Town Hall Talk


Speakers' Organiser:      OiR Committee
Venue:   Ayr Town Hall (unless otherwise stated)
Date and Time: Tuesday  1.30 pm - fortnightly

OiR Town Hall Meetings are fortnightly open meetings to which all are invited and not restricted to OiR members.

Meetings will be held in the Main Hall at Ayr Town Hall at 1.30pm on the dates listed, but may occasionally be held in Newton Wallacetown Church if the Town Hall is not available to us.

Please see below for any possible changes of dates or venues.


OiR Town Hall Talk – Programme from January 2026


January 6thKatherine McNab and Ron Currie – Ayr Film Society
January 20th40th Anniversary Party
Bring your own drink. and refreshments!
February 3rdJohn Walker. Looking at the Will for the “Big Cheerio”
February 17th  Cancelled
March 3rdCatherine Nicol – Title to be confirmed
March 17thNOT AVAILABLE MUSIC FESTIVAL
March 31stGive a Dog a Bone – Title to be confirmed
April 14thAGM – followed by an old black and white film about the “Prestwick Laundry”
April 28thMaeve Orr – Title to be confirmed
May 12thFiona Longmuir – Suicide Prevention
May 26thQuiz – Maggie Roebuck
June 9thChange of talk:
John Rattenbury – Lighthouses of the Clyde
June 23rdJohn Rattenbury – Staying safe on the Internet
September 1stStuart Bates – “Alloway Tunnel”
September 15thDenis Rattenbury.  “Welsh slate, Nuclear Power and the rebirth of the Ffestiniog Railway”
September 29thMeg Steel– “The highs and lows of camping in Scotland”
October 13thWendy Sinclair-Gieben – “Do Our Prisons meet our Communities needs?”
October 27thClive Tucker – Title to be confirmed
November 10thEntertainment – Castaway – “Butch Casserole and the Sunday Roast Kid”
November 24thAlasdair Wham – “Writing a Novel”
December 8thParty with the OiR Choir