LOCAL festival attendees are being encouraged to dress up in outfits of bygone eras available in the town’s charity shops. The organisers of Grant Park 100 - on Saturday, August 24 - are asking everyone going along to wear outfits representing a decade from the 1920s to the current day, to celebrate ten decades since the site was gifted to the community by landowner and the inventor of the digestive biscuit, Sir Alexander Grant. Publicist Claire Doughty confirmed the town’s five charity shops and Moray Waste Busters will have Grant Park 100 rails of period clothing to help with options and inspiration.
She said: “Fancy dress competitions have been a huge part of events in Grant Park over the years during gala weeks, and over the past 100 years visitors have worn a huge range of styles and fashions so it’s fitting we make this an element of Grant Park 100. “It could be as simple as popping on a peaky blinders newsboy cap ..
. Or going all out dressed in full flower power sixties gear!” The organisers recently held an event for volunteers who will be leading at Grant Park 100 - in costume. “It was a great evening,” said Claire.
“Folk dressed up in a number of styles from land girls to flower-power. Doug Cowie, who will be sharing the compere role with Paul Matheson, came dressed as Scottish athlete Eric Liddell who took part in the 1924 Olympics and was depicted in the 1980s film ‘Chariots of Fire’. “Ainsley James, who is co-ordinating the volunteers, was.