First steps in Grangemouth restorations

The first weekend in May will see a range of community events taking place at Zetland Park in Grangemouth, centred around the digital reconstruction of the historic town clock tower.

The clock tower was disassembled after the Old Town Chambers was destroyed in a fire and has since been kept in storage. To enchance its chances of being rebuilt, IFLI will be working with AOC Archaeology, Falkirk Council and a number of community groups (including EARL, Friends of Zetland Park and Grangemouth Heritage Trust). We'll be bringing the pieces of the clock to Zetland Park over the weekend of 6 and 7 may to allow them to digitally scanned, photographed and archived. This will then go to creating a 3D model of how the tower should be reconstructed. This will form an important part of a future bid to secure funding for the wider regeneration of the Park itself, and will give volunteers a chance to be part of an exciting and unique project, as well as gaining a variety of hands-on experiences in photography, restoration and digital cataloguing.

All the spaces for volunteers on the day are now fully booked, but everyone is very welcome to come down to the park and find out more about the restoration.

And that's not all - between 11:00am and 3:00pm on Sunday 7th May the Friends of Zetland Park will be hosting a community networking event. Come along to find out more about what's going on in your local area; there will be lots of fun activities at the stalls as well as face-painting and wildlife ID walks. 

For more information please contact IFLI's Kirsty McAlister on 01324 831568 or kirsty.mcalister@rspb.org.uk.