Restoration work is being carried out at Pittencrieff Park in Fife to unearth what the area was like during World War 2.

Fife Council’s Parks & Countryside department has teamed up with Fife Cultural Trust as part of 'Digging for Victory'; an event to be held in the park’s Glen Pavilion on Saturday 16 February.

Cara Donald, the Glen’s new Urban Park Ranger, said: "Join us for a nostalgic look back with the Fife Home Guard, storytelling, music of the era, wartime vehicles and lots of chat and refreshments.

"We would love people to bring their memories, stories, documents and photos from the time - especially any snaps of Pittencrieff Park."


The news follows funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund which will match support from the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust and Fife Council.

£1.6m is being put towards the transformation currently underway in the park.

Restoration and improvement work started last year and will be completed by the end of 2014.

29 individual projects are contributing to the overall development of the park, including the refurbishment of the glasshouses and conversion of the former animal centre into a peacock sanctuary.

Ms Donald added: "Signs and information panels will be replaced and the park will offer a suite of printed and online information about the park’s walks, history and natural heritage. By holding this event we hope that the people of Dunfermline can contribute to our research on what the Glen was like during World War 2. Great interest has been shown in the social history of Dunfermline during this war and we’d love to be able to establish what was grown on the allotments, what Pittencrieff House was used for and who was billeted in the Glen Pavilion!"

(IT)