This is the older items from the Men’s Club:-
Session 2023 / 2024
On 27th November we had Malcolm Wilson talking about entertainment and Philip Mancini on how his ancestors came from Italy and set up business as a fish and chip shop then branching into ice cream. He brought tubs for us all.
On 4th December we had our Festive Meal in The Vine. It was enjoyed by everyone who attended.
On11th December we had Bill Lindsay talking about William Schaw Lindsay who was born in Ayr and went on to becoming the largest commercial ship owner in the U.K. In his later years he did a lot of philanthropy work.
Our new year started on 8th January with Bob McMillan talking about the Panama Canal from its start to present day.
On 22nd January our visit to Search and Rescue at Prestwick Airport was cancelled due to them being down to one helicopter as the other one was away for a major overhaul.
George English stepped in at short notice and talked about family history and research.
On 5th February we had Euan Terras on Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra and their American tour last summer.
On 19th February we had Andy Dick talking on mining in Ayrshire.
That leaves us with Jim Laird on Football Referees on 4th March and our A.G.M. on 18t March then we break for the summer, resuming again in September.
On 30th. October we had Ken Nairn talking about Auld Ayr, he does walking talks in the town and really knows his stuff.
We had to cancel the visit to the bagpipe maker as they are not doing factory tours after Covid, this may improve later.
On 13th November we had Simon Lamb talking about getting his book published, it was very interesting and interspersed it with the odd joke.
He brought some books for sale and signed them for buyers.
We have 2 more speakers and our Festive meal before the end of the year, you’ll hear about it all in January.
Have a Merry Christmas.
29 October 2023
We resumed again on Monday18th. September with a good turnout of members and had Brian McBride talking about Mission Aviation Fellowship. They are a large organisation flying medicines, medics and essential food to remote areas of countries with poor or no road access. They use small planes and land on roughly made runways which quite often have to be cleared of animals to allow the plane to land. They are so busy that a plane takes off every 4 mins nationwide. There is information in the front hall at the church.
He was followed by Alan Cameron talking about the Ayrshire Hospice new building, he was very informative and had plans and photos of the new extension. It was very impressive.
On Friday 13th October a group of 11 went to S.T.V. Studios in Glasgow. We were shown round the studios and saw the lunchtime news going out live. Everyone found it very interesting and enjoyed the visit.
Our next speaker was Robert Nimmo talking about his pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. He is a very good speaker and interspaced his talk with jokes, we all learned a lot eg. to do a pilgrimage to have to walk at least the last 80 miles.
We have more good speakers lined up and our next outing will be to the Bagpipe Maker in Crosshouse next month.
Bill Trayner. President.