John Logan and Martha McAdam On the wall of Laight Farm in glorious Glen Afton in the parish of New Cumnock is a memorial plaque
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Black History Month
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
National Poetry Day and New Cumnock Herds 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