Ploughing Up Our Past
NEW!
Our Ploughing Up Our Past Exhibition will open on Saturday 30th April in the Baird Institute in Cumnock. It runs until the 27th August and is open during the Baird’s normal opening hours of:-
THURSDAY: 12.30pm – 4.40pm & 5pm – 8.00pm
FRIDAY: 10.00am-4.00pm
SATURDAY: 10.00am-4.00pm
It was hard to condense the huge amount of material submitted into a few interpretation panels. If your photos weren’t included please don’t be offended. Everything will be on this website eventually!
You can view our findings on the Ploughing Up Our Past blog
Make a gift to preserve Cumnock’s history
If you feel that you would like to donate a money gift to CHG to help us continue our research into the people and places of Cumnock, click the arrow below.
CHG Events
Monthly Meetings on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:15 pm in the Barrhill Community Centre, Bank Avenue, Cumnock.
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Become a member
Annual membership of £10 is due now, April. To renew just follow the become a member instructions. Thank you.
Membership of The Cumnock History Group is open to anyone with an interest in the history and heritage of Cumnock and its inhabitants.
Cumnock People & Places
Featuring Cumnock footballer Tom McCall Smith who was the Captain of Preston North End in in 1938 when they won the FA Cup. Jenny Smith tells us about her relation here
Cumnock Men & Women who served in WWI
CHG members Kay McMeekin and the late Bobby Grierson have researched many of these soldiers in the Cumnock Soldiers Blog which you can add your own information to.
