In Pars We Trust
Tuesday, 21st Oct 2014Memories and memorabilia from Dunfermline Athletic FC's 129-year history are being collected and put on show, thanks to a Trust set up by the club and its supporters.
Trustee and club chairman, Bob Garmory was joined by fellow trustees Donald Adamson, Graeme Herd, Kenny Mclachlan, Bonar Mercer and John Simpson along with DAFC directors Margaret Ross and Ross McArthur, in the board room on Saturday to watch Duncan Simpson (on behalf of the Trust) and director, Ian Hunter (on behalf of the club) sign the trust agreement.
The newly created Dunfermline Athletic Heritage Trust will look after trophies, pennants and hundreds of other items. It aims to ensure that fans of the Pars and other clubs can enjoy these pieces of local history as part of their matchday experience.
As well as looking after the tangible items, the Trust will bring together and publish to a wider audience, statistical and photographic information about the Pars, and especially the personal anecdotes of past players, fans and club officials, collected through interviews. The Trust will also liaise with Dunfermline Library and Museum, particularly on cultural and historical projects such as the recent World War One Day at East End Park.
At a signing ceremony to launch the Trust, DAFC Director Ian Hunter said, "we want to improve and maintain the club's archives, preserving them for our fans and the wider West Fife community that we're proud to be part of."
He added, "we would also welcome the involvement any interested supporters who feel they might have something to contribute, whether it is their time, their expertise or some old Pars memorabilia that has been lying in the attic!”
Dunfermline Athletic Heritage Trust tour the Scottish Football Museum
The twelve trustees are all Pars fans. Chairman Duncan Simpson said, "we're very grateful for the time, advice and help given by many Pars fans. Special thanks must go to Richard McBrearty of the Scottish Football Museum and by Tom Wright of the Hibernian Historic Trust.”
INITIAL TRUSTEES:
Donald Adamson, Craig Brown, Brian Duncan, Bob Garmory, Joe Graham, Graeme Herd, Kenny Mclachlan, Bonar Mercer, Duncan Simpson, John Simpson, Gordon Smith and Rachel Walker.
CONTACTS:
DAFC: Ian Hunter directors@dafc.co.uk
DA Heritage Trust: John Simpson 07840 205407
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