Auchinairn
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Letham family, Auchinairn Farm
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1899
Letham family, Auchinairn Farm
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1899
Photograph of Mr and Mrs John Letham taken outside Auchinairn Farmhouse in 1899. Pictured with their family - William (standing), Minnie and John (on pony).
Location of Origin: Auchinairn
Location Now: East Dunbartonshire Local Studies Collection
Date: 1899
Size/Dimensions: 10 x 8 ins
Archive Reference Number: P12279
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Wallace's Well
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c1900-1910
Wallace's Well
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c1900-1910
Photograph of a woman standing next to Wallace's Well, Robroyston to the east of Auchinairn. The well, also known as Auchinleck Well, is associated with William Wallace. Wallace is said to have drank from the Well while on his way to Glasgow to seek the support of the Bishop of Glasgow in his fight for Scottish independence. Wallace was betrayed and captured by English soldiers at a nearby farmhouse in 1305 and taken to London where he was executed. There is a monument to Wallace near the site.
Location of Origin: Robroyston, East of Auchinairn
Date: c1900-1910
Size/Dimensions: 10 x 6 inches
Materials: Photographic print (copy of original)
Archive Reference Number: P03402
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Holland family, Auchinairn
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1914
Holland family, Auchinairn
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1914
Children of the Holland family, famed for their perfect attendance record at Auchinairn School - Mary, John, Bessie, Margaret, James, Jeanie and Andrew.
Location of Origin: Auchinairn
Date: 1914
Size/Dimensions: 10 x 8 in
Materials: Photographic print (copy of original)
Archive Reference Number: P12274
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Medal
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1916
Medal
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1916
Gold medal presented by Cadder Parish School Board to Christina Watt for perfect attendance at Auchinairn Public School, from 1911 to 1916. Christina’s sister, Jeanie, also gained an identical medal.
Maker/Manufacturer: Retailer - Johnston and Co. Goldsmiths, 53 Buchanan Street, Glasgow.
Location Now: Auld Kirk Museum
Date: 1916
Size/Dimensions: 26mm diameter
Materials: Gold
Accession Number: KITAK: 1989. 18.1
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Auchinairn school class
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1926
Auchinairn school class
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1926
A class of children from Auchinairn Primary School. Auchinairn School was founded c1760, most of the children in the village previously attending school at Cadder. It was founded with the aid of a sum of money for provision of a school, left in the will of Reverend James Warden, a native of Auchinairn ordained at Cadder who had died in 1743. Although the sum allowed for a schoolmaster's salary, it was not sufficient to allow for the school building, house and garden required by law. The school at this time was considered a poor, inadequate place with a tenuous existence. It required the further legacy of Dr. William Leechman to provide Auchinairn with a settled school. Dr. Leechman bequeathed land for an extension of the school building, master's garden and yard.
Owing to the rural setting of the school, located on Auchinairn Road, attendance was poor as the children were needed in the fields, particularly during harvest time. This was much improved when the decision was made to redistribute part of the summer holidays to October.The school closed for a week in September 1939 to admit evacuees from Glasgow.
A new primary school was built behind the old and opened in 1968. The old school was re-purposed as a local community centre in the early 1970s.
Location of Origin: Auchinairn
Location Now: East Dunbartonshire Local Studies
Date: 1926
Size/Dimensions: 10 x 8 ins
Materials: Photographic print (copy of original)
Archive Reference Number: P06228
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School log book
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1934-1977
School log book
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1934-1977
This log book came from Auchinairn Primary School where it had been water damaged following a fire. Luckily the volume survived and is now safely in the care of East Dunbartonshire Archives. It can now be treated by an archive conservator to stablise the volume and treat the damage. School log books were kept by the Head Teacher and record the daily life of the school including absences, epidemics, bad weather, and significant local events.
Location of Origin: Auchinairn
Location Now: East Dunbartonshire Archives, William Patrick Library, Kirkintilloch G66 1AD
Date: 1934-1977
Materials: Paper
Archive Reference Number: SC11/1/2
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Gavel
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1961
Gavel
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1961
Gavel in presentation box with the following inscription:
“Bishopbriggs and Auchinairn Memorial Hall – Presented by Mrs. D.J. Forrester 21.1.61.â€
Transferred to the Auld Kirk museum at the formation of East Dunbartonshire Council after Local Government re-organisation in 1996.
Location of Origin: Auchinairn
Location Now: Auld Kirk Museum
Date: 1961
Size/Dimensions: 25cm X 9cm
Materials: Wood
Accession Number: KITAK: 1996.27.1
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Vinyl Album
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1980
Vinyl Album
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1980
A famous former resident of Auchinairn was ‘Average White Band’ member Onnie McIntyre - vocals / rhythm guitar.
Although Owen McIntyre was born in Lennoxtown on 25th September 1945 his family moved to Crowhill Road, Auchinairn where he attended Auchinairn Primary.
The Average White Band was formed in 1972 by Alan Gorrie, and Malcolm "Molly" Duncan, with Onnie McIntyre, Michael Rosen, Roger Ball, and Robbie McIntosh joining them in the original line-up.
(Another famous Rock musician from the area was Jack Bruce (1943 – 2014), lead singer and bass guitarist with the band ‘Cream’ who was born in Bishopbriggs. The singer/song writer, Amy Macdonald also comes from Bishopbriggs.)
Oral history recording on cassette
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1984
Oral history recording on cassette
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1984
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s Strathkelvin Oral History project recorded the memories of over 200 local people. This recording on cassette tape of Mr. James McKinstrey of Auchinairn was made on the 6th march 1984.
The main theme of the recording is coalmining and Mr. McKinstrey talks about topics such as wages and working hours; tools and mechanization; miners’ camaraderie; miners’ housing; the unions; dismissible offences; sixth sense; accidents, potential accidents and problems of escape. This tape was digitised in 2014.
Auchinairn - The Forgotten Village
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2014
Auchinairn - The Forgotten Village
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2014
This is the latest local history publication about Auchinairn by local author Bill Findlay. The subtitle 'The Forgotten Village' refers to the way the village of Auchinairn has been swallowed up by 20th century housing. Mr Findlay's book is a collection of information from various sources about Auchinairn's long history. As he notes himself "some of this may be inaccurate, but I never was one to let facts stand in the way of a good story".
Location of Origin: Auchinairn
Location Now: East Dunbartonshire Local Studies Collection
Date: 2014
Size/Dimensions: 21 cm x 14.5 cm
Materials: Paper
Archive Reference Number: LC941.436
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