A rare glimpse back into the past of Burnley Football Club has been unveiled as part of a major heritage project.
The fascinating story of Burnley FC has been unfolded in an exclusive archive collection called 'Clarets Collected' which was launched at the town's library on Friday.
Featuring memorabilia, match programmes and photos, the collection delves back into the club's illustrious past as part of a major fan-led heritage project by fans and Lancashire County Council's archives and cultural services staff.
The fascinating story of Burnley FC has been unfolded in an exclusive archive collection called 'Clarets Collected' which was launched at the town's library on Friday.
Featuring memorabilia, match programmes and photos, the collection delves back into the club's illustrious past as part of a major fan-led heritage project by fans and Lancashire County Council's archives and cultural services staff.
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00:00 This is the launch of the big new library project, community project, where people like
00:05 me who have got big collections of Burnley stuff can bring it in, donate it, give it,
00:12 because at the end of the day we don't know what to do with it.
00:16 It either comes here or it goes into a skip, because our family don't want it, our relatives
00:22 don't want it, so what do we do with it?
00:25 And when you've got mountains of stuff like I've got, then the idea grew, well let's try
00:33 and start something in Burnley where people can donate all their collections to make a
00:40 permanent resource, reading, browsing, research, if it's winter time come in and sit down for
00:47 a warm, browse away.
00:49 You will find a whole variety of Burnley books, general football books, wonderful old magazines,
00:58 scrapbooks, programmes, memorabilia, diaries.
01:05 Clive Holt brought his complete collection of Burnley records from his time as a Burnley
01:12 director, so the response has been fantastic, people are now coming in, dropping things
01:18 in, they're looking for things, one guy here this morning, oh dear I've got two 1970s scrapbooks
01:26 at home, he lives in Manchester, I'll drop them in.
01:30 So good response.