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Tam o' Shanter
The series of forty Tam o' Shanter slides, once available from the Tam o'
Shanter Museum in Ayr, are now downloadable as a Powerpoint presentation.NOTE: Either Microsoft Powerpoint ® or the free Powerpoint Viewer (Available HERE) are required to view this presentation. |
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The
Dwelling House of James Shearer The Story of the Tam o' Shanter Inn  Written and Illustrated by Joseph D. Shearer |
The Dwelling House of James Shearer
This is the story of the building famous as the Tam o' Shanter Inn from its construction
by young James Shearer in 1748, until 1992 when it once more became an inn.The two storey building now known as the Tam O'Shanter Inn has stood on the east side of the High Street in the Townhead of Ayr for over two and a half centuries and is the only example left in Ayr of the dwelling house of an ordinary eighteenth century family. |
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Ayr
and its People From 1428 to the Time of Burns  Written and Illustrated by Joseph D. Shearer |
Ayr and it's People
This is not a history of Ayr but rather an attempt to put together
a picture of the people who lived there from the 1420s
until the end of the 18th century.Read about the real Maggie Osburne, the witch burnings in Ayr and discover the true site of the Greyfriars lands. See what Ayr looked like hundreds of years ago. Over 200 pages with more than 80 colour and black and white illustrations. Download a Preview 40 pages |
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Bound For Botany Bay
First published in 1976, Bound for Botany Bay is a unique description of
Australia's convict period. Prizewinning artist J.D. Shearer's gallery of
impressions, meticulously researched, makes a telling comment on this fascinating
period of colonial times. The paintings are accompanied by excerpts from
writings of the period. Whether a passage from a ponderous House of Lords
report, or the lonely wail of a banished convict maid echoed in a street
ballad of the times, the effect is a startling glimpse of life in colonial
Sydney Town.Download a Preview 10 pages |