Further to our news articles of 2nd May 2017 ( see here and here ) we received the following reply;I know a little about Maclachlans - the family lived in Dundonald Road two girls, one being Jean, and a son, Scott. All went to the Academy. Jean was in my year and Scott a bi...
We have received the following message from Kerrie Bennett who is keen to trace the last resting places of some ancestors;Many generations of my family are from Riccarton and Kilmarnock. Whilst much information has been passed down and research completed no-one seems to be able to find the location...
We have received an enquiry from Graeme Symington in Australia -'I would be very interested to hear from any of your members who may have information about Catherine Young (maiden name Symington) 1826-1891. She lived in Titchfield Street, Kilmarnock.Her youngest daughter Agnes Young (1858-1927)...
Another request - this time about the 'The Blocks' or Railway Buildings at Barleith in Hurlford.Mary Mackay from Ayr has asked the following;- What was life like in The Blocks?-Some addresses have '1/2' eg. number two and a half A Block etc. Why did some addresses have the half?-What size were the h...
We received a request at the recent Family History Fair at the Grand Hall to ask any members or website visitors if they had any photos which show Wm MacLachlan's Bakers & Confectioners at 7-9 Titchfield Street, Kilmarnock.Can you help - or do you have any tales to share?Please contact us at &nb...
52 years ago today Kilmarnock Football Club defeated Heart of Midlothian 2-0 at Tynecastle to be crowned Scottish Football Champions. No team from outside a city has done this since - and may never again.Killie went on to play in what is now called The Champions League in 1966-67, drawing with the m...
Our friends at Kilmarnock Rugby Football Club will celebrate their 150th anniversary in 2018. They are the 4th oldest rugby club in Scotland and are planning a number of events throughout 2018 - starting almost as soon as the sound of the New Year Bells has softened.Bill Barnaby- probably well known...
The final meeting of this session takes place on Tuesday 14th March when Ross McGregor will talk about The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.The AGM will take place prior to the talk.7.30pm at Ayrshire College, Hill Street, Kilmarnock...
Please remember that tonight's talk will be held at the Park Hotel, Rugby Park, Kilmarnock at 7.30pm...
At this week's meeting we made reference to an interesting Facebook page - Pictures of Old Kilmarnock.This can be found HERE...
This week's meeting is our 'Member's Night' when we will be providing updates on various community programmes and having a brief talk on vintage cars.The usual venue, the Open Space, is required for an awards function. We will therefore be meeting elsewhere in the college. Committee members will be...
Lecture Programme 2016-17...
Our next lecture takes place at 7.30pm on Tuesday 10th January when Ben Shepherd will talk about 'The German Army in World War II - and why it lasted so long'Please note - the second lecture of 2017 is on 17th January. A bit like the Leap Second applied at midnight on Hogmanay, we have had to s...
Happy New Year to all our members and friends.We are now half way through this session's talks and have settled into our new home at the brand new Kilmarnock Campus of Ayrshire College. The new facility is quite different to the old lecture hall in Holehouse Road but we seem to have become used...
Please click the link for news on the wonderful WW1 project at Kilmarnock Railway StationWW1 Exhibition News...
Please remember that we are having the first meeting in our new home at the Hill Street campus of Ayrshire College this Tuesday.The lecture room is on the ground floor behind the main reception area. Committee members will be on hand to guide you....
Please note that our second meeting of the session will NOT now take place in the Holehouse Road Campus of Ayrshire College. Because of the "flitting" to the new Campus on Hill Street, we have had to relocate for one week to the Dean Suite of the Park Hotel at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock.The meetin...
Tonight is the first talk of the 2016-2017 session. It will take place in the Lecture Theatre of Kilmarnock Campus, Ayrshire College and begins at 7.30pm.Membership fees can be paid at the College from around 7pm.Our first speaker is Ian Matheson who has spoken to us on many occasions. I...
Please click Here for an update on the project....
A quick reminder that the new lecture season begins on Tuesday 4th October. We will be meeting at the old college this week as the new campus is being given its final touches.The first talk is by Ian Mathieson and called '19th Century Nationalism'.Subscriptions will be collected before the first few...
It was great to drop in to see the local pupils from Kilmaurs, Annanhill, Crosshouse and Gargieston Primary Schools working on the WW1 project in the Creative Spaces room at Kilmarnock Station today.The level of research the children have undertaken and the quality of work they are producing is quit...
Details can be found HERE...
Members please note that the AGM will take place at 7.30 on Tuesday 15th March prior to our final talk of the session....
As part of Scottish Local History Week there will be an exhibition telling the story of Shanks & Co at Barrhead Foundry 1pm - 7.30pm on 10th March.This is of interest locally given the Shanks factory at Longpark in Kilmarnock.The exhibition includes a photographic display, films from 1970s and 8...
Tonight's talk is Old Ayrshire Farming - delivered by John Stevenson.7.30pm in the Lecture Hall at Ayrshire College, Kilmarnock Campus...
