Another two sections of terracing cleaned and in-filled with red ash and another 20 buckets of spoil removed. Lots of branches and rubbish also cleared from this section this week and slowly this part of the ground is clearing and becoming more accessible.
Hopefully we will get this entire terracing completed by year end as it should become easier once the winter sets in and the trees are out of flowering. For now however we battle on through the undergrowth!
We welcomed historian Dr Fiona Skillen to the park this week where she was being interviewed for French television by famed director Stan Neumann and the photo below is courtesy of her Twitter feed. Great catching up and she thoroughly approved of our work thus far.
We were honoured this week to be asked to contribute to the Football Memories Scotland Project at the JJFA Pavilion and a fascinating and very moving experience it was too. Simon took along mementoes and his Cathkin photo archive which jogged many memories and a slew of brilliant
stories from the assembled fans and ex-players present. The venue added so much to the atmosphere of this event and again this is yet another Community-led project which has found it's new home at the most important football arena in Scotland. Delighted to hear tales of the Pie Stall, South Enclosure and a fascinating insight to the layout of the original Thirds Pavilion and of some of the
football greats who graced the best surface in Scotland at one time. So a busy old week at Cathkin Park and more of the past history & structure brought back to life. Onwards!
