A man of vision
Jan 21, 2014 19:05:49 GMT
Post by shred on Jan 21, 2014 19:05:49 GMT
Eccles Journal – March 16, 1917
Suggested War Memorial for Eccles
Mr N Norris of Patricroft, writes: I am glad to see that the thoughts of the town council include the question of providing a permanent memorial locally to our brave dead. I would suggest that the council should enclose and lay out a piece of the ground in front of the Carnegie Library similarly to that in Clarendon Crescent. In the centre an obelisk, bold and rugged, of stone as near everlasting as can be got, could be erected, and in the future names could be inscribed. This would provide a centre to which our thoughts could be directed. Something material as an outlet for emotion is required, and although this may be regarded as sentimental, we make no apologies for placing flowers on the graves of lost ones. Our boys are buried in a foreign land, but the anniversaries of their births and deaths would be kept green by wives and mothers and sisters if a municipal memorial was available, at the base of which they could place floral tributes to the brave dead.
Does anyone know what Mr Norris is alluding to when he writes "similarly to that in Clarendon Crescent"?
Suggested War Memorial for Eccles
Mr N Norris of Patricroft, writes: I am glad to see that the thoughts of the town council include the question of providing a permanent memorial locally to our brave dead. I would suggest that the council should enclose and lay out a piece of the ground in front of the Carnegie Library similarly to that in Clarendon Crescent. In the centre an obelisk, bold and rugged, of stone as near everlasting as can be got, could be erected, and in the future names could be inscribed. This would provide a centre to which our thoughts could be directed. Something material as an outlet for emotion is required, and although this may be regarded as sentimental, we make no apologies for placing flowers on the graves of lost ones. Our boys are buried in a foreign land, but the anniversaries of their births and deaths would be kept green by wives and mothers and sisters if a municipal memorial was available, at the base of which they could place floral tributes to the brave dead.
Does anyone know what Mr Norris is alluding to when he writes "similarly to that in Clarendon Crescent"?