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From the 6th -10th June Historic Scotland are running taster session for the local schools.
They will be delivering workshops on Masonry, Plumbing, Slating, Brickwork and Joinery. Children from Auckinleck, Cumnock, Kilmarnock and Newmilnes will get hands on experience at all the sessions. Staff from Historic Scotland will be show them the traditional ways to work with these materials. It’ll be a great chance for the pupils to get an insight in to how craftsmen worked at the time the house was built in 1754.
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