Ayr
Americannoun
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"We at Ayr Diving Club hope that the powers-that-be will reconsider their plans to phase out diving at the Citadel Leisure Centre."
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
"It's a dying trade," 61-year-old Maria Wade said of her job as a "greasy mender" at Alex Begg, a semi-rural mill that has been based in Ayr in southwest Scotland for more than a century.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
Freeman was born and raised in Ayr and had a long career in the health and social justice sectors before working in politics.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
He attended his first game in person at the weekend, a 3-2 home loss to Ayr United.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025
Their territories beyond the Isthmus evidently stretched as far as the Grampians, consisting of great part of Ayr, all Renfrew and Lanark, a considerable part of Stirling, and perhaps Linlithgow.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
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