'War dead memorial' - Brampton Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK. - News Article Locations on Waymarking.com

The memorial is situated in a small garden near a footpath entrance from Granville Avenue into Brampton Park.

The memorial is black stone on a plinth engraved with gold lettering that reads as follows;
'IN REMEMBRANCE
OF CIVILIANS
KILLED IN THE
BOMBING OF
STOKE-ON-TRENT
AND
NEWCASTLE BOROUGH
DURING THE
1939 - 1945 CONFLICT
LET US
REMEMBER THEM'

The report by Tim Parker for the BBC news Stoke/Staffordshire online was published on 21st October 2006 and reads as follows;

"War dead memorial
A memorial has been unveiled to civilians from the Potteries who died during the Second World War. Our video reporter Tim Parker was at the special service in Brampton Park in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

On a windy autumn day in a quiet corner of Brampton Park in Newcastle, a small group gathered to unveil a modest black memorial. The small monument commemorates the 78 people who died as a result of bombings in Newcastle and Stoke-on-Trent in World War II.
Compared to other areas of the country, the Potteries escaped lightly from wartime bombing. Strategic industries in the area are thought to have been targets on several occasions but it was often nearby housing that was hit.
The Mayor of Newcastle Cllr Bill Sinnott and the Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent Cllr Jean Edwards joined the short service led by Rev Arthur Crebur in remembering the civilians who died over 60 years ago. But the ceremony really belonged to the relatives of those killed. And the event brought back many memories of those terrible nights in the early 1940s.
Newcastle resident, Peter Cotton, who served with No.42 Commando Unit of the Marines on HMS Bulwark after the war, has worked with school friend John Bagley to organise the memorial and keep alive the memories of those who died..." SOURCE: (visit link)
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"Beautiful Brampton Park, the borough’s flagship park which has Green Flag status. With its beautiful, mature trees and shrubs it is a wonderful place to wander, relax and have fun. The park was originally two gardens divided between the two Victorian villas on the park – the Firs (now the museum) and Pitfield House (now the café and Giggles and Wiggles nursery). Before that, the land was part of the Brampton Field – common land grazed and cultivated by the town burgesses. The name Brampton means ‘place where broom grew’. The Brampton Field was sold by the town burgesses after the 1845 Inclosure Act and was developed as a residential area for the town’s professional classes, such as shopkeepers and business owners. The houses were built in the 1850s. Since the 1950s the land has been used as parkland for the enjoyment of the people of the borough." Source: (visit link)

Type of publication: Internet Only When was the article reported?: 10/21/2006 Publication: BBC News Article Url: [Web Link] Is Registration Required?: no How widespread was the article reported?: regional News Category: Editorial

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