Ireland, but she dropped it on the way to form what is now Ailsa Craig in the Firth of Clyde. |
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The farm supplies milk from its Ayrshire herd for Duchy Originals milk, vegetables for crisps, oats and wheat for biscuits, pigs for bacon and sausages and barley for ale. |
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The good burghers of the Ayrshire town fancy themselves as an erudite bunch and in the club's round-up page in their matchday magazine showed this is no idle boast. |
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A list of Scotland's top foods could also have included Cullen skink, Arbroath smokies, West Coast scallops, langoustines, herring and Ayrshire potatoes. |
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In 1761, the Fenwick Weavers' Society was formed in Fenwick, East Ayrshire, Scotland to sell discounted oatmeal to local workers. |
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Limestones occur in southern Ayrshire and in a very broken band running northeastwards through the Pentland Hills towards Edinburgh. |
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A range of sand hills in Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland, also share the name of Misk. |
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Hundreds of birdwatchers have descended on Ardrossan Beach in Ayrshire to see the Egret. |
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He donned a UN blue beret and badge and stood beside veterans to salute the war memorial in Stevenston, Ayrshire. |
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With her boilersuit tucked into wellies and knee-deep in cow manure, Tricia Bey starts the working day on her farm in Ayrshire. |
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A small colony of carpet sea squirt, which is originally from Japan, was discovered at Largs yacht haven, Ayrshire. |
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Less dense usage is suggested for north Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, the Clyde Valley and eastern Dumfriesshire. |
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Dundas Estates have unveiled a new show home at Fairways View in Irvine, Ayrshire. |
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Smith was red carded for mouthing off then the Ayrshire side took the lead through Stewart Kean. |
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Milk production from an Ayrshire herd ceased in 1996 and a Charolais herd established in 1982 was continued alongside the commercial sucklers. |
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But Colin Graham was demoted from his role as minerals officer at East Ayrshire Council at a disciplinary hearing. |
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What do Sewin sea trout, Norfolk black turkeys and Ayrshire cattle have in common? |
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Burns, an Ayrshire poet and lyricist, is now widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and became a major figure in the Romantic movement. |
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Burns, an Ayrshire poet and lyricist, is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and a major influence on the Romantic movement. |
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Ayrshire folklore states that Coel and his entire army perished in the Battle of Coilsfield. |
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According to Welsh tradition the region of Kyle was named for Coel, and a mound at Coylton in Ayrshire was regarded as his tomb. |
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While High Stewards, the family were based at Dundonald, South Ayrshire between the 12th and 13th centuries. |
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There are also three in North Ayrshire and one each in Fife, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire. |
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Arran is now in the North Ayrshire council area, along with some of the constituent islands of the old County of Bute. |
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Along its northern margins, the councils of South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and East Lothian extend into the region. |
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Several breeds of livestock have originated in the Southern Uplands, including Galloway cattle, Ayrshire dairy cattle and Cheviot sheep. |
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Burns, an Ayrshire poet and lyricist, is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and a major figure in the Romantic movement. |
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She was born near Dunoon and had lived in Campbeltown before moving to work in Ayrshire. |
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Soon afterwards Mary Campbell left her work in Ayrshire, went to the seaport of Greenock, and sailed home to her parents in Campbeltown. |
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The first one, known as The Mother Club, was founded in Greenock in 1801 by merchants born in Ayrshire, some of whom had known Burns. |
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David may perhaps have had varying degrees of overlordship in parts of Dumfriesshire, Ayrshire, Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire. |
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However, William's seal has given rise to a counter claim of Ellerslie in Ayrshire. |
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In March, Robert returned to Dundonald Castle in Ayrshire where he died on 19 April and was buried at Scone on 25 April. |
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During Easter in 1563, some priests in Ayrshire celebrated Mass, thus defying the law. |
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Knox fled to Kyle in Ayrshire, where he completed the major part of his magnum opus, History of the Reformation in Scotland. |
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William Murdoch was born in Lugar near Cumnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, the third of seven children and the first son to survive beyond infancy. |
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Renfrewshire and Ayrshire are on the other side of the Firth of Clyde, while Bute was a county comprising the islands in the firth. |
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This also takes in fairly densely populated areas such as Ayrshire, Fife, Midlothian and East Lothian. |
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The 2011 Census recorded the town's population at 33,698 inhabitants, making it the largest settlement in North Ayrshire. |
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The Westminster Constituency of Central Ayrshire is currently held by the Scottish National Party. |
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Irvine is situated in low lying Ayrshire overlooking Irvine Bay on the Firth of Clyde. |
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It was led by adventurers James Hamilton and Sir Hugh Montgomery, two Ayrshire lairds. |
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In 2015 the Covenant Church in Newmilns, East Ayrshire joined the Free Church. |
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He was brought up in Patna, Ayrshire, and became involved in Labour politics, joining the Labour Party in 1967, aged sixteen. |
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The first still extant Burns Club was founded in Greenock in 1801 by merchants who were born in Ayrshire, some of whom had known Burns. |
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Royal Troon Golf Club is a links golf course in Scotland, located in Troon, South Ayrshire, southwest of Glasgow. |
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The most frequent services are on the electrified route between Glasgow Central and Ayr on the Ayrshire Coast Line. |
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After peace talks failed, his forces met with the Scots at Largs, in Ayrshire. |
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The Eglinton Tournament Bridge, North Ayrshire, Scotland, built from cast iron. |
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As a baby, he moved from Laigh corton farm to Glenconner, Ochiltree, Ayrshire. |
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He returned to Scotland in 1783 and purchased an estate at Sauchrie, Ayrshire. |
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Besides taking part in local Ayrshire affairs, McAdam operated the Kaims Colliery. |
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In 1787 he became a trustee of the Ayrshire Turnpike in the Scottish Lowlands and during the next seven years this hobby became an obsession. |
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Ayrshire was lucky to win the first two colts' Classics in 1888, as he was clearly inferior to Friar's Balsam. |
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A Big Burns Stramash in the Highlands and Alloway 1759 will take place in South Ayrshire, while Burns Birthday in Mauchline will be held in East Ayrshire. |
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A star forward there, he was determined to start a team in the adopted home city of his Scots father John, originally from Largs, Ayrshire, and Brazilian mum Carlota. |
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For a relaxing break, both Dutch House Caravan Park and Dankeith Caravan Park, in Ayrshire, offer a great mix of accommodation and excellent on-site facilities. |
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The Ayrshire school's SLC introduced a Nurture scheme, enabling positive behaviour management of students rather than the traditional model of discipline. |
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Retired merchant banker John Haldane, 71, was walking to the green at the 382yd par-4 fourth at the exclusive Old Prestwick club in Ayrshire when he had a heart attack. |
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The Garlaff landfill site covers the whole of East Ayrshire. |
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There are around 260 used and disused airfields in Scotland including bases in Scotstoun in Glasgow, Loch Doon in Ayrshire and Aboyne in Aberdeenshire. |
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For some statistical purposes Arran is within the registration county of Ayrshire and for ceremonial purposes within the lieutenancy area of Ayrshire and Arran. |
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Jenny Stewart, 84, and Jenny Dafoe, 88, left Crosshouse in Ayrshire as war brides in 1946 after both fell in love with Canadian soldiers called Walter. |
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However, it was removed a matter of weeks after installation, after the South Ayrshire Licensing Board said the logo trivialised excessive drinking. |
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In the beginning Prestwick was the only Scottish airport allowed to operate a transatlantic link, largely due to the benign weather conditions on the Ayrshire coast. |
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The coal seams beneath central Scotland, in particular in Ayrshire and Fife contributed significantly to the industrialisation of Scotland during the 19th and 20th centuries. |
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A shipyard on the River Irvine, the Ayrshire Dockyard Company, remained active until after World War II, though its last ship was built just prior to the war. |
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In August 1886, Hardie's ongoing efforts to build a powerful union of Scottish miners were rewarded when there was formed the Ayrshire Miners Union. |
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In August 1881, Ayrshire miners put forward the demand for a 10 percent increase in wages, a proposition summarily refused by the region's mine owners. |
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While the Lanarkshire mine strike was a failure, Hardie's energy and activity shone and he accepted a call from Ayrshire to relocate there to organise the local miners. |
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Harris was born in Ayrshire, before moving to Dumfriesshire. |
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This Alan Wallace may be the same as the one listed in the 1296 Ragman Rolls as a crown tenant in Ayrshire, but there is no additional confirmation. |
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The love-struck striker wed former Ross County star Colin Stewart, the son of Scotland goalkeeping coach Jim, at St Mary's Church in Irvine, Ayrshire. |
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