Newspaper article - Heritage Centre Opens at Upland Village

• Reference:GB 3614 DOCS/6/2/13
• Alternative Id:
  GB 3614 Misc_510
• Former Reference:GB 3614 3856
• Dates of Creation:Friday April 24th, 1992
• Name of Creator:
  Carsphairn Heritage Initiative (SC049987)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  Text

• Scope and Content

  Friday, 24th April, 1992 - DUMFRIES COURIER

  HERITAGE CENTRE OPENS AT UPLAND VILLAGE

  Former museum chief performs opening ceremony

  A HERITAGE Centre which it is hoped will bring prosperity to Kirkcudbrightshire’s highest village was officially opened at Carsphairn on Saturday.

  Built with funding from the former Scottish Development Agency, Stewarty District Council and the Scottish Countryside Commission, the centre will open to the public from Sunday last.

  It has a ‘Timespan’ geological and historical interpretive section as well as changing exhibitions of local historical and social conditions.

  Solway Heritage acted as the enabling body for developing the plan and Sir Michael Herries, former head of the Royal Bank of Scotland hand over the centre.

  Former museum chief, Alfred Truckell, officially opened the centre.

  Captions to accompanying photographs

  • Piper Bill McRobert outside the new heritage centre.

  • Mr Truckell (right), who opened the centre is pictured with Sir Michael Herries at the opening ceremony.

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  https://www.carsphairn.org/CarsphairnArchive/items/show/3856

• Subjects

  Heritage Group