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Leicester City Football Club memorabilia wanted for exhibition
Posted on 22/10/2009
Community Services
Snibston Discovery Museum is appealing for Leicester City fans to join its memorabilia workshop on Saturday, 31st October 2009.
Leicestershire County Council’s Snibston is working in partnership with Leicester City Football Club (LCFC) to celebrate 125 years of the club. A series of celebratory events will be held at Snibston over the coming months starting with the memorabilia workshop.
John Hutchinson, LCFC archivist and history expert, will be talking about the club during the last 125 years and what it means to people who have been involved. John will meet with fans to discover more about their prized Leicester City treasures and fellow supporters. The two sessions, starting at 10am and 2pm, are free and will last for two hours.
A similar event, a reminiscence workshop, will be held on Tuesday, 15th December. Fans can come along and share their fond memories of the club and, should they wish, be interviewed by museum staff to produce audio accounts for the club’s archives.
Club historian John Hutchinson said "This is a very exciting time for the club and its fans. We really want people to join in the celebrations and help us reflect on the key moments during the last 125 years.
"If people have old programmes, strips, photos or memorabilia, we would love to see them. There may even be an opportunity to feature some of this material in the exhibition itself."
The two-month exhibition, From Shed to Stadium - 125 years of Leicester City Football Club, will run from 16th January until 21st March 2010. To be held in the free-to-view Community Gallery, it will showcase football strips, iconic objects and photographs reflecting the history of the club which was founded in 1884.
Ernie White, Leicestershire County Council Cabinet Member for Museums, said: "Football is about people and communities and we cannot underestimate the importance a local club has in terms of bringing generations of people together across the whole county.
"The Snibston workshops are the perfect opportunity for local people to be involved in the celebrations and to contribute to the club’s archives."
Fans who wish to get involved and have memorabilia to share, or stories to tell, can e-mail football@leics.gov.uk.
The exhibition is free to all and will run from Saturday, 16th January until Sunday, 21st March 2010. For further details of the exhibition, please contact Sarah Oakden- Nancarrow on 0116 305 3443.
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Snibston is set on the site of a former colliery and consists of a multi-award-winning interactive museum, colliery buildings of national significance, the Century Theatre, a country park and nature reserve.
The museum displays a rich and diverse collection of objects, telling the story of technology and design and how it has affected everyday life from the past to the present and into the future.
For more details please contact Sarah Oakden-Nancarrow on 01530 278444 or see www.snibston.com