Short History of Ayrshire
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Short History of Ayrshire
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History, folklore, myth and maybe some fun from the best region in Scotland. The artist formerly known as the Kingdom of Strathclyde, Damnonii, and many more names.
If the instagram links don't lead to clear ways to donate, just let me know and I'll give more info. In general, if you have some spare cash and want to help, you can find ways to do so, and something is better than nothing. Thanks for reading and sorry for breaking from the history gimmick account.
November 29, 2024 at 7:01 PM
All causes are worthy, but my mate told me that as the war drags on, it’s incredibly clear to her how much those participating and effected need psychological help, and I think that’s clear to see. Any donations or help would be amazing and would directly help the victims of the invasion.
November 29, 2024 at 7:01 PM
...She's the only person in the list not connected to psychological health.”
November 29, 2024 at 7:01 PM
“Olha Halushko: Some jerk threw a heavy flowerpot from 20m high during a demonstration near to the city hall during the orange revolution. She's been through coma but is fit now and continues her volunteer work helping those effected by the war in Cherkasy...
November 29, 2024 at 7:01 PM
“Natalia Logvinenko: She does psychological support for soldiers and families. Part of the NGO Atlant, but I think it's better to support her directly, she works a lot and doesn't have money. She's from Cherkasy.”
November 29, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Above these larger groups, through her mother who still lives in Cherkasy and directly supports them, two women who provide psychological help individually. The details are here, and if you want to help them personally, get in touch with me and I’ll tell you how:
November 29, 2024 at 7:01 PM
“Then there's these bigger organisations like “Atlant” (www.instagram.com/atlantsuppor...), who have mobile groups of psychologists or “Varto Zhiti” (vartozhyty.com.ua) , they both are good but bigger and better organized.”
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November 29, 2024 at 7:01 PM
...change the direction into the psychological help for soldiers and families. There are 4 psychologists in the office.” www.instagram.com/openheartua/
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November 29, 2024 at 7:01 PM
...relate directly to effected people of Cherkasy. The easiest of her choices to donate to are, in her words: “An NGO called Open heart Ua. A guy who started the NGO 20 years ago and firstly helped children, but after spending time with soldiers in a hospital, decided to...
November 29, 2024 at 7:01 PM
...who’s Ukrainian, and her friends, family, and people are suffering in ways that we are lucky not to understand. I asked her to send me some links to worthy (although I think they all are) causes to donate to. She is from the central Ukrainian city of Cherkasy and some of her suggestions...
November 29, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Aye I'm sure if they just asked nicely they'd get what they were after!
November 28, 2024 at 4:51 PM
(6/6) With the residents gone the church and school closed too. The houses were demolished under the Slum Clearance Act in the 1940s and Darnconner faded into history. For more about Ayrshire’s lost villages you can buy a book on the topic here: www.carnpublishing.com/lostvillages...
Ayrshire's Lost Villages
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November 26, 2024 at 5:41 PM
(5/6) A combination of dwindling resources and uninhabitable conditions led to the emptying of the village. Some had to leave when the jobs started disappearing, and by the 1930s the rest were moved to new housing in Auchinleck.
November 26, 2024 at 5:41 PM
(4/6) The report stated: ‘The population of Darnconner is approximately 400, and there is not a closet, for the whole of the population, with a door on it. There is not a washing house, and the whole place reeks of human dirt and ‘glaur’.
November 26, 2024 at 5:41 PM
(3/6) Surveyed by the Ayrshire Miner’s Union in 1913, they found that Darnconner had been badly neglected by the mine owners who acted both as employer and landlord, leaving the families who lived and worked there to live in squalor next to an open sewer.
November 26, 2024 at 5:41 PM
(2/6) At it’s peak the East Ayrshire village had a population of 1,198 in 1891, but in the space of just ten years this dropped to 457 in 1901. Most of the population lived in one continuous miners’ row of 96 houses, one of the longest in the country.
November 26, 2024 at 5:41 PM
(3/3) Interestingly, one of the arrowheads is described as "undoubtedly" of North American origin, while another is described as being in the Italian style.
November 25, 2024 at 1:46 PM
(2/3) "A fine set of barbed and tanged arrowheads and a pressure flaked flint borer come from the estate of Lanfine, 4km W of Loanfoot. One of the arrowheads was found in peat 3km SW of Loanfoot at NS 5684 3440."
November 25, 2024 at 1:46 PM
(4/4) ...evidence of a fenced village of around eight huts, including a kiln, evident in the pottery that was uncovered. This potentially makes Dreghorn Britain’s oldest continuously inhabited village.
November 22, 2024 at 2:24 PM