Published on:
24
September 2012
ClacksPast, the new online catalogue of Clackmannanshire Council's wide-ranging museum, archives and local history collections will be launched this week. ClacksPast is an exciting new venture which will enable everyone with access to the internet to have a virtual 'rummage' through the wide range of fascinating objects, documents and photographs which are held by the Council.
ClacksPast will be a useful resource for a range of enquirers, from the casual browser to the in-depth researcher who wants to learn more about specific topics - for example, photographs and memorabilia from the old Burgh Councils of Alloa, Alva, Dollar and Tillicoultry, or perhaps the earliest pattern book and garment samples produced by John Paton, Son & Co. Ltd in 1896.
ClacksPast will be launched at 4pm on Thursday 27th September in the Council Chamber, Greenfield House. You are invited to send a reporter/photographer.
ClacksPast is a work in progress and will be updated regularly with new records and additional details added to existing ones. We also hope that the site users will sometimes be able to help us with quirky and interesting tales which breathe new life into this rich collection of the material culture of Clackmannanshire.
Council Leader Gary Womersley said: "This rich new online resource is a good way of finding out more about the history and heritage of the county and I would encourage everyone to have a look at it. If we want to keep our local history alive we have to use the web, and thanks to ClacksPast our local heritage is just a click of the mouse away. There are thousands of records on this virtual museum covering hundreds of years of history which can now be accessed by a worldwide audience."