Thursday, July 31, 2014

Thursday 31st July - Ayr Library and Mary-Ann's research

Today was Mary-Ann's chance to get into Ayr and do some research for her family tree, including the McGills and Stevensons.

First stop was Morrison's Supermarket on the way to look for a few items
Morrison's supermarket
and then progressed to the Kyle car park building in the Town Centre. From there we went to the Information Centre in the Sandgate. To find our way around we could use these two tall towers as landmarks.
Steeple in the Sandgate

Tower in the High Street
Lunch was hot bacon and egg rolls and a coffee.
Dobson's Pantry
The main task of the day was to find the library where Mary-Ann could do some of her family research. We crossed the bridge
The old bridge over the River Ayr
over the river to Garden Street and found it.
Mary-Ann at the Carnegie Ayr library
The family history section was upstairs. On the way up we saw this beautiful stained glass window
First description of the window

The whole window

The lady of literature

How many toes?
- note the lady with 6 toes!

The staff  there were helpful, especially Tom Bradley. While Mary-Ann did that I read the papers and was able to get online on a library computer.
Mary-Ann at work
On the way home it was back to Morrison's to buy something for tea.

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