Tranent funeral parlour 'overwhelmed' by donations to community Remembrance museum
Co-op Funeralcare on the High Street set up the museum last weekend, intending it to run for just one week.
But the collection has been extended due to the ‘overwhelming’ interest and donations from locals.
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Hide AdTemporary donations include letters, medals, uniform and even a World War One gun which has been displayed in the window.
The collection also includes an MBE letter from King George given to Captain Joe Ritchie, who was a minister in East Lothian for 32 years after leaving the army.
The letter was loaned to the museum by his son, Duncan Ritchie.
In the window also stands a fibreglass 6ft horse called Fred donated by Harbro Saddlery in Dalkeith to mark the contribution of horses to the war effort.
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Hide AdA suitcase of rations from World War Two holds teabags, toilet rolls and other preservatives which still survive.
“People have been amazing in handing things in,” said Funeral Director Lee.
“Rather than putting a picture of a poppy in the window as we usually do, we wanted to do something will the local people, and to make it about the community.
“We’ve got a big window and we wanted to put it to use,”
“It’s been overwhelming - everybody has been amazed by the response.”