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Description: | 21st May 1927.
View of the unveiling of Morley's War Memorial in Scatcherd Park in 1927. Morley came to a stand still during the ceremony and businesses closed. The memorial of granite and bronze depicts Britannia and it was designed and executed by Walter Gilbert of Birmingham at a cost of ?2,500. There was a procession from the Town Hall to the memorial with many representative groups taking part. Alderman Joseph Kirk unveiled the sculpture and the Vicar of Morley dedicated it. Then the Mayor, Alderman Thomas Arthur Marshall accepted the memorial on behalf of the Morley people.
Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | memorial War Mayor Scatcherd Park | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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