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unusual facts about Fairlie, North Ayrshire


Fairlie, New Zealand

It was first known as Fairlie's Creek and supposedly named because it reminded early settlers of Fairlie in Scotland.


0-4-4-0

There are three examples of surviving Fairlie 0-4-4-0 locomotives on the Ffestiniog Railway the last of which was built in 1992.

Bourtreehill House

The wooded hill-top, a distinctive feature of the estate, is now a landmark that sits at the centre of modern North Bourtreehill in the district of North Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland.

County of Bute

In 1996 as a result of local government council reorganisation when unitary council areas were superseded and new councils created, Bute became part of Argyll and Bute, and the other islands are now within North Ayrshire.

Dougie Johnstone

He played professionally as a central defender before retiring and becoming a teacher at various schools around North Ayrshire, including the now demolished St Andrews Academy in Saltcoats.

Duncan Frederick Campbell

Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Frederick Campbell, DSO (28 April 1876 Simcoe, Ontario – 4 September 1916) was Unionist MP for North Ayrshire who died in World War I.

Fairlie, North Ayrshire

These include the "Village Inn" (a pub and restaurant), a petrol station, a deli, a Chinese takeaway and a small gift and flower shop.

Firth of Clyde

In addition to the shipbuilding and engineering centres up river of Glasgow, Govan, Clydebank, Dumbarton and Renfrew the lower river developed major yards at Greenock, Port Glasgow and smaller ones at Irvine, Ardrossan, Troon and Campbeltown and boatyards including Hunters Quay, Port Bannatyne and Fairlie.

Gerard Fairlie

Francis Gerard Luis Fairlie (1 November 1899 – 31 March 1983) was an English author and scriptwriter on whom Sapper (H. C. McNeile) based the character of Bulldog Drummond.

Greenock Telegraph

Although it concerns itself primarily with news from Inverclyde, West Renfrewshire and North Ayrshire it occasionally runs national stories on its front and inner pages.

José Enrique Moyal

C. K. Zachos, D. B. Fairlie, and T. L. Curtright, "Quantum Mechanics in Phase Space" (World Scientific, Singapore, 2005) ISBN 981-238-384-0.

Kristin Fairlie

As a voice actress, Fairlie has voiced the roles of Little Bear, Bridgette in Total Drama Island, Total Drama Action and Total Drama World Tour, and Emma on the TV series Stoked.

New Zealand State Highway 8

The highway leaves SH1 at Washdyke, an industrial suburb of Timaru, travelling initially northwest towards the town of Fairlie.

North Ayr Wild

They play their games at Auchenharvie Ice Rink in Stevenston, North Ayrshire.

Sleeping Warrior

Various interpretations of the profile exist although the view of The Witches Step and Caisteal Abhail from North Ayrshire and Bute is arguably the most convincing.

Stagecoach West Scotland

This would add local bus operation around Irvine, Stewarton and Troon, and would consolidate the Stagecoach Western operation, securing it as the dominant operator in north Ayrshire, a role Western Scottish never succeeded in filling.

Ted Nevill

He currently resides in Beith, North Ayrshire where he is the director of the military history picture library, Cody Images.

Tracey Crawford

Crawford, originally from Largs in North Ayrshire, began her career at Northsound Radio in 1989 as a producer of programming, promotions and commercials.

Transport in Kolkata

Also the twin cities of Kolkata and Howrah are connected by local water ferries through the extensive ghats like Fairlie Ghat, Howrah Ghat, Shibpur Ghat, Prinsep Ghat, Cossipore Ghat, etc.

Winson Engineering

Preparation of Ffestiniog Railway Fairlie 0-4-4-0T Livingston Thompson for display in the National Railway Museum


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