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Huge thanks to great friends!

MY wife Nancy and myself, on behalf of Sean Rafferty, former Cider Spiders guitarist, would like to say a great big thank you to Minx, Grom and Jim of the Cider Spiders, Gav, Redhouse, The Japanese Mafia, Dirty Angel, and all their fans and friends, for a fantastic, electrifying night at the Monkey Bar in Kilmarnock last Friday, August 21.Read

Bollards are a waste of money

I AM writing this out of sheer frustration about the new bollards on Stoneyhill Avenue, across from the Plaice To Be chip shop in Kilmarnock.Read

Victimisation needs to stop

I FEEL it necessary to bring a particular issue to the attention of Standard readers, an issue which causes enormous problems for people across Scotland, particularly young people.Read

The hypocrisy of Diageo

THE name Diageo is supposedly made up of two words, Dia is Latin for day and Geo is Greek for world.Read

Thank you, Kilmarnock

LAST Saturday morning, August 15, I was driving on the road from Kilmarnock to Crosshouse when I suddenly lost control of my car due to a front tyre blow-out.Read

Three viable alternatives

The following open letter is from the Cross Party Group working to save Johnnie Walker jobs in Kilmarnock.Read

A great advert for Kilmarnock

AS a son of Kilmarnock and a member of its old and respected Burns Club, I am more than familiar with the saga of the Kay Park Burns Monument.Read

Inspiration of Fenwick visit

I HAVE just returned from an inspirational, thought-provoking and hugely enjoyable event at Fenwick where we gathered to commemorate the life of a great son of Fenwick, Sir George Fowlds.Read

Ban circus animals now

GWYNETH Guthrie’s sympathy for elephants does her credit (Kilmarnock Standard, August 7).Read

People matter

NO doubt Donald Blair of Edinburgh is feeling quite smug with himself. He sat down with a bit of paper and a pencil and juggled some numbers around.Read

Housing for the disabled

I REFER to the article published in the Kilmarnock Standard of June 26 on East Ayrshire Council’s approach to providing suitable housing for disabled people.Read

All together now

DES Browne’s speech at Westminster as reported in last week’s Standard was an important contribution to the all-party campaign to keep Johnnie Walker in Kilmarnock.Read

Scoring points

IT APPEARS that Mr Meechan in last week’s issue is intent in making the Diageo Walker’s situation an opportunity to score political points.Read

Circus animals are cared for

WHY the fuss over Bobby Roberts’ Circus?Read

Been there and done it, sadly

MAY I begin by saying that I fully support the workforces at both Johnnie Walker’s in Kilmarnock and Port Glasgow in their fight to keep both plants open within Diageo.Read

Johnnie Walker's: A solution to plant closure

DIAGEO maintain they have looked at all the options and the closure of the Kilmarnock plant is the one which best serves their future Scotch whisky production.Read

No respect for animals

ONCE again we are faced with the sad spectacle of a circus with performing animals touring Ayrshire over the next few weeks.Read

Johnnie Walker's: Shame on museum plan

DIAGEO, the Scottish whisky manufacturer who sponsors world golf, motor racing and many other sporting events, suggested building a museum in Kilmarnock towards Johnnie Walker whisky.Read

Johnnie Walker's: Failed to live up to values

DIAGEO workers have been force-fed the company’s ‘values’ for years.Read

Have a little compassion

I WAS saddened to learn that the Bobby Roberts Circus will once again be visiting Ayrshire.Read

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