“Old
Gala Club Goes on Holiday”
Exhibition
Opening Night
Jim
Hume, MSP for the South
of Scotland.
20th
March 2008
Jim
Hume, MSP with club Vice President Murray Dickson
Jim Hume, MSP for the South
of Scotland, and Councillor for the Galashiels and District region of Scottish Borders Council opens
the exhibition “Old Gala Club Goes On Holiday”, which is the third in the
“Goes On” series. In previous years Old Gala Club has gone Shopping, and
gone to Church. The club is considering where to go next year, and it is most
likely that “Old Gala Club Goes to War” will be the theme as 2009 will be
the 70th anniversary year since the start of the Second World War. It is hoped
that club members will have a look for their wartime photographs and artefacts.
The
Old Gala Club was founded in 1947 with the aim of preserving the history of Galashiels for
future generations. The club currently has about 12,000
photographs, 15,000 slides, 4000 artefacts and a large archive of paperwork.
This exhibition is slightly different as it is the people of the town not the
streets, buildings or workplaces. It is what we, and our ancestors did for
holidays before world travel.
The
free exhibition runs from 21st March to 29th June 2008 in Old Gala
House.
It is open Tuesday to Saturday
10.00 am - 4.00 pm during March, April and May; and Monday to Saturday 10.00 am
- 4.00 pm plus Sunday 1.00 - 4.00 pm in June 2008.
Vice-President Murray Dickson
dedicated the exhibition to the memory of Derek Thornton, who has given many
years service to the club, including diligently reporting all lectures.
