Cawdor St, Patricroft
Nov 16, 2011 22:48:00 GMT
Post by shred on Nov 16, 2011 22:48:00 GMT
Eccles Journal, 23rd November 1951.
Councilmay look after Cawdor St shrine
Once treated with great reverence by the residents of adjacent streets, who mourned their sons, brothers, husbands and friends, killed in the first world war, the wall shrine on Cawdor-st., Patricroft, has fallen into disrepair, and is almost unnoticed by those who pass.
For many years the shrine was the scene of a touching ceremony each Armistice Day when flowers were placed in vases around the glass framed roll of honour containing 200 names of servicemen from the neighbourhood, killed in the war. But this year no flowers were placed there, and the only decoration is three jam jars containing the remains of flowers apparently put there on Armistice Day 1950.
Mrs Alice Bebbington, 39 Sycamore-rd, Winton, a former resident of Barton-grove, tended the shrine for many years, but living in a neat kept bungalow at Winton, she told a Journal reporter that at 73 she is too old to attend it. However, she has been in correspondence with the War Office and Army Headquarters, Western Command, in an attempt to induce them to accept responsibility. They have declined, but Mrs Bebbington's efforts have not been in vain for the Eccles Borough Surveyor has inspected the shrine, and probably it will be maintained in future by the Town Council.
Another person who has taken an interest in the shrine is window cleaner Herbert Thomas, 157 Ellesmere-st., Patricroft, who regularly cleans the glass, when passing on his rounds.
The shrine was erected in 1916 as a result of collecting from neighbours by Mrs Bebbington, and the late Mrs K Walsh, and was unveiled by Dr. and Mrs W J Hayes.
Another shrine in Andover St., Winton, also inspected by the Borough Surveyor, is in good condition.
Councilmay look after Cawdor St shrine
Once treated with great reverence by the residents of adjacent streets, who mourned their sons, brothers, husbands and friends, killed in the first world war, the wall shrine on Cawdor-st., Patricroft, has fallen into disrepair, and is almost unnoticed by those who pass.
For many years the shrine was the scene of a touching ceremony each Armistice Day when flowers were placed in vases around the glass framed roll of honour containing 200 names of servicemen from the neighbourhood, killed in the war. But this year no flowers were placed there, and the only decoration is three jam jars containing the remains of flowers apparently put there on Armistice Day 1950.
Mrs Alice Bebbington, 39 Sycamore-rd, Winton, a former resident of Barton-grove, tended the shrine for many years, but living in a neat kept bungalow at Winton, she told a Journal reporter that at 73 she is too old to attend it. However, she has been in correspondence with the War Office and Army Headquarters, Western Command, in an attempt to induce them to accept responsibility. They have declined, but Mrs Bebbington's efforts have not been in vain for the Eccles Borough Surveyor has inspected the shrine, and probably it will be maintained in future by the Town Council.
Another person who has taken an interest in the shrine is window cleaner Herbert Thomas, 157 Ellesmere-st., Patricroft, who regularly cleans the glass, when passing on his rounds.
The shrine was erected in 1916 as a result of collecting from neighbours by Mrs Bebbington, and the late Mrs K Walsh, and was unveiled by Dr. and Mrs W J Hayes.
Another shrine in Andover St., Winton, also inspected by the Borough Surveyor, is in good condition.
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