Monthly Archives: June 2012

Heritage Summer School

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The Burns Monument Centre is delighted to team up again with East Ayrshire’s Creative Minds team to deliver an event as part of the Heritage Summer School. The Heritage Art Activity Day is on Thursday 18th July, 10.30 – 3 pm and will provide young people with the opportunity to learn about local history and heritage while having fun with a hands-on art activity.

As part of the day, children will learn about the Kay Park’s wonderful vanshing fountain!

Kay Park Fountain c1902, donated by Mrs Crooks of Wallace Bank

My Favourite Place Workshop

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We’re delighted to be involved in Scottish Book Trust’s My Favourite Place project. The Burns Monument Centre will be the only Ayrshire venue for the My Favourite Place workshops – see details below. To book a FREE place contact Scottish Book Trust on 0131 524 0170 or email .

East Ayrshire’s Sporting Heritage

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The Olympic Torch passes through East Ayrshire today – first Kilmarnock, then Kilmaurs, Stewarton and Dunlop. The brand new Ayrshire Athletics Arena also opens this weekend, marking a new chapter in the area’s sporting history. So here at the Burns Monument Centre we looked out some interesting items from our past, including material on Olympic and Commonwealth champions such as Margaret McDowall and Cameron Sharp, and great sporting institutions such as Kilmarnock Harriers. Sporting places of the past include the old Kilmarnock swimming pool and Woodroad Park in Cumnock, pictured below.

We were also drawn to some lesser-known gems, such as whippet racing at Queen’s Drive. This and other fascinating images and documents will be on display at the Burns Monument Centre from Saturday 9th June. Feel free to pop in for a look, have a chat about your own memories of our sporting past, and if you have any old photographs or newspapers we’d love to see them.