Kilmarnock, E Ayrshire - Dick Institute - postcard c.1910

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• Picture / Image:  Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
• Publisher:  Reliable Series
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Kilmarnock (Scottish Gaelic: Cille Mheà rnaig) is a large burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland with a population of 46,179,^[2] making it the 15th most populated place in Scotland^[3][4] and the second largest town in Ayrshire.^[5] The River Irvine runs through its eastern section, and the Kilmarnock Water passes through it, giving rise to the name 'Bank Street'.^[6] Kilmarnock is often shortened to 'Killie', especially when it is referenced in a footballing situation.

Kilmarnock is the main town within East Ayrshire, and the East Ayrshire HQ is located on London Road in Kilmarnock, leading to the villages Crookedholm and Hurlford, which furthermore leads to Loudoun. Kilmarnock is the second largest town in Ayrshire, after only Ayr.

The first collection of work by Scottish poet Robert Burns, Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, was published here in 1786, and became known as the Kilmarnock volume. The internationally distributed whiskey brand Johnnie Walker originated in the town in the 19th century. Protest and backing from the Scottish Government took place in 2009, after Diageo, the owner of Johnnie Walker announced plans to close the bottling plant in the town after 289 years.^{[7][8][9][10][11]}

In recent years, Kilmarnock has boomed for musical acts and film locations. Rock band Biffy Clyro were formed in the town in a primary school in the late 1990s. The 2001 film, Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat (2001) was shot in the town^[12] as was Manhunt (2004).^[13] In 2010, several people in the town were the focus of a BAFTA-awarding winning TV Show, The Scheme (2010–2011)

The Dick Institute is a museum in Scotland.

The funds which were required to build the Dick Institute were provided by James Dick, a former Kilmarnock man who was living in Australia. James Dick was born 1823 in Soulis Street, Kilmarnock.^[1]

The Dick Institute was opened in 1901. The building was severely damaged by fire only eight years after it opened. Some of the museum's collections were lost in the fire. It reopened two years after the fire in 1911. The Dick Institute was used as an auxiliary hospital in 1917 during World War I.^[2]

Today the Dick Institute is used as a library, art gallery and museum.^[3]

type=printed

city/ region=kilmarnock

period=pre-1914

postage condition=unposted

number of items=single

size=standard (140x89 mm)