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Wellwood
Burns Centre and Museum
- the home of Irvine Burns Club, established 1826, Scottish
Charity No. SC018485
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Unfortunately Wellwood is closed at this time of coronavirus
worry,
BUT . .
take our Virtual Tour
then visit for a real
experience once museums re-open
Looking ahead . . .
Wellwood will remain closed to all meetings and visitors until at least April 2021 - we decided this in late September as the national safeguards showed no sign of relaxation.
There will be no Annual Celebration as we know and love it - this mirrors its cancellation in the years of the 1832 and 1849 cholera epidemics! - but watch this space for a possible substitute commemoration of the Bard's birthday.
The AGM will take place online on 15th January, and joining details will be circulated nearer the time.
We are hoping that our popular Verse-Speaking
Competition may be possible, though of course not in its Wellwood
format, subject to making viable plans in consultation with local schools.
Parking: off East Rd (alley
to Eglinton St. beside SNP office),
or just at start of Quarry Road, parking next to bowling green.
Buses through Irvine stop at 'Wellwood' (ask for 'Eglinton
St.').
Email: honsecy@irvineburnsclub.org or leave voicemail on 01294 274511
Enjoy the Virtual visit, courtesy of North Ayrshire Council
Music @
Wellwood
Regrettably, the concerts planned for the
remainder of 2020 have had to be postponed. The Wellwood Burns Centre
& Museum remains closed but once it re-opens we hope to arrange a
new series of concerts.
Meantime, stay safe and we look forward to welcoming you back to our
next series of concerts.
Our plans had included:
Hopeland
from classic soul and the roots of alternative country music, they re-imagine
the classic songs of Robert Burns
and the
Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra
In Irvine, Capt. Richard Brown encouraged Robert Burns to publish his work, and bookseller William Templeton welcomed him in his shop, and, in this chair, in the back shop. Burns, while working at flax dressing, found Irvine a 'wonderfully educative place' (Carswell)
Other photos appear on our News page.
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2020-21 President David Burns
with Vice-President Margaret Greenlees
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few website pages
Newest
honorary members,
the Schools page,
'Burns and Irvine'
by Rev Henry Ranken,
William Templeton's bookshop and chair,
extra information on our 1834 & 1846 President Capt
Charles Gray,
and a support page offering postcards, subscriptions
and Annual Celebration tickets.
"The A-list Burns Club", 'Scottish Daily Mail', 24 Nov., 2009.
Past President Bill Nolan was 2018-19 President of the Robert Burns World Federation and Immediate Past President Annie Small is 2018-20 President of the Ayrshire Association of Burns Clubs.
--- On the web for for 21 years (launched Jan. 1999) ---
President
Archie Chalmers welcomed a Deputation from The Grand Lodge of Scotland headed
by the Grand Master Mason Ramsay McGhee including members of Masonic Lodges
from across Scotland to Wellwood on 3rd August. The President, Vice President
David Burns and Directors Bobby Haswell and Iain Doole are pictured with
the visitors and with Bill Nolan, Hon Secretary of Irvine Burns Club and
the President of the Robert Burns World Federation. Our visitors were all
suitably impressed.
Scotweb,
Scotland's oldest and largest online store,
for any item in tartan or tweed
(IBC members please see note on our 'support' page)
Adverts
for
kilts and kilt accessories. Thousands of tartans. Free worldwide
shipping! :)
at heritageofscotland.com
to come:
The 2003 Annual Celebration as seen through the eyes of Chinese Channel Europe, who came north to film our event, and Ian Duncan, butcher, as a result of our presence on the web.
. . and, in development, a page on Wellwood and the Paterson family ...