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Caring Bank Staff Clean Historic Uniforms

Published 17/05/2015 | By RogerG
Picture shows (L to R) Andrew Gleave, Rachael Jackson and Keith Smith with the scarlet uniforms they have helped preserve in the museum’s Council Chamber.

Picture shows (L to R) Andrew Gleave, Rachael Jackson and Keith Smith with the scarlet uniforms they have helped preserve in the museum’s Council Chamber.

Three bank staff from Bolton have been pitching in at the Museum. The mission of the three, normally based at the Yorkshire Bank in Bolton, was to take part in a special ‘Give and Gain Day’ and so on Friday 15 May, they reported for duty at the Lancashire Infantry Museum in their own special uniforms with the ‘We Care About Here’ logo. Their mission, set by Museum Curator Jane Davies, was to help with cleaning historic scarlet uniforms from the Museum’s collection from The Lo…yal North Lancashire Regiment, the East Lancashire Regiment and the South Lancashire Regiment, all ancestors of today’s Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment. ‘The historic uniforms are too precious to wash – so we use special chemical pads to keep the material clean and ready for display’ said Jane. ‘It is wonderful to have extra hands for task like this, and we are most grateful to the Bolton bank team’.

Andrew Gleave, Commercial Manager at the branch added that the programme was part of the bank’s special business week of giving things back to the community. ‘It’s been a great privilege to work here’, he said ‘– and probably the first time that Yorkshire’s White Rose has cleaned Red Rose uniforms! ‘ Picture shows (L to R) Andrew Gleave, Rachael Jackson and Keith Smith with the scarlet uniforms they have helped preserve in the museum’s Council Chamber. Behind are the colours of the 4th Battalion, The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment, which are laid-up in the care of the Museum.
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