Stories from the Villages | The Lost Villages

Film Screening and Community Events in East Ayrshire, August-October 2022

Lost Villages is taking part in the Scotland’s Year of Stories 2022 with a series of four community events in East Ayrshire to share some of the history of the Lost Villages.

Three women in 1940s fashion in the garden of a house — Chrissy McMurdo and colleagues, Commondyke c. 1940s Image courtesy of Rab McMurdo

Come along to see some fantastic archive film footage of Ayrshire mining villages, featuring the villages of Darnconner and Lethanhill. We will hear some of the stories we’ve collected so far.

You can also share your story, or your family’s story, of the Lost Villages with us on day.

We will be visiting four communities:

Auchinleck/Cumnock – Saturday 20th August, Boswell Centre, Auchinleck, 11am -2pm

Muirkirk – Saturday 29th October, Muirkirk Community Rooms, 11am-2pm *NEW DATE*

Dalmellington – Saturday 8th October, Dalmellington Community Centre, 11am-2pm

Lugar, Monday 16th October, Logan Parish Church Hall, 11am-2pm

There will be activities for the kids and refreshments.

The Dalmellington event will have live music from local songwriter Seán Gray. You can find out more about Seán’s music in our blog here

We are really looking forward to sharing this history with the communities and seeing everyone in person!

Transcript for the film here

black and white photography with two rows of houses with a ironworks towering over it in the background. The iron works has three chimney stacks. — Lugar c. 1910

This event has been supported by the Year of Stories 2022 Community Stories Fund. This fund is being delivered in partnership between VisitScotland and Museums Galleries Scotland with support from National Lottery Heritage Fund thanks to National Lottery players.

Also, thank you to the National Library of Scotland, Moving Image archive for their help with the archive footage.