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   CHECK THIS SECTION FOR: Old Scottish pamphlets, Old Historical Scottish leaflets plus Scottish photographs and Books with Historic photographs. The pamphlets cover Scotland but especially Ayr, Ayrshire, Galloway, and South - West Scotland.  

 

 

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4 Young  James D.   JOHN MCLEAN : EDUCATOR OF THE YOUNG   Pub Clydeside Press 1988. Booklet v.g. pp 36.  This famous socialist and educator of the working class. £3
5 DOONFOOT SCHOOL YEAR BOOK 9 ( Ayr ) 1989/90 Soft cover A4 size. The rear cover contains the signatures of the pupils. £2
6 Pamphet  A HUNDRED YEARS OF HEALTH IN AYRSHIRE 1897 -- 1997 PP 49.  Good plates of around Ayrshire including Glen Afton Sanitorium £3
7 -----------   RECOLLECTIONS :A Trip Down Memory Lane In And Around Tighnabruaich   Booklet v.g. Illustrated covers. Residents give historical facts of life in the village.  A4 size format.  Plates. £3
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9 Guthrie  James A.   A CORNER OF CARRICK   Pub Gardner 1991. 3rd Ed. Booklet v.g. Soft illustrated covers.  pp 143. Plates.  The evolution of an Ayrshire Parish. Covers all aspects and gives a Clergy List of the local Church. £4
10 -------------SCOTTISH CHURCH HISTORY SOCIETY RECORDS   Pub Scottish Church History Society 1988.  Booklet v.g. pp 299.  Covers 6 areas including A list of National Covenant known copies and where they are. Monifieth Kirk Register and Temperance ant the Scottish Churches 1870 - 1914. £5
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13 Sinclair Cecil   JOCK TAMSON'S  BAIRNS   : A History of the Records of the General Register Office for Scotland.  Pub General Register 2000. Booklet v.g. Soft covers.   pp 50. Plates.  It contains a lot of historical detail about the Registers with excellent examples. £3
14 Farrell  Robert   BENWHAT AND CORBIE CRAIGS ; A Brief History  Pub Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council 1983.  Small historical publication.  Contains a photo of Benwhat Silver Band. £2
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17 Kyle and District Council   CONSERVATION AREA BURNS MONUMENT  Fold item of the Monument Area. The front is the architectural drawing of Doon Brae. The inside when opened is the details of the area  that the conservation applies too and is put on a map.  SUITABLE FOR FRAMING. £5
18 Kyle and Carrick District Council   CONSERVATION AREA : ALLOWAY   Similar to item 18 with the architectural drawings by Keith Hall 1977. Map of the Village with individual houses easily distinguished.  Again suitable for framing. £5
19         Wilbraham and Wilson   FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OF CARE : HOSPITALS ON AYR 1604 - 2004   Pub Ayrshire and Arran Hospitals.2004.  Ass well as good text it also gives good photographs of the Hospitals and Staff at the time. £2
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21 Programme  SOUTH PACIFIC presented by Belmont Academy 1998. Names all the pupils involved plus plates of the main players. £4
22 Mowat  Bill   JOHN O' GROATS   Pub Mowat at Caithness. Not dated. Booklet v.g. Illustrated soft covers. pp 42. Plates.  Good historical detail with excellent plates of John O' Groats and other parts of Caithness. £3
23 PLANNING HANDBOOK   Kilmarnock and Loudoun District Council  A pamphlet produced around the 70's. The interesting part is the adverts and the plates of buildings  through out the area. £2
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25 THE ARRAN NATURALIST  Pub Isle of Arran Natural History Society 1979 Pamphlet of 70 pages. An article on the history of the birds of prey on the island. £2
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26 Begg and Reid   THE DIPPER AN THE THREE WEE DEILS   Pub Luath not dated.  pp 160. Pub for the Ayrshire Hospice. Poetry in the Ayrshire dialect. £3
28 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF   Ayr Amateur Opera Company programme   1988. Photo's of cast etc. Has the list of Hon. Life Members and patrons by address at the rear £2
29 BRIGADOON   Ayr Amateur Opera Company programme 1993. Photo's of cast etc.  Has the Life Members and Patrons list by address at the rear £2
30 OKLAHOMA   Ayr Amateur Opera Company programme 1985. Contains photo of the whole cast. Life  Members and Patrons list including addresses £2
31 ANNIE   Ayr Amateur Company programme 1996  Photo's of the cast. Life Members and Patron list by name only £2
32 THE MIKADO   Ayrshire Philharmonic Opera Society programme 1996. Photo's of the full cast. List of Patrons with addresses £2
33 THE SOUND OF MUSIC  Ayr Amateur Opera Company programme 1997. Photo's of cast.  Patron list by name only £2
34 ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD   Ayrshire Philharmonic Opera Society programme 1998.  Photo's of cast. List of Patrons. £2
35 IOLANTHE  Ayrshire Philharmonic Opera Society programme 1993. Photo's of cast. Patron list by name and address. £2
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39 Retter  Janet   DRONGAN  :The Story of a Mining Village   Pub Cumnock and Doon Valley District Council  Booklet v.g.  pp 84  Plates. this is an excellent history very well reseached. £4
40 A CENTENARY HISTORY OF THE GLASGOW AND WEST OF SCOTLAND ASSOCIATION OF THE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS 1884 - 1984 Booklet. v.g. but with some marks.  Very good plates of major engineering sites with the history of the most eminent members of the Association. £4
41 ------------    A GALLOWAY ENTERTAINMENT : Folklore, Amusements, Songs and Poems   Old Galloway Papers No 2. pp 14. The intersting aspect of this leaflet is the short dictionary of unusual Galloway dialect words. £3
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44 Brash  Ronald   AYR ST. COLUMBA : The Church on Midton Road 1902 - 2002. Booklet v.g. Soft illustrative covers.  pp 28. Plates. Also gives details about the other Churches of Cathcart, and Sandgate who joined Trinity to make St. Columba. £3
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48 Cadman - Goodwin   THE PALGOWAN STORY : An Open Farm Concept in Galloway Pub 1984 2nd Ed.  Booklet v.g.  Sheep Farming in Galloway  £2
49 Sanderson  Margaret   THE PEOPLE OF SIXTEENTH CENTURY AYRSHIRE   Pub Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (AANHS ) 1987.  Booklet v.g. Ayrshire map illustration on cover. pp 42. Contains a map of Ayrshire Medieval Parishes. £5
50 Cowan  Ian   AYRSHIRE  ABBEYS : Crossraguel and Kilwinning   AANHS 1986. Booklet v.g. pp 28. Contains an excellent diagram of Kilwinning Abbey £3
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53 OKLAHOMA  Ayr Amateur Opera Company programme 1994   Photo's of cast etc. Patron List by name only. £4
54 42ND STREET   Ayr Amateur Opera Company programme 2000. Excellent group photo's of cast.  Patrons List by name only. £2
55 GUYS AND DOLLS   Ayr Amateur Opera Company programme 1998. Excellent photo's of the Company. Patron List by name only. £4
56 TOM THUMB   Gaiety Theatre programme not dated. Photographs in the programme SIGNED by the principal CAST.  Photo's signed Johnny Beattie, Eric Cullen, Zee, Lawrie McNicol, Melanie McReady , Tracy Hammond, Mandy Ashton, Lynne Bustard, and Ruth Warrior. £8
57 FENWICK PARISH CHURCH commemorative calender of 1993 to celebrate 350 years of the Church   The water colour plates are outstanding and the plate for  October of the Church with Covenanter and Reformation is particularly nice. A good collectors item £4
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59 Jarvie  Gordon   AYRSHIRE RECESSIONAL   Pub Harpercroft 1998. Booklet v.g. Colour covers.  pp 66.  Poems about Scotland including Culzean, Barnweil at Craigie and Airdrie. £3
60 Jarvie  Gordon   ANOTHER WORKING DAY : Twenty new poems by Jarvie. Pub Harpercroft  of Crail. Booklet v.g.  24.  Has one on 'the Glasow Train and Glenshee.   £2
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62 Morrison and Hughes   THE STONE AGES IN AYRSHIRE   Pub AANHS 1989. Booklet v.g.  pp 37. Contains a map of the location of the Mesolithic Sites at Girvan. £3
63. ---------    AYRSHIRE NOTES    No 32. Autumn 2006.  Booklet v.g. pp 30. Has an article about the Rev. Robert Jaffray ( 1747 - 1814 )of Gallow Knowe Church Kilmarnock.  IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE AANHS JUST EMAIL AND I WILL EMAIL YOU WITH DETAILS.  Its worth noting that after a £15 subscription the publications are free which is a very good deal. £2
64 Fraser  Alex   A CLOSER LOOK AT FORRES OF YESTERYEAR  A Historical Walk Through The Royal And Ancient Burgh   1996. Booklet v.g. Illustrated covers.  pp 34. It sontains some good plated of residents. £2
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66 -----------    THE BOYDS OF KILMARNOCK   Pub Kilmarnock and District History Group   Booklet v.g. Please note it slightly dust marked. pp 46. The publication is very detailed and its in this type of publication there is information an available elsewhere. £4
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69 -----------   THE SCOTTISH BUS HANDBOOK   Pub Brit. Bus Pub. 1994. Booklet v.g. Soft covers  pp 160.  Plates.  The details of all the Scottish buses use by every Fleet operator in Scotland £4
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71 Pearson John   AROUND NORTH EAST FIFE   Pub Pearson. Booklet v.g. Soft covers.  pp 48. Drawings.  The joy of this book is the Architectural drawings of the buildngs. £3
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73 ---------   CALICO, COTTON AND CHARACTER - A HISTORY OF BUSBY   Pub Eastwood District Libraries 1988. Booklet v.g. pp 38.  Also contains interesting plates. £3
74 DUNOON AND DISTRICT GUIDE   Pub 1970's. Booklet v.g.  pp 96. Plates.  Gives details of the historical sites and places of interest. £3
     
     
     
     

 

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