Press release from the Bury Times
by Terry Morgan
THE last big push for Bury's Fusilier Museum
has stepped up a gear.
Fundraisers feel they are now very much in
the driving seat in achieving their aim of raising the final £300,000
needed for the museum project after recruiting a local businessman
to their ranks.
David Hobin, owner of car dealership Hobin
of Bury, has generously donated a SEAT Ibiza which will be raffled
off over the next 12 months.
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Tickets are on sale at £1 each and the winner will be unveiled
when the new museum opens next year on April 25 - the 94th anniversary
of the Lancashire Landings at Gallipoli.
It was at Gallipoli where the Fusiliers were
rewarded for their most celebrated act of bravery when six Victoria
Crosses were won before breakfast.
In total, the Fusliers won more VCs in the
First World War than any other British regiment, with a total
of 18.
Lieutenant Colonel Eric Davidson, director
of the Fusilier Museum project, welcomed Mr Hobin's support.
He said: "We are absolutely delighted
to welcome David on board.
"We have one year to raise the £300,000
needed to complete the museum and the donation of the Seat car
will go a long way to helping us achieve our aim."
Mr Hobin, who has dealerships in Bell Lane,
Bury, as well as in Manchester and Preston, said: "My children
were born in Bury and I have a nephew who is serving in the armed
forces.
"The Fusilier Museum is an important addition
to the town's attractions and I am delighted to give my support
to such a great cause."
The multi-million pound museum will be housed
in the former Bury Arts and Craft college in Broad Street./ It
will be dedicated to the 300-plus years history of the regiment
- from its early days when it was known as the Twentieth Foot
and then the Lancashire Fusiliers, to its present day title of
the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
Raffle tickets for the car can be bought from
the existing museum at Wellington Barracks in Bolton Road or from
the Mill Gate shopping centre's information stand on market days.
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