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Looking down Afton Bridgend toward the toll |
Afton Bridgend looking towards Dumfries |
New houses on the site of the old petrol station at Afton Bridgend |
Hamilton Drive minus the prefabs that I spent much of my youth in |
The old co-op store, Lime Road |
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My grans old house in the Lime Road. |
Here sat 45 Lime Road. The house I was brought up in. Long gone |
Once a pit, then a play park now.....nothing |
Taken from the old farm road behind Farden Avenue showing the entrance to Greenhill. Lets play spot the house! |
A couple of locals Beauty and Tina Lina the latter owned by Robert Strawhorn. |
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Wee horse |
West Park Farm |
Probably the future webmaster |
The Afton, looking upstream from Danny's Brig |
Yours truly, the boss and webmaster at Danny's Brig |
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Looking down stream from the brig |
A quick trip into the cemetry to show Jordan where his great great grand parents are at rest |
A bull and cows in a field on the Afton Road |
I took this one of the wee shops next to the Afton Brig as they look like they are on their last legs |
This was the Tallies when I was a lad |
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I offered a quiz under the Wullie Trotter pictures asking where Knockskae House was. Now you have the answer |
Known as 'The Dookit' or the pigeon club but originally The Avenue |
Looking down Castlemains Avenue |
The Spar shop which in my day was 'Schoulars' |
The ruins of what was once a barbers owned by Bert McCulloch and previous to that Geordie Black. |
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BT Exchange, The Rape Centre and the Doctors Surgery, I believe once a cafe/restuarant |
Used to be Mary Mill's chippy, then Hunter's shop, now a beauty Parlour |
New Cumnock Station looking south |
Pathhead Bakery at the wee industrial estate next to the station. I am not being biased but this outfits pancakes etc are 2nd to none and must be sampled |
Approaching the station |
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Taken from the Nith brig - the station and location of the Afton Buildings long since demolished |
The Nith looking upstream from the village |
It is hard to believe that the Afton Hotel sat just about where the tree is. The hotel was destroyed by fire 1963 |
I am not struck by the location but its wonderful to see new houses being built in front of Loch Park. |
The Knipe range with low lying cloud covering the summit and windmills. If you have ever been up there its an earie place in these conditions |
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Corcencon with its hat on. An old local tale meaning it was sure to rain. |
McKechnie's garage on the left and the co-op on the right |
Entrance to Loch Park home of the Glens. The new housing can be seen on the right |
Over the years its been the Glens Bar and Macs Bar and I have never seen the inside. If anyone would like to buy me a Bacardi I am up for it |
The space where two small white cottagas sat next to what was the co-op bakery on the right. John Walker used to dwell here. |
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Newish houses at Castle Place near the site of old gas works |
The back of the Glens Bar. Macs Bar [or Kechie's as it was more commonly known] there was a garden which at one time contained a quoiting green. |
Once a cobblers on the right(Bob Hoods and John Orr's) and Black's the painters on the right |
From the right,Roger Hoods the cobbler, Mick Shanklands the plumber, McKechnie's papershop, which had previously been a vet's and then a hairdresser's, Rose Crawfords sweetie shop, Glendinnings Bakers and Hunters grocers shop all were located here |
The Castle Hotel, The Chinese (Charlie Lucas's snooker hall) a florists (formally Lucas the bookies, Pathhead bakers used to be McKechnies paper shop and the bank. Sarah Logins had a sweetie shop at far end
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A closer view of the row of shops and bank. All the shop fronts were the snooker hall apart from the bank |
Probably the newest shops in the village built late 70's if I recall |
The Castle Hotel. Once Rabbie Burns laid his head to rest here but it is sadly falling apart and with no investment will be lost forerver. The gap is where the picture house was |
Trotters shop which also had a factory around the back and Turnbull's the barbers at the side. Lying empty and like the Castle Hotel would make a wonderful mining museum |
Looking along the Castle towards the Toll |
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Miller Road. The scout hut is down there with the new houses built on the grounds of the old nursery |
The swimming pool. Closed due to lack of funding for a roof. How many years have you waited? |
The Parish Church and Town Hall |
Halls Factory. Its an eye sore! Pull the damned thing down and either built houses or restore it to grassland |
Very old and dying a death, the Crown Hotel. Does anyone know if it is to be pulled down and houses built? |
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The Chemist and local Chippy. There used to be a portacabin bank where the chippy sits and toilets next door. I believe Donald McIver may have the gates to the loo. The Chemist was orginally Logie Wilson's and next door was Wilson's sweetie shop |
I am a Cairnhill lad myself but the old toon school is still there now known as Castle Primary and I suspect will out live Cairnhill due to the standard of the material used to build it. |
Its official. Rabbie spent the night in the Old Mill Inn (now just a farm) over 200 years ago |
The Old Mill farm |
Afton Villa on the left along Afton Bridgend |
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The Evangelical Church formally the Glens Club built on the site of the original New Cumnock school |
The Afton looking up from the Afton Brig |
and looking downstream |
Like the items that follow, should be indoors safe from the elements etc |
Not sure about these. They look like fire appliances or pumps. Can anyone say? |
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HELP! The roller - is this from the original Glens Park at Connelpark? Where are the other items from and the stone facing - from which Co-op is it taken? Station Road, where was it? |
Again, this belongs indoors in a mining museum. |
An old cooker from days gone bye. Get it indoors |
No spin dryers in the old days. My gran had one of these which sat on the sink but was an outdoor model that should now be INDOORS |
The back view of the Toon School now known as Castle Primary |
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Back of Halls Factory. Please demolish it |
The games hall |
Reasonably new yet delapitated. |
I used to cross these stepping stones across the Afton. This was the main crossing before the original brig was built many moons ago |
A view of Castle Place from the Castle Green |
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Proof that Burns stayed at the Castle Hotel. |
I am great one for preserving old buildings like the co-op seen here from the rear in a poor state. The village is desperate for investment but will it ever see it? |
The new houses in front of Loch Park under construction. Great to see new housing and investment. |
Loch Park, home of the Glens since 1960. I hear they are looking to move again and that they have serious tax problems. Would be a sin to see them fold. |
The running track opened in the late 60's but is now used for people to walk their dogs. I do see youth teams playing football here but the changing facilities are long gone |
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Site of the Afton Hotel destroyed by fire 1963 |
Near the back of the Arthur Memorial church. What was the ruin? |
Looking into one of the burns in the lagoon area. What causes the purple colouring of the plant life? |
Looking from the lagoons to the village |
Another view from the lagoons |
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