Have you seen our two beautiful stained glass windows that we recently installed? We want to share with you their fascinating story and to do so, we have to tell you about an e-mail we received and then go back to the 19th century. In 2019 we were contacted by Dr Andrew Russell, who explained that we had some stained …
Castles of North Ayrshire: Brodick Castle
We have added another castle to our ‘Castles of North Ayrshire‘ section, this time it is Brodick Castle! A fortress has stood on the location of Brodick Castle since the 5th century and by the 10th century, the site was under the control of Norse forces until they were driven from Arran following the Battle of Largs in 1263. The …
Private James Barrow, Dalry
We have recently received a donation of a photograph which has been quite timely given the recent Remembrance events. The photograph shows Private James Barrow of Love Lane, Dalry, who was born on 14 February 1896 and died in service with the Cameronians (1st Battalion Scottish Rifles) on 27 May 1917. He is buried at the Faubourg-D’Amiens in France. Prior …