I had another productive morning of research at the Burns Monument Centre in Kilmarnock, which has made some changes to its ScotlandsPeople service provision from this week (https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/CouncilAndGovernment/BirthMarriageAndDeath/Scotlands-People/ScotlandsPeopleCentre.aspx).
Since its re-opening following the Covid lockdowns, the centre's four terminals have been made available to customers with four hour slots that had to be booked in advance on Friday mornings for the following week. From this week going forward there are now eight terminals available, with each seat separated from the next by a perspex divider. The booking slots remain at four hours for now, and whilst they still must be reserved on Friday mornings for the following week, if any slots are going free during the week from cancellations, or from not having been booked in advance, these will be announced on the service's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Burns-Monument-Kilmarnock/135969349778491).
We're not quite back to normal yet, but this is going to provide a serious service improvement in the current circumstances. Note that although the slots are offically from 9am-1pm, the doors actually open at 8.50am, and the computers are automatically switched off at 12.50pm (you get a fifteen minute on-screen notification just prior to the terminals going off), and that access remains via the side entrance (pictured). Forewarned and all that..!
(With thanks to the Burns Monument Centre)
Chris
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