Carrick Gazette - Lifestyle Feed

Energetic young four piece have good times on and off stage

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:54:49 GMT

This year’s opening band of Gig on the Green will be ‘Tortuga’. Tortuga is an energetic 4 Piece band from Girvan that consists of Kieran, Kris, Kev and Paul.

Relax rules and free up grazing

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:48:44 GMT

NFU Scotland has asked the Scottish Government to consider relaxing the rules on some agri-environment projects to help free up grazing for Scotland’s struggling livestock.

Pupils support friends with new diet plan

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:57:51 GMT

Last week was Coeliac Awareness week (13th -19th May) and Gardenrose Primary School celebrated their success in supporting pupils Keir, 11, and Rory McKnight, 9, and Zoe Lamont,10, who have all been diagnosed with the condition.

From a sordid tale to the fanciful Tam O’ Shanter

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:49:01 GMT

This week my tale is about one of Ayrshire’s famous sons, Robert Burns, who as a young man was an avid listener to many tales, in particular to those he learned from old Betty Davidson whose stories were, in the main, of the supernatural.

Livestock producers urged to discuss Schmallenberg

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:35:08 GMT

Scottish livestock farmers now have access to a vaccine to help protect sheep and cattle against birth defects in their young caused by the Schmallenberg Virus (SBV).

Trade booms as a result of botched DIY

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:43:15 GMT

Business is booming for UK tradesmen due to Britain’s do-it-yourself attitude, according to a new survey.

Soap opera is in the awards for drama

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:59:50 GMT

Anybody who was watching the British Soap Awards last Sunday evening will have noticed that Coronation Street did extremely well – due in part to the harrowing Tyronne and Kirsty storyline.

A Eurovision television spectacular

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:36 GMT

On Saturday night from 8pm on BBC-1 there will be the annual Eurovision Song Contest – a television event which was first screened in 1956.

Music tops the bill at new look Burns an’ a’ that festival event

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:57:57 GMT

The new-look Burns an’a’that! Festival is creating quite a stir and promises more than before, with live music very much to the fore and most of it is free of charge.

Burns has hogged the limelight  for far too long

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:56:34 GMT

HE’S hogged the limelight for decades – but now bard Robert Burns finally has competition in the celebrity stakes.

No expense spared to produce town hall for royal burgh

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:33:38 GMT

Well, last week we covered the history of Girvan’s Stumpy, a building worthy of note despite there being little action from South Ayrshire Council in repairing the clock.

DVD review - New Scotland Yard

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:31:02 GMT

Over the years there have been a large number of television series featuring the work of the police. As more of them are becoming available on DVD, it is interesting to compare and contrast them.

DVD review - Dr Findlay’s Casebook Series One

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:31:00 GMT

Unfortunately with the notable exceptions of Doctor Who and the Forsyte Saga, not many monochrome BBC drama programmes of the sixties have been released on DVD.

Cats’ Corner

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:12:51 GMT

South Ayrshire Cats Protection are seeking a home for a special pair of friends!

Burnsiana at bard’s birthplace museum

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:28:05 GMT

If you visit the award winning Robert Burns Birthplace Museum this summer you will have the opportunity to see “Burnsiana”, a solo exhibition of work by Calum Colvin, one of Scotland’s leading contemporary artists.

Homeowners warned over DIY danger

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:04:45 GMT

Homeowners attempting to have a go at DIY are being urged to think again after an over-enthusiastic householder botched a job which knocked £20,000 off the value of his neighbours’ homes and left his own property derelict.

Examining the Star Trek phenomenon

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:23:03 GMT

With the new Star Trek film – Into Darkness – arriving in cinemas it is appropriate that television - which was the franchise’s original home - should examine this phenomenon.

Ayrshire groups headline 2013 gig on the green at Stair Park

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:15:07 GMT

THE WAYFARER - Return to Stumpy Tower, one of Girvan’s most iconic buildings

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:12:14 GMT

I did mention in one of my previous articles that I would return to the most iconic building in Girvan which is, of course, ‘Stumpy Tower’. I must be brief as the space allotted to me seems to get smaller every week.

Bookbug is planning some exciting days

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:58:28 GMT

Bookbug is planning an exciting day out with lots of young reading fans when he takes part in a Pram Push and Baby Bounce from 10.30am to noon on Tuesday May 21. The adventure will start at South Ayrshire Council’s Carnegie Library in Ayr and finish at the Citadel in Ayr.