From the archives of the Ayrshire Post

25 YEARS AGO

Prestwick Airport is to remain the venue for Kyle and Carrick District Council’s annual Food Trades Exhibition. The authority’s environment committee declined the offer to stage the 1994 event at Ayr’s Craigie College. The offer was by the College Caterers Association who are holding their national conference at the college in March. Environmental health officer Denis Reid advised a move was unadvisable. The show attracts 45 food trade companies.

50 YEARS AGO

The new abattoir at Heathfield, estimated to cost £ 550,00, will not be municipally- run, but built and operated by bacon curers Mitchells. The arrangement will result in considerable savings to the ratepayers. As part of a modern meat- packing plant, it will maintain the traditional service to the people of the district.

R Connolly, a director of Mitchells, said: “This will be the most modern plant of its kind in Scotland. It will vastly improve marketing services for farmers.”

100 YEARS AGO

A lively discussion was heard at the monthly meeting of Monkton and Prestwick School Board in the Parish Chambers.

The Attendance Reports were as follows: Monkton on a roll of 116, average attendance 110.5, percentage 95.2. Prestwick on roll of 348, average attendance 324 , percentage of 93.

Glenburn on roll of 293, average attendance 271.6, percentage of 92.6. High School on roll of 304, average attendance 278, percentage 91.