A BANNER depicting the history of Aberdour and St Fillan's has been put on display at St Fillan's Church.
Created by pupils from Aberdour Primary School, the banner shows different stories of the village and its iconic 12th-century church.
The banner was first commissioned after Ruth Murray, a member of the Aberdour Cultural Association (ACA), visited the Dunfermline Tapestry at the Carnegie Library and Galleries back in August 2021, and wondered if they could do something similar.
Following Ruth's idea, the ACA contacted Louise Wood, the school's headteacher, who was delighted with the idea of the kids taking part, particularly if it could link in with 2022 being the Year of Scotland's Stories.
In May 2022, Simon Taylor, the ACA's chair and a local historian, went into the primary school to tell stories about the village, and the children began work on a banner based on those stories.
The original banner was put on display in the school to inspire the children. Each class completed an A3-sized panel based on the stories Simon told them.
The next step was to plan a design in which all the panels could be joined together. At this stage four ladies got involved – Sarah Belle, who donated backing material; Dot Clark, who helped plan and prepare the banner; and Davina Aikman and Ruth Murray, who came up with the design and did all the sewing work.
Beneath each panel by the children is a panel telling the story, and at the top, in lettering the same as that on the old banner, is the word STORIES.
The banner was displayed for the first time in Aberdour Primary School last month at an exhibition celebrating the 900th anniversary of St Fillan's Church, together with some amazing work by the children that included a model of the church, news articles relating to important events during the church's history, a timeline, and a film made by the children that even includes some of Simon's stories.
The banner features stories on Mortimer's Deep, St Fillan, Captain Morgan, Shipwrecks and Crime Detection.
The banner, which includes both the tapestry and the written stories, can now be viewed at St Fillan's Church, Aberdour, which is open every day from 10am to 5pm.
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