Show and tell mining history event in Cumnock

From East Ayrshire Council:

Show and Tell your mining history at our Cumnock event

Do you have mining memorabilia, lots of stories or an interest in local mining history?  Come along to this exciting Show and Tell!

As part of  a photography and oral history project "Mineworkings", by artist Nicky Bird, National Galleries of Scotland is hosting a Show and Tell exhibition at Barrhill Community Learning Centre, celebrating East Ayrshire's mining heritage.

Share your knowledge

If you've got memorabilia, whether it's photographs, mementos or objects, or you're just interested in finding out more, please come along and share your artefacts, questions and stories to help keep the memories alive.  

Community Portraits

Transport yourself to the past by adding your own portrait to our unique collection of photos from mining communities from the 1980s.

Event details
Wednesday 26 July, 11.00am - 3.00pm
Barrhill Community Learning Centre, Bank Avenue, Cumnock KA18 1PQ

Visit our Coal Communities Landscape Partnership website at https://coalfieldcommunities.co.uk

(With thanks to East Ayrshire Council)

Chris

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