The
175th Anniversary Window (2001),
a stained glass tribute to the founding of Irvine Burns Club in 1826
This superb window, created by Ayrshire stained glass artist Paul Lucky, tells the story of the time Robert Burns spent in Irvine, where he made new friends and, more importantly, first had the idea of publishing his work. The window contains facsimiles of original manuscripts held by the Club, the blue flowers of the flax trade that brought him to the town, and a map of Irvine at that time. It also highlights the esteem in which he was still held 45 years later by people who had known him, that they resolved to establish a Burns Club in his honour.
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this photo shows the position of the window (to the right) in our Music Room,
as a local school pupil recites from the works of Burns at a competition (photo
courtesy of Jan Bernhard Rønhaug)
Fuller details will appear on this page in due course.