Old Ochiltree

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Described in the 19th century Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland as a pleasant little place with 'a post office under Cumnock with money order and savings' bank departments gasworks three inns and a reading-room and library the tiny and attractive village of Ochiltree is tucked away in rural Ayrshire waiting to be discovered. Its sleepy atmosphere belies its lively past as a centre of Covenanting activity in the 17th century and the place where John Knox himself was married. This collection of photographs gives a flavour of life in the late 19th and early 20th century