Helen Crummy

Helen Crummy MBE (10 May 1920 – 11 July 2011)[1][2] was a founder of the Craigmillar Festival Society, and served as the Organising Secretary for the group until 1985.

The Craigmillar Festival Society started in 1962, after she asked the headmaster of the local primary school if her son, Philip, could be taught to play the violin.

[3] Helen with the local mothers group decided to show how talented their children were and started The Craigmillar Festival which grew to gain international acclaim.

She is also in the "Travelling the Distance" sculpture at The Scottish Parliament and mentioned in The Bill Douglas statue at Newcraighall Railway station.

On 21 March 2014 a statue, created by Tim Chalk, in her memory was unveiled by Richard Demarco and Ruth Wishart outside the East Neighbourhood Centre on Niddrie Mains Road, Edinburgh.