Provost's Lamp Posts

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Provost's Lamp Posts
Provost's Lamp Posts

Royal Burgh of Ayr
As a compliment to the Provost, lamp posts with the Royal Burgh Coat of Arms showing on the glass plates have been placed outside the various residences of the successive Provosts of Ayr since 1854.
The lamp posts have stood outside Rozelle House since 1975, when the historic role of Provost of Ayr came to an end with local government reorganisation. The original glass in the lanterns bearing the burgh Coat of Arms and the words 'Royal Burgh of Ayr' has been replaced with plain glass. The columns were previously painted black and gold.
This tradition was continued for their Provosts by the successor authorities, Kyle & Carrick District Council (1975-96) and South Ayrshire Council (1996- ), with the new councils' respective Coats of Arms on the lanterns.
[Please see my Flickr album "Provost's Lamp Posts" for similar pictures from other towns of these symbols of Scottish municipal history and civic dignity]

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Taken on: June 1, 2015
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