Letters to the editor

Time to celebrate heritage of Glenrothes

Sir, - What action can be taken to promote the history of the Glenrothes area (August 22) as the town approaches its 70th anniversary?

Jenny Gilruth MSP is calling on the local authority to see how it can support the volunteer-run Glenrothes Area Heritage Centre located to the east of the town’s Kingdom Centre.

I think the answer to that should be obvious to anyone who has watched the upgrading of the museum and library facilities in Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy in recent years.

It is to place the GAHC on the same footing as those services and another in St Andrews and run it as a professional service with salaried, qualified staff on hand.

In practical terms it would mean merging the library at Rothes Halls with the heritage centre.

It would simply be an administrative device at first until a larger, wellequipped unit in the centre could be found.

The heritage centre, over the years, has shown its versatility.

There is currently an exhibition about the history of Tullis Russell to support earlier ventures on the Titanic disaster in which the Countess of Rothes played a key role in the rescue effort.

The history of the period, covering the life of the former Glenrothes Development Corporation is probably enough to fill a large building in itself.

The 70th anniversary is a time to show vision as well as respect. Fife Council and Fife Cultural Trust can show that by helping develop the heritage centre into a larger, compact, civic unit. Bob Taylor. 24 Shiel Court, Glenrothes.

Rothes Hall, Glenrothes, home to the town’s library.