by Susan | Oct 12, 2026 | Monuments, Uncategorized
This monument was erected in remembrance of a public gathering held in Dean Park on Saturday, 7th December 1816 to protest at the voting system in Kilmarnock. Around 6,000 people (out of a population of 13,000) attended to campaign for Parliamentary reform and...
by Susan | Jul 29, 2024 | Monuments
This stone peace cairn was erected in Bellahouston Park for the 1938 Empire Exhibition. It is made of blocks of stone, on which are engraved the names of the organizations and clans that attended the exhibition and were rightly concerned with the real possibility of...
by Susan | Oct 30, 2023 | Monuments
This sculpture by Ronald Rae is in the Town Park. It was commissioned by Glenrothes Development Corporation to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the New Town. Rae based his sculpture on the 1987 King’s Cross London tube disaster after seeing the fireman carry...
by Susan | Aug 7, 2023 | Monuments
The colliery that was sunk in Newcraighall in 1897 promised work and wages for 100 years: the coal mine became known as “The Klondyke,” It closed, in 1968, because of geological problems. Newcraighall is a southeastern suburb of Edinburgh. Installed in...
by Susan | Mar 8, 2021 | Monuments
Mary was a key figure in the 1915 Rent Strikes, which exposed and protested against landlords who took advantage of the wartime economy to hike up rents for workers, evicting those who could not pay. The protests forced a change in the law with the introduction of the...
