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The local history department in Ayr Carnegie Library holds a wealth of old photographs, maps, newspapers and other resources covering all aspects of the heritage of South Ayrshire in general and Ayr in particular. Staff from the department will be on hand on at The Grain Exchange, Ayr with a selection of this material to speak […]
Read More South Ayrshire Libraries Local History Drop-In Days at The Grain ExchangeA remarkable discovery was made recently in a house in South Queensferry when a box containing old documents was investigated. The contents included early issues of the Ayr Advertiser, and the finder kindly posted them to the Advertiser office. One of them has turned out to be the earliest known surviving issue. The Advertiser was […]
Read More Oldest known Ayrshire newspaper discoveredThe staff from the Carnegie Library’s Local History Department have been very busy cleaning and preserving the newspaper archive which is extensive to say the least. This is an ongoing project which will take quite a few months if not well into next year to complete. The papers have to be cleaned and then boxed up and labelled in […]
Read More Newspaper archives get a good dusting
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