Do you have memories of the Kames Disaster?
Fifty years have passed since the village of Muirkirk was shaken by the news of an explosion at Kames Colliery.
While living memories of this event remain, there is a great chance to capture these as a "living" record of what the men and women of Muirkirk experienced at that time and it's effects on the local community.
Johnny Templeton has been gathering mining memories and has already published the audio documentary "The Union Man", recollections of a miner and trade union representative which will help preserve the history and heritage of Ayrshire's mining culture.
As his next project Johnny would like to record your memories of the Kames disaster.
If you would be willing to take part in this project, please make contact with Johnny Templeton by telephone on 01655 760337 or
There are many men and women who worked in the pits whose voices and stories may never be heard as many are now in their old age. Time is of the essence if we want to secure their history.
There will be those of you who may have been wives or children of miners who worked in Kames - how did the disaster affect you and your family?
The recordings made in this project can be digitised and published on the Internet for future generations. There is the potential for a schools project so that the grandchildren of our miners can record their forefather's memories and history, helping to reconnect the generations and give our young people the opportunity to discover their own unique histroy, heritage and culture.
It is hoped that recordings from this project can be made available for download via the Muirkirk website and am edited CD will be prepared telling the story of the Kames Disaster from voices of those who experienced that time.
If you would be willing to take part in this project, please make contact with Johnny Templeton by telephone on 01655 760337 or
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