Cairntable Recollections Including Times of an Older Muirkirk Recalled by JAMES TAYLOR 2011 I N D E X (Name) “Auld Lang Syne ...................................... 299 Ghosts of Muirkirk ................................. 225 1000 Years’ Service ................................. 213 Glenbuck and its Laird ........................... 247 A Famous Flock Master .......................... 066 Glenbuck Murder ................................... 124 A Football Song ....................................... 242 Glenbuck Old Folks ............................... 088 A Look Back in Time ................................ 104 Glenbuck Over 60’s Reunion ................ 306 A New Rally ............................................. 219 Glenbuck Public School ......................... 322 A New Venture ......................................... 239 Glenbuck Remembered ........................ 231 A Night for Sportsmen .............................. 216 Glenbuck Re-Union 1925 ...................... 307 A Reverie .................................................. 218 Glenbuck Re-Union, 1938 .................... 332 A Secluded Monument ............................ 076 Glenbuck School ................................... 119 Adder in Garden ....................................... 091 Golden Memories ................................. 063 Albert Place ............................................ 003 Harry Lauder’s Visit ............................... 089 Alec Brown, Cherrypicker ..........................115 Hobbie & Handicrafts Exhibition ............ 296 An Outside View .......................................311 Homecoming Scotland .......................... 051 Angling .................................................... 214 Immortal Memory .................................. 234 Another link Severed ................................ 208 In Winter’s Grip ..................................... 191 Another Medal .......................................... 269 Inquiry at Ayr .......................................... 151 Auld Coutburn Raw .................................. 159 Interviews .............................................. 137 Auld Meikle’s Raw ................................... 101 It’s a Dog’s Life ...................................... 298 Australian Air-Mail .................................... 091 John Brown of Priesthill ......................... 068 Aye, Aye .................................................. 310 John McCartney Poem .......................... 109 Ayrshire Mining Disaster .......................... 143 John Whyte ........................................... 265 Back to Real Life...................................... 031 Kames Colliery Draw ............................. 235 Back to the Seventies .............................. 244 L.O.L. .................................................... 279 Bankhead Pit Disaster ............................. 133 Lady Bowlers win Championship ........... 230 Bankhead Pi, 1898t .................................. 139 Lapraik Connection................................ 055 Bill Shankly .............................................. 203 Lapraik Family in Muirkirk (I).................. 057 Billiards .................................................... 188 Lapraik Family in Muirkirk (II)................. 060 Blizzard of 1947 ....................................... 015 Last Train to Lanark ............................... 235 Blood Transfusion Service ........................ 228 Leap Year .............................................. 087 Bone Repreived ........................................ 132 Lesser Temperance Hall ........................ 260 Bowling Record ........................................ 100 Level Crossing ....................................... 075 Bughouse Boys Cycle Race .................... 015 Life Goes On ......................................... 237 Burns Centenary ...................................... 240 Lights & Shadows of Muirkirk ................ 078 Burnside Brig ........................................... 294 Lightshaw Derby .................................... 251 Canadian Visitors ..................................... 283 Link with Old Muirkirk ............................ 196 Changes Continue .................................... 234 List of Glenbuck Creditors ..................... 182 Changing Scenes ..................................... 212 Local Angling ......................................... 020 Closure of Golf Course ............................. 226 Local Connection ................................... 236 Coat of Arms ............................................ 239 Local Football ........................................ 032 Conscientious Objector ............................ 080 Lodge St. Thomas ................................. 285 Coronation Year ....................................... 219 Long Service Certificates ....................... 213 Covemamting Facts Uncovered ................ 194 Long Working Career ............................ 329 Covenanting History ................................. 232 Looking Back ........................................ 241 Cricket Query ........................................... 250 Maidenbank Memories .......................... 122 Dates to Remember ................................. 160 Malayan Emergency ............................. 026 Demise of Glenbuck Ironworks ................. 178 Memories from the Past ........................ 014 Diary of a Holiday ..................................... 317 Modernaires Dance Band ...................... 217 Digging Up the Past ................................. 237 Modernaires Win Championship ........... 016 Douglas Gas ............................................ 091 Moorchurch District Council ................... 319 Ecclesiastical ......................................... 048 More About Lapraik ............................... 184 End of War .............................................. 010 More Changes ....................................... 213 English F.A. Cup ...................................... 375 More History Notes ................................ 163 Farms in Muirkirk .................................... 265 More Names .......................................... 083 Fire at Parish Church ............................... 016 More on Coutburn Raw.......................... 175 First Glenbuck O.A.P’s Reunion .............. 303 More on Sport ........................................ 043 Five-a-Side Football .................................. 205 More on Thos. Whyte ............................ 264 Football/Doctor/Floods ............................. 189 More on War Effort ................................ 204 Funeral of Victims .................................... 138 Muirkirk “Top Ten” .................................. 210 Garronhill Outdoor Theatre ....................... 204 Muirkirk and the Gas Detector .............. 086 I N D E X (Continued) Muirkirk Births.......................................... 365 Round and About .....................................334 Muirkirk Co-operative Society ................. 007 Sanquhar Road .......................................200 Muirkirk Curling Club .............................. 271 School Dux and Sports Champ. ...............201 Muirkirk Cycling Club ............................... 044 Schools Football ..................................... 042 Muirkirk Disaster Poem .......................... 158 Scotland’s Singing Collier ........................376 Muirkirk Estate on Market ....................... 092 Session Records of Muirkirk ....................256 Muirkirk Farmers’ Society ........................ 279 Sir Walter Scott ...................................... 252 Muirkirk Golf Club ................................... 034 Some Howlers .........................................322 Muirkirk Golf Club .................................... 336 Some Notes on Old Muirkirk ................... 094 Muirkirk Golf Club At Home ..................... 177 Southside Rows....................................... 116 Muirkirk Hero ........................................... 072 Start of a Working Life ............................ 022 Muirkirk in China ...................................... 325 Station/Old Workers Honoured ................321 Muirkirk in Olden Times .......................... 073 Still More Changes ..................................215 Muirkirk Marriages ................................... 338 Still More Changes ..................................227 Muirkirk Mining Accidents ........................ 165 Successful Bowler ...................................086 Muirkirk Orange Lodge ............................ 285 Temperance Hall .....................................243 Muirkirk Ordnance Gazateer ................... 197 The Big Freeze ........................................199 Muirkirk Reminiscences .......................... 173 The Blackout ...........................................021 Muirkirk Water Supply ............................. 098 The Bond that is Muirkirk ........................ 099 Muirkirk’s Own Champion ........................ 041 The Cameronian Dream .......................... 113 My Auld Toon ........................................... 379 The Conclusion .......................................378 Narration by Robert Blyth......................... 135 The Co-op - the Beginning ...................... 090 National Service ...................................... 024 The Co-op Society of Glenbuck ...............090 New Life for Juniors ................................. 228 The Disaster at Muirkirk ..........................150