Experience Cumnock History
Cumnock History Group are a constituted Voluntary Group who share an interest in the history and heritage of Cumnock and how the past has influenced the present.
The group emerged as a result of the Memory Bank workshops for Raising the Bar – the archaeological dig focused on the site of the old Tup Inn on Lugar Street earlier this year and run by archaeologists from Northlight Heritage
Member Sadie McNair donated this guide printed and published in Cumnock by James P Ballantine who went on to take over ownership of the Cumnock Chronicle the following year. The guide had the approval of the Burgh of Cumnock and Holmhead and contains many photographs of Cumnock, advertisements for local business, description of the town and may local walks.
Thanks to James Samson for photographing his copy of Cumnock Official Guide from c1950. Filled with info, photos and adverts.
