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Jacqueline Heron Wray
- Mar 16
- 13 min
Loos 1915
I am writing a novel set in Crosshouse during WW1 and WW2. While researching WW1 for the book, the Battle of Loos caught my attention. I...
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Jacqueline Heron Wray
- Jul 24, 2020
- 7 min
Love Living Lock down !?
While many of us may think lockdown and mask-wearing is an entirely new phenomenon, as is often the case, history begs to differ. The...
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Jacqueline Heron Wray
- Jul 23, 2020
- 3 min
King Street To King's Road Reviews
Intriguing, funny and completely absorbing. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 May 2019 Verified Purchase Fascinating history of the...
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Jacqueline Heron Wray
- Feb 11, 2020
- 3 min
Let me introduce you to big Al!
My Mum passed away in November 2019. She died ‘peacefully’ in a nursing home after a long illness which left her unable to speak, eat or...
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Jacqueline Heron Wray
- Jun 6, 2019
- 3 min
'Advice to Animal Owners'
It is 1939. You know that war is imminent. You have had your gas mask since last year. You are scared. Life as you have known it is about...
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Jacqueline Heron Wray
- Apr 27, 2019
- 1 min
Dick Institute
On Tuesday 30th April 1901, The Dick Institute was opened by the wife of James Dick who had been born in Soulis Street, Kilmarnock in...
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Jacqueline Heron Wray
- Apr 13, 2019
- 4 min
The 49ers
The 49ers were pioneers who made their way to Sutters Mill, California when gold was discovered there in 1848. The biggest influx began...
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Jacqueline Heron Wray
- Apr 1, 2019
- 4 min
Titanic!
In March 1909, construction of RMS Titanic began in Queens Island, Belfast. The new ship was a design collaboration between Bruce Ismay’s...
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Jacqueline Heron Wray
- Mar 21, 2019
- 4 min
Archie McIndoe. A man of many faces
Archie McIndoe, the man who restored the minds and bodies of WW2 pilots. Archie McIndoe was born on the 4th of May 1900, in Dunedin New...
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Jacqueline Heron Wray
- Mar 11, 2019
- 2 min
Sawney Bean, Scottish Cannibal?
Extract from King Street to King’s Road. Papa’s cousin, Tammy, was a dairyman on a farm In Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire. I loved to visit the...
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Jacqueline Heron Wray
- Feb 26, 2019
- 5 min
Craig House and Laigh Milton Viaduct.
I have many happy memories of Craig House. My grandmother worked there as a seamstress in the 1960s and 70s when Craig House was used as...
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Jacqueline Heron Wray
- Feb 24, 2019
- 2 min
Save Seafield!
An excerpt from "King Street To King's Road" ‘Although I remember Seafield as an imposing and intimidating building for sick children, I...
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Jacqueline Heron Wray
- Feb 24, 2019
- 1 min
Belleisle then and now
Belleisle, Alloway, Ayr. Where Belleisle stands was once known as Netherton of Alloway. The land was purchased by Dr Alexander Campbell...
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