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Since 1998 there has been much interest in these pages. So much so that contributions have been made from all over the world. However, in the main, the larger collections have been within the local area. A list of the contributors is given below. Apologies if there are names missing.

Web design and founder - Kenny Baird (Sorn)

Additional groundwork by Kenny Baird, Sandy McFadyean, Paul Haining, David Shaw, Ian Read, Gordon Cunningham.
Much of the text and background information from Terry Harrison, Willie Lyle, Chris Lees, Jimmy Taylor.

Anon =  Anonymous contributions from those that respectfully did not want their name on the Internet.

Other assistance, research, contributions and advice from:


A.

Pat Aitken/ Alexander (Mauchline)
Ronnie Anderson (Galston)

B.

Archie Baird (Galston)
Baird Institute (Cumnock)
Ballochmyle Golf Club
Derek Barbour (Failford)
Derek Barbour (Sorn)
Craig Barbour (Sorn)
Mr Barkley (Former Sorn Headmaster)
Mary Black
Bill Blake (Mauchline)
Isa Brown (Mauchline)
Burns House Museum in Mauchline

C.


Geordie Cameron (Sorn)
Carnegie Library (Ayr)
Lindsay Clark (Sorn)
Jimmy Clebo (Catrine)
Bert Collington (Galston)
James Cook (Sorn)
Godron Cunningham (Sorn and Mauchline)
Jean Cunningham (Sorn)

D.

Alex Deveney (Mauchline)

F.

John Faulds (Sorn)
Hugh Ferguson
Mac Forbes (Galston)
Jock Foster (Muirkirk)
Billy Frew (Sorn)

G.

Billy Gibson (Sorn)
Norma Girvan (Mauchline)
William Girvan (Sorn)
Heather Goudie (Sorn)
Grace Goudie (Sorn)

H.

Paul Haining (Mauchline)
Eric Hamilton (Perth)
George Hardy (Mauchline)
Billy Harrison (Mauchline)
Hugh Harrison (Sorn)
Terry Harrison (Mauchline)
Billy Henderson (Mauchline)
Hughy Hodge (Auchmillan Hill)
Alan Hopkins (Sorn)
Guy Howie (Auchinleck)

I.

Mary Imrie (Failford)

J.

John Jackson (Mauchline)
Billy Johnstone (Sorn)
Archie and Marjorie Johnston (Sorn)

K.

Sam Kay (Galston)
John Kerr (Catrine)
Euan Kerr (Catrine)

L.

Robert Lawrence (Mauchline)
Ronnie Lawrence (Mauchline)
Chris Lees (Sorn)
Bert Logan (Catrine)
Ian Lyell (Mauchline)
William Lyle (Mauchline)

M.

Willie McClure (Sorn)
Francis McDowal (Mauchline)
Sandy McFadyean (Catrine)
Karen McFadzean (Sorn Inn)
Thelma McGradey (Sorn Village Hall)
Bert McGregor (Mauchline)
Mrs Anne McIlvean (Catrine)
Rachel McIntyre (Sorn Castle)
Jean McKay (Sorn)
Irene McKenzie (Catrine)
Jim McMahon (Sorn)


John Clark Maddison (NE England)
Ian Mason (Catrine)
Nancy Moffat & Mauchline Spiders
Margaret Morton (Sorn)
Nally Murray (Muirkirk)

N.

Kenny Neil (Sorn)
Jim Nisbet (Sorn)
Paul Norman (Ballochmyle Inn, Mauchline)
Lord Norreys (Sorn)

O.

Judy A. Ollikkala (USA)

P.

Murray Pringle (Muirkirk)
Prof David Purdie (Edinburgh)

R.

Bob Ramsay (Mauchline)
Stuart Robertson (Sorn)
Eric Roxburgh (Sorn)
Elizabeth Robb (Sorn)
Ian Read (Sorn)

S.

Jim Scott (Mauchline)
David Shaw (Sorn)
George Shaw (Sorn)
Lynette Stewart (Sorn and Mauchline)
George Smith (Catrine)
Sorn Primary School
David Somervell (Sorn and Montrose)
Stevenson's Dairy Farm (Cumnock)
Margaret Scott (Sorn)
Lena Scott (Ardrossan)

T.

Robin Tannock (Mauchline)
Jimmy Taylor (Muirkirk)
Jim Taylor (Lochhill, Crosshands)
Jessie Telfer (Newmilns)
Jim Turnbull

W.

Sanny Wyper (Sorn)
William Wither (Sorn)

A lack of proper equipment is never helpful when operating on a shoestring, far less working on a monster project such as this. I would therefore like to thank the following people for allowing ayrshirehistory.com the use of various pieces of equipment over the last few years.

David Shaw, Sandy McFadyean, Paul Haining, Gordon Cunningham, Ayrshire Electronic Community, Alan Hopkins. 

Thanks to the Baird Institute in Cumnock for access to their public archives.
The institute is part of the Library and Information service of East Ayrshire Council.

Large local collections from Terry Harrison, Jimmy Taylor and Willie Lyle have helped make this archive what it is today.