One of East Lothian’s most popular family seafood restaurants has teamed up with Musselburgh Racecourse to launch a new ‘East Coast Harbour’ race.
East Coast Restaurant and Fish & Chips Takeaway, on North High Street in Musselburgh, hopes that the ‘East Coast Harbour’ handicap on Tuesday 25th July will help raise funds for The Fisherrow Harbour & Seafront Association.
Since its launch in 2018, this Association has been working with East Lothian Council to improve the harbour and seafront in Musselburgh for the benefit of the community, local people and visitors through a series of ongoing fundraising events and voluntary activities, including the Fisherrow Harbour Festival.
Its planned activities include essential harbour repairs and developments, as well as expansion of existing initiatives such as the popular community-adopted planters and wheel-chair friendly picnic tables.
East Coast is owned and operated by Carlo and Katia Crolla, whose family has been serving the local community in and around Musselburgh for nearly 50 years.
Carlo said: “We’re really excited to be teaming up with Musselburgh Racecourse for the first time to help support The Fisherrow Harbour & Seafront Association. We’re expecting hundreds of people from across Edinburgh and the Lothians to come along to the East Coast Harbour Race on Tuesday 25th July for a great family day out and help us raise as much as we can for this fantastic local charity, which relies heavily on the generosity of its volunteers and donations.
“We really hope our new East Coast Harbour Race will go some way to helping improve the harbour and seafront in Musselburgh for the benefit of the community, local people and visitors. Our family has been proudly serving the local community with quality fish and chips for nearly half a century, so it means a lot to us to be supporting the work of The Fisherrow Harbour & Seafront Association and encouraging local communities to come together.”
Musselburgh Racecourse general manager, Bill Farnsworth, added: “Like the racecourse, the Crolla family are synonymous with Musselburgh and have played an important commercial role in the Honest Toun for generations.
“We are delighted to be hosting the East Coast Harbour Race and to support the valuable ongoing work of the Fisherrow Harbour and Seafront Association.
“The racecourse has always been keen to foster strong relationships with local businesses and organisations, and we are very happy to contribute in a small way to help improve the harbour and seafront amenities which are so important to the Musselburgh community.”
Chair of the FHSA, David Wilkie, said: “We value this opportunity to connect with two of Musselburgh’s most popular and successful businesses – East Coast and Musselburgh Racecourse – and appreciate the support that they are offering to FHSA.
“We will put any funds raised directly into projects which benefit the local area, to realise our vision to develop Fisherrow as a welcoming and accessible seaside resort with fantastic water-based and seafront activities, and look forward to working together in the future.”
