Great footage of "Auld Ayr" Chairman of the scottish fisheries Board and Skipper of the "Faithfull" Fishing trawler Frank Wiseman See here at 9:00 mins wearing the hat on the left.
a grew up in Prestwick, but when a wiz auld enuff a used tae go tae the Ayr pool every friday night and fishin' in the harbour and go to the Orient picture hoos and the wan up the tap o' the toon near Burns monument, a canni mine the name ay it, loved seeing the swans near the auld brig an supportit Ayr Utd but now a live 12,000 miles away in Australia
Aye Davie... An they said the same tae Rab, the unco smert o his dae an 'a. Ye'll aye get the wee yappie dugs adopting the affected manners o' a culture that's nae their ain. Let them blether: they ken nae better - an it makes them feel superior, at least for a whilie. O wad some pow'r the giftie gie them …. Meantime, I confess I was byornar gled tae read your musings, and memories o' guid days lang syne. Here's tae ye Davie - an' mine these kangaroos!
Housing schemes full a junkies now,especially north of the river,infact, North Ayr and south Ayr are like 2different towns, my grandparents lived in forehill area of South Ayr and at the weekends I would stay there, and noticed that they spoke a little bit posher, and that was a council scheme! I was brought up in Wallacetoun district of North Ayr, it was all 3bedroom 8 in a block flats, definitely poorer than forehill but we thought we were better than Dalmilling, Whittletts and Lochside areas of north Ayr, Now North Ayr is ruined by drugs and where I grew up is considered the worst.
I remember the big dockside crane. We occasionally went to Ayr from Kilwinning for a day out, but it was mostly Prestwick we went to outside of regular trips to Irvine and Saltcoats.
That was lovely. I was born in Ayrshire in 1961. We spent just about every Saturday in Ayr when I was growing up. So many happy memories. Thank you ❤
A lovely wee video showing the towns history. How thing change. Still a good town.
As l come from paisley...love coming to my favourite restaurant in ayr "the fox and willows
Great to see Auld Ayr and familiar sights.
Brilliant.
Thanks for posting.
Worked at the County Hotel 1976 in Wellington Square loved Ayr a bustling vibrant town so sad to see it now
a grew up in Prestwick, but when a wiz auld enuff a used tae go tae the Ayr pool every friday night and fishin' in the harbour and go to the Orient picture hoos and the wan up the tap o' the toon near Burns monument, a canni mine the name ay it, loved seeing the swans near the auld brig an supportit Ayr Utd but now a live 12,000 miles away in Australia
Aye Davie... An they said the same tae Rab, the unco smert o his dae an 'a. Ye'll aye get the wee yappie dugs adopting the affected manners o' a culture that's nae their ain. Let them blether: they ken nae better - an it makes them feel superior, at least for a whilie. O wad some pow'r the giftie gie them ….
Meantime, I confess I was byornar gled tae read your musings, and memories o' guid days lang syne. Here's tae ye Davie - an' mine these kangaroos!
The Odeon
So nice to see the Civic Theatre, much missed.
Housing schemes full a junkies now,especially north of the river,infact, North Ayr and south Ayr are like 2different towns, my grandparents lived in forehill area of South Ayr and at the weekends I would stay there, and noticed that they spoke a little bit posher, and that was a council scheme! I was brought up in Wallacetoun district of North Ayr, it was all 3bedroom 8 in a block flats, definitely poorer than forehill but we thought we were better than Dalmilling, Whittletts and Lochside areas of north Ayr, Now North Ayr is ruined by drugs and where I grew up is considered the worst.
Rather junkies than immigrants
Racist
wow great to see the old footage,thanks.
I remember the big dockside crane. We occasionally went to Ayr from Kilwinning for a day out, but it was mostly Prestwick we went to outside of regular trips to Irvine and Saltcoats.
1961 it's from. My family are from across the road in Coylton.
I used to live there
what way is Ayr now lived there in 1998 near Newton-on-Ayr
Ma Toon
Imagine wit big Robbo would say about it now
"Shower o' bastards, look whit ye did tae ma toon!"
Went 2 years ago, depressing.
I was born in Prestwick Ayr was the ex iting place to going thefifties
Council has let the cottage go to pot needs alot of money to restore it
Burns cottage is now managed by the National Trust for Scotland.
Any idea what year this video would have been made
Daniel Mcsorley 1961
There is a kid from the present been transported back in time at 5:10
Wrong. Today he would sit on a phone
where my last name hails from😁