Beginnings, new starts, genesis. A new blog, but with an 'old' subject matter. Born out of a community meeting in the town of Dalry in the Garnock Valley, our group decided to use blogging as a method of bringing together and collating aspects of the culture and history of the area. As an experiment/pilot, we are asking group members to submit 200 words and two photographs of one aspect of the culture/history of the area that they have discovered, or that they have a particular interest in. These will then be collated and published in this blog for demonstration and review purposes, before deciding on whether this would be a way of taking the group forward and possibly applying for funding from Garnock Connections.
DCDH are applying for funds to set up a heritage trail in Dalry but what we have discovered during this process is that there is so much that we are unable to include in this trail because so much of our heritage has gone, there's nothing left for anyone to see. I was in Irvine and noticed many reminders of their heritage that were "Written In Stone" and thought it was something that we might be able to do as part of Garnock Connections. "Written In Stone" heritage in the town centre and at various locations around the town will highlight our lost heritage, encourage the people reading it to find out more about their town and I am sure we will be able to display some very interesting facts about Dalry.
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