Care for war memorials (From Preston and Leyland Citizen)

Care for war memorials

5:46pm Wednesday 22nd October 2008

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After Remembrance Sunday next month your newspaper will receive letters from those who attended services about how proceedings were marred by the state of the war memorial around which they were gathered.

Will the same be true in ten years time when, on and around November 11, 2018, we come to commemorate the Centenary of the Armistice?

Praise must be given to the work of the War Memorials Trust and others who strive to restore this part of our heritage.

But the reality is the question comes down to money. We need a fundamental re-think about how we maintain our war memorials.

In ten years’ time, let’s remember our war dead against a backdrop of pristine, structurally sound war memorials across the nation.

I have ideas about how this may be achieved and am willing to share these with anyone interested.

Please e-mail me at ray56thompson@tiscali.co.uk Thank you.

Ray Thompson Via email

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