To mark Black History month Ayrshire Archives have created an excellent on-line exhibition which can be accessed here. The exhibition covers a number of topics
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National Poetry Day and New Cumnock Herd Fair
Today is National Poetry Day with a theme of water. This combination for most New Cumnockians would bring one work to mind – our national
New Cumnock Railway Station – John Miller Plaque
THE GLASGOW, DUMFRIES & CARLISLE RAILWAY LEGACY OF JOHN MILLER, CE FRSE Commemorated by a plaque at New Cumnock Station on 2 May 2013 by
The Bank Pit Disaster 1938
The Real Iron Ladies In a week in which much has been written and said about ‘mining communities’ and a certain ‘iron lady’, New Cumnock
Knockshinnoch Tower
The two-storey tower house once stood on the hill above the modern day farm of Knockshinnoch , close to the large clump of trees at
What’s in a name? Gatelochside
Gatelochside Burn and Gatelochside Bridge Modern day maps of the parish of New Cumnock show Gatelochside Burn running off the north face of The Knipe