New Booklet about the Coronation 1953
An exhibition commemorating Prestwich’s celebrations during Coronation Week in 1953 is currently being staged in the Heritage Museum in Prestwich Library. To accompany...
Local War Memorials
Local War Memorials
The websites listed below give details of the names on the local war memorials. The records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission are used to give further details of the men listed on the memorials. The Stand and Unsworth sections use the 1901 Census to place the men in their family context.
I addition to these, the Memorial Hall ( Longfield Suite) and the War Memorials within it have been officially listed as War Memorials now.
These excellent sites have been co-researched by Laura Vizard and Rod Gibson. We thank them for this work.
Here is the Stand All Saints War Memorial …
http://sites.google.com/site/unsworthpolewarmemorial/stand-war-memorial-whitefield-lancashire
The link below relates to Prestwich….
This gives the details about the Unsworth Pole War Memorial …
http://sites.google.com/site/unsworthpolewarmemorial/unsworth-war-memorial
War Memorial at Stand All Saints.
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Coronation Day Exhibition 1953
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Thank you for the link, just to note though it’s Rod Gibson not Gilbert. Merry Xmas and thanks again, Laura Vizard.
I am wondering whether anybody can help with the following question please?
From Janet Muncaster in the USA
“I was brought up down Gardener Road in Prestwich (Ernest Street) and used to play on Spion Kop. I left to live in the USA for many years and on my return found it re-named Gardener’s Mount, and I think the Spion Kop Memorial gone. Do you know when and why that happened?”
I don’t remember there being a memorial there and the only think I can think of is that it was possibly relocated?
Regards and Thank you in advance,
Laura Vizard.
Hi thrre,
yes there was a War Memorial on Spion Kop.
It was moved, several decades ago, to stand on the junction of Rectory Lane and St. Mary’s Road outside the old Library that is now PADOS HQ.
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