Dedication to two founding ‘fathers’ of Brandon Heritage Centre

Way back in 1991 Brandon Heritage Centre opened its doors to its first visitor.  However the hard work of getting the centre in place took many years, even in the 1970s discussions were being had about putting in place a facility to bring together and highlight Brandon’s heritage.  It was only through the vision and determination of those Brandon people that we have our wonderful building filled with Brandon artifacts.  In the 1990s six people founded the centre – Mr Harvey Adam, Mr David Bimson, Mr John Gilbert, Mrs Gwen Luker, Mr David Pocock and Mr Harry Rumsey.  Harvey Adam has a room at the centre named in his memory.  Now we have two ‘David’ chairs in memory of messrs. Bimson and Pocock.

This summer, Peter Ridgewell (Brandon Town Councillor) popped into the centre with two worn out and weather beaten chairs asking if we wanted them for the centre.  Initially, thoughts crossed our mind that these were only good for the dump but with slight apprehension we accepted the gift.  Then a call went out to our volunteer force to sand them down and bring them back to some sort of former glory.  Barry Spencer stepped forward, took them home and returned them in such a fine state that we still cannot believe these are the same chairs.  Mark Skinner was next, with a donation of two plaques which he attached to the chairs.  This is such a fitting tribute to the two David’s, who are sadly no longer with us.  A small token of our thanks to them.  Also, thank you to Peter Ridgewell, Barry Spencer and Mark Skinner.