Arran primary schools in inspection row
Four primary schools on Arran have been named in a row involving 28 schools in North Ayrshire which have not been inspected for more than 10 years.
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Arran villages take part in childminding recruitment campaign
Three Arran villages have been selected for a pilot project seeking to support, recruit and train new professional childminders.
Leisure
Pirnmill artist’s library show
When he returned to Britain in 1985, he taught in Buckinghamshire and for the next 30 years ran the department of Fine Art at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe.
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The sacrifice of the men who never came home
We don’t know the precise fate of John Craig or Ronald Robertson, two out of 500 casualties suffered that day by their battalion the 9th Black Watch. But we wonder.
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Remembering at last the eight brave men of Pirnmill
As we approach the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War the people of Pirnmill have ensured that names of the men from the area who fell in the war will live for evermore and that future generations will be able to go on remembering them in the years to come.
Leisure
Legacy Fund helps Pirnmill honour war dead
The Council’s Legacy Fund provides funding for communities and organisations which are preparing to hold events or deliver activities based on commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One.
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New war memorial to be dedicated
The memorial bears the names of eight men from the parish that made the ultimate sacrifice.
Nostalgia
Society delve into the days of old Pirnmill
The aim of her research is to gather funds to extend the existing World War Two memorial in the village to cover the service men who died in the First World War.
Nostalgia
Pirnmill historical talks to raise funds for war memorial
A fascinating pictorial talk on the history of the village of Pirnmill will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at 7pm and then again in Brodick Library on Wednesday February 21, at 2pm.