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Our aim is to create a local pictorial archive of Kilmarnock and surrounding areas.

03/11/2026

Glenfield fountain

Glenfield and Kennedy were hydraulic engineers and provided street water fountains like this all across the UK and beyond. This preserved fountain is in the village of Waterside near Fenwick.

Picture from Secret Kilmarnock by Frank Beattie, available at Kev’s Kards, Foregate, Kilmarnock.

02/11/2026

Fleming Street

Fleming Street is in Riccarton. About 1995 £3.6 million was spent renovating houses here and at Barnweil Road and Maxholm Road. In 2005, about 100 houses here were demolished because of continuing social problems. On a building Fleming Street there was a plaque marking the site of Riccarton Castle. It was removed during redevelopment ad was built into a feature at the Campbell Street fire station. Fleming Street is included in maps and directories of the late 19th century.

01/11/2026

Old Kilmarnock Natter

You are welcome to come to Cenrtrestage for a free Old Kilmarnock Natter. We will meet on Wednesday, November 4 at Cenrtrestage from 1pm to 2pm. The theme is the Post Office and Phones.

You are encouraged to come along and share your memories. Bring along your own pictures and souvenirs.

This is a joint venture between Centrestage and the Kilmarnock picture House.

What topics do you think should be included? Email Frank Beattie at [email protected]

31/10/2026

Annanhill Cottage

Les Colquhoun says his dad, Alec Colquhoun, was gardner at Annanhill Estate from just after the war until his death in 1975. The last 10 years was as head gardner. This cottage was just inside the main entrance to Annanhill. This was a tied cottage with but it was condemned in about 1959 when Les was four years old. The family moved across the road to an upstairs flat on Irvine Road. This painting was by Archie Campbell who lived straight across from the entrance.. The original was falling apart but Les got my partner to recreate it in charcoal pencil.

30/10/2026

Titchfield Street Post Office.

Titchfield Street sub-office was opened on October 1, 1886 with money order and savings bank status. It was the oldest town sub-office in Kilmarnock when it was closed in January, 2004.

Note the fragment on top. It used to house an enamel oval panel pointing to the office. Also on the other side of the box there is still a small enamel panel that related to the stamp vending machine that used to be attached to the box.

29/10/2026

Grange School

Roy Pearson asks if anyone has pictures of the Grange School. He says, “I was there 1951-1961. I would also like to find the school records.”

28/10/2026

Duke Street

We’ve asked when was Duke Street opened? It was built as the entrance to the town from the east, linking the Cross to London Road. It was opened in 1859, but during construction it was called Victoria Street. It consisted of fine architecture but was demolished in 1973 to make way for the Burns shopping centre. Dick Brother had a cycle shop here in the first decade of the 20th century. David’s Lane linked part of Duke Street to Regent Street and Clerk’s Lane. Funding came from government and public subscriptions, administered through the Kilmarnock Town Improvement Trust. The date on the prominent building in this picture was 1861.

27/10/2026

Royal visit

Irene Hamilton asks, What year was Queen Elizabeth in Kilmarnock? School children lined the Cross waving flags. 31

She visited Kilmarnock twice. In 1956 Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh made their first visit to Kilmarnock since the coronation of 1953.

Then in 1970 she paid an official visit to Kilmarnock and was treated to a civic reception at the Dick Institute and was met by Provost Jimmie Mackie. (Pictured).

26/10/2026

Mosaic

Alex Walsh says, “There was a tiled mosaic with the town coat of arms on the floor in the old Amlaird waterworks near Waterside.”

Quite right. When the old Amlaird building was demolished the mosaic was moved to public open ground at Waterside along with a Glenfield and Kennedy street fountain.

25/10/2026

Old Kilmarnock slide show

You are welcome to come to Cenrtrestage for a free Kilmarnock slide show. We will meet on Wednesday, October 28 at Cenrtrestage from 1pm to 2pm. The theme is local ghosts, spooks and things that go bump in the night.

You are encouraged to come along and share your memories. Bring along your own pictures and souvenirs.

This is a joint venture between Centrestage and the Kilmarnock picture House.

What topics do you think should be included? Email Frank Beattie at [email protected]

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