MARKINCH MEMORIAL GARDEN PROJECT
Everyone in the footballing community will either remember or have heard of the Ibrox Disaster on January 2nd 1971,Sadly that day 5 schoolboys aged between 13 and 15 years from a little town called Markinch in Fife lost their lives in a crush.
The street where 4 of them stayed has a memorial stone facing down it however recently vehicles have been driving on the grass around the memorial making it unsightly and harder to maintain. Markinch Community Council, Fife Council and Glenrothes Loyal Rangers Supporters Club have investigated the erection of a wrought iron fence around the 5 remembrance trees and the memorial, the lifting of grass and replacing it with granite chips and possibly a bench if funds can stretch.
We feel this enhancement will give the memorial the prominence it deserves and also make it more conspicuous to the many visitors who come from worldwide to pay their respects, The whole project of fence, landscaping and a bench is approx £10,000 with the fence alone being £7650.://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/markinch-memorial-garden-project