Donald Lees Reid BA (Hons) is a Scottish author. He specialises in local and social history and has written books on the history of the Garnock Valley and Doon Valley, including the towns of

Beith Beith is a small town in the Garnock Valley, North Ayrshire, Scotland approximately south-west of Glasgow. The town is situated on the crest of a hill and was known originally as the "''Hill o' Beith''" (hill of the birches) after its ''Court ...

Barrmill Barrmill is a small village in North Ayrshire, Scotland about east of Beith on the road to Burnhouse and Lugton. Locally it is known as the ''Barr''.Reid, Donald L. (2009). ''Discovering Matthew Anderson. Policeman-Poet of Ayrshire''. Beith : ...

Dalmellington Dalmellington ( sco, Dawmellinton, gd, Dail M'Fhaolain) is a market town and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In 2001 the village had a population of 1,407. The town owes its origins to the fault line separating the Southern Uplands of ...

, Gateside,

Kilbirnie Kilbirnie ( Gaelic: ''Cill Bhraonaigh'') is a small town of 7,280 (as of 2001) inhabitants situated in the Garnock Valley area of North Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland. It is around southwest of Glasgow and approximately from Paisle ...

Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

, and Waterside. He has resided in

North Ayrshire North Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Àir a Tuath, ) is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. The council area borders Inverclyde to the north, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire to the northeast, and East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire to the east and so ...

since 1986. A strong emphasis in the books is on the people and the social context of their lives. Donald was born and brought up in Dalmellington, the son of James Reid, a miner for 43 years, and Mary Hose.Reid (2009), Page 72 He retired from the

Strathclyde Police Strathclyde Police was the territorial police force responsible for the Scottish council areas of Argyll and Bute, City of Glasgow, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshir ...

Force in 1999 with the rank of

Police Superintendent Superintendent (Supt) is a rank in the British police and in most English-speaking Commonwealth nations. In many Commonwealth countries, the full version is superintendent of police (SP). The rank is also used in most British Overseas Territories ...

. In 1994 he was accorded the honour of being selected as Beith Citizen of the Year for his voluntary work.Reid (2010), Page 155

Authorship

# Reid, Donald L. (1994). ''Reflections of Beith and District – On the Wings of Time''. Beith High Church Youth Group. # Reid, Donald L. & Monahan, Isobel F. (1998). Yesterday's Beith. A Pictorial Guide. Beith : Duke of Edinburgh Award. . # Reid, Donald L. (2000). ''The Beith Supplement – The Story of Beith's Newspaper''. Beith : Duke of Edinburgh Award. . # Reid, Donald L. (2001). ''In the Valley of the Garnock. Beith, Dalry & Kilbirnie''. Beith : Duke of Edinburgh Award. . # Reid, Donald L. (2001). ''Old Beith''. Ochiltree : Stenlake Publishing. . # Reid, Donald L. (2001). ''Old Dalmellington, Patna and Waterside.'' Ochiltree : Stenlake Publishing. # Reid, Donald L. (2002). ''Doon Valley Memories. A Pictorial Reflection.'' # Reid, Donald L. (2003). ''Barrmill Jolly Beggars Burns Club – Reflections on a Diamond Jubilee.'' # Reid, Donald L. (2004). ''Doon Valley Bygones.'' # Reid, Donald L. (2005). ''Yesterday's Patna & The Lost Villages of the Doon valley.'' # Reid, Doanld L. (2005). ''Robert Burns' Valley of Doon – An Ayrshire Journey Down Memory Lane.'' # Reid, Donald L. (2006). ''More Old Beith.'' # Reid, Donald L. (2009). ''Discovering Matthew Anderson. Policeman-Poet of Ayrshire''. Beith : Cleland Crosbie. . # Reid, Donald L. (2010). ''Beith, Barrmill & Gateside. Precious memories''. . # Reid, Donald L. (2012). ''The Lost Mining Villages of Doon Valley. Voices and Images of Ayrshire.'' .

References

Sources

# Reid, Donald L. (2010). ''Beith, Barrmill & Gateside. Precious memories''. . # Reid, Donald L. (2009). ''Discovering Matthew Anderson. Policeman-Poet of Ayrshire''. Beith : Cleland Crosbie. . 1951 births Living people Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland {{UK-nonfiction-writer-stub