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cybers
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 Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:07 am Post subject: Auchinleck's Barony Colliery |
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Passed this many many times on a road that runs parallel to it.
Today i decided to go there as i had a little time to kill.
Seems the whole thing is a memorial / monument to the Barony Colliery which closed under the thatcher regime.
It opened in 1908 and closed in 1989 and now the whole place is a picnic area.
To the left of this tower is a small Headstone with an inscription shown in the second photo....
After i seen this one i noticed a smaller one further down the road in auchinleck itself but never had the time to check it out.... something for another day i suppose.
The Headstone
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Crackin shots  Where abouts is it???
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cybers
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Go down the A77 towards Ayr take the main kilmarnock dumfries cut off heading for Cumnock before cumnock is Auchinleck and you can actually see it from there .
Think it might be an ecuse for a picnic this weekend.
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Alex Glass
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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Great photos Cybers. 
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zolita1908
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| cybers wrote: | Go down the A77 towards Ayr take the main kilmarnock dumfries cut off heading for Cumnock before cumnock is Auchinleck and you can actually see it from there .
Think it might be an ecuse for a picnic this weekend. |
cheers i'll be down that way monday, mite pop by
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