Two months in the past I stated that we’re very eager to advertise, share and defend the historical past, and we wish to make investments into, the heritage of the membership. We wish to do that with you our Members, all Bees followers but additionally the Brentford Group
The “Heritage” pillar of our work at Bees United, can be very a lot about remembering the place now we have come from as a membership, and the way that has led to the tradition and values that the membership has right this moment, but additionally to mirror the broader historic, social and academic context that Brentford FC has in the neighborhood. A BU board member identified astutely, that “Brentford FC has been round since 1889. We’ve social historical past and soccer in our blood and there’s a lot the membership has performed in the neighborhood because it started”.
Bees v Huddersfield August 1935
All Bees undoubtedly agree in regards to the images and recollections of these enormous Griffin Park crowds of the 1930’s, underneath Harry Curtis’ administration however we additionally consider now we have a wider, richer heritage as a membership than “merely” the soccer (though what unbelievable days they should have been – and the way fantastic it’s to see the present proprietor, crew and administration making an attempt to copy these days!)
Listed below are some extra particulars about how we’re setting about to plan to have fun this historical past and in the beginning to guard our heritage.
Brentford FC does have a wealthy historical past
A Digital Archive – an On-line Museum
The important thing a part of “Heritage” that we are going to be investing into and launching sooner or later, is a “Digital Archive” or “On-line Museum“. We are going to quickly be working with the Membership to formalise the element of an settlement, to take care of, to curate and catalogue afresh, all of the very particular objects within the Membership’s assortment (presently in storage) and different objects. This assortment can be handled in the identical means as displays in a museum are, by way of the way in which we are going to defend, document all of the totally different objects and papers that exist every now and then, in fact any future objects which can be introduced to develop the gathering
Lots of you’d have seen a few of these objects throughout the particular “Farewell to Griffin Park” exhibition held on the London Museum of Water and Steam, in the beginning of the Bees journey into Premier League soccer!
Sergi’s personal piece of Heritage. Brentford’s first Premier league purpose vs Arsenal
In the meantime, across the nook from the Steam Museum, on the model new GTech, Sergi Canos was making his personal contribution to creating new Bees Heritage.
Sergi scored Brentford’s first Premier league purpose, out smarting Leno with that crowd roaring, near-post kick from 15 yards within the twenty second minute on Friday thirteenth August 2021, in opposition to Arsenal!
We wish to share all of the features and inform all of the tales, of Brentford FC Heritage, from the black and white images, the programmes, folks’s voices, historic Brentford websites and different memorabilia, proper as much as right this moment’s historical past making, Ladies’s and Males’s groups and all their achievements.
Collating a brand new document
Lists of the BFC assortment have been made previously for various causes however because the objects within the assortment have modified, they’re now not correct so we look ahead to and we put together for, a brand new begin. This can take many cautious hours as we are going to document at museum customary, all of the element right this moment what is going to final for years to return. We will even have everlasting entry to objects which can be hosted solely on-line for all to go looking and examine. If an merchandise is inside our Custodianship, it’s going to finally be scanned and or photographed so it might shared with you, and could be seen, from wherever you’re. A number of preparation is underneath option to put together for this which.
The most important venture
This can be Bees United greatest enterprise since proudly owning and promoting the membership. We’re going to maintain you posted with our progress. We’ve already been in contact with just a few of the specialists from our Bees household whom of their other ways have spent 1000’s of their very own hours accumulating, storing, photographing and painstakingly compiling data, and there are various extra folks to speak to.
We’d like their assist.
We’re going to ask on your assist too!
Only a digital archive hidden in storage?
No, probably not, one key and basic goal is definitely to guard our heritage and bodily shows at all times carry their very own dangers as now we have seen. Some objects are fragile and common motion is probably not advisable however there are different methods to share what we’re doing and to assist folks learn about this in several methods – that is the place you are available in.
What does Heritage imply for you
We’re engaged on other ways to assist join folks with all issues to do with Brentford however why not share your individual concepts – inform us HERE
The founding of the membership in 1889 is a massively vital probability to commemorate the place our Membership was truly based, again in 1889, which was referred to as the Oxford and Cambridge by Kew Bridge and we hope to create a major commemoration.
A Heritage path would carry alive locations that are a part of our historical past across the historic Brentford websites the place the membership’s historical past began all these years in the past. However historical past is folks, it’s you who’re the true historical past of our membership so we wish to document your voices added to present recordings and movies.
Later this yr, in June, Brentford Voice launch the second Canal Competition. Brentford’s Canal competition folllows the massive success of final yr’s inaugural occasion takes place in June this yr and we may have a presence.
Final however not least, you flocked to the exhibition on the Steam Museum again in 2021 and we hope to host new, shorter transient exhibitions, Pop ups, of our actual assortment of things with totally different themes.
However what are your concepts, ideas and ideas – Inform Stuart HERE
