For Irene Cumming who has died aged 82, Newburgh was talk of the town By Andrew Arbuckle and Chris Ferguson May 7 2021, 12.00pm
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Irene Cumming who has died aged 82 was an unsurpassed champion of Newburgh and promoted it and defended it at every opportunity.
On hearing anyone refer to Newburgh as a “nice wee village” she would rebuke them with a sharp retort: “It’s a town. It’s a town.”
She was born and educated in the town and on leaving school, she worked in the linoleum factory which was then the major employer in the area.