21 Feb
Roof insulation
Cumnock - KA18
Enquiry from: David M
Start Date: Immediate
Remove current fibreglass insulation and replace with new Full loft insulation
Newmilns
Newmilns and Greenholm is a tiny burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 3,057 people (2001 census) and lies on the A71, around seven miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. It is located in a valley whereby the River Irvine runs as well as, with the adjoining communities of Darvel and also Galston, develops a location called the Upper Irvine Valley (in your area referred to as The Valley). As the name recommends, the burgh exists in two parts - Newmilns to the north of the river and Greenholm to the south. The river additionally divides the parishes of Loudoun as well as Galston, which is why the burgh, although usually referred to as Newmilns, has actually retained both names. Of the mills themselves, bit currently remains. The last in operation was Pate's Mill, which sat on Brown Street opposite the train station (contemporary Vesuvius structure). Famed in Allan Ramsay's poem, "The Lass o Pate's Mill", it was destroyed in 1977 and all that currently remains is part of the mill's outside wall surface. The only mill structure still intact can be found at the foot of Ladeside. Currently used as housing, Loudoun Mill (formerly the Meal Mill/ Corn Mill of Newmilns) remained in usage from 1593 up until it stopped generating meal in the 1960s. In 1970, the mill wheel was removed and the lade filled in, with the only continuing to be suggestion of the site's former usage being a motto, "No Mill, No Meal - JA 1914" inscribed on the external wall.
