Mellor War Memorial : Unveiling/Dedication 1920 : Inscription : 1951 : Newspaper cuttings.
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Title
Mellor War Memorial : Unveiling/Dedication 1920 : Inscription : 1951 : Newspaper cuttings.
Description
Two original programmes for events at Mellor War Memorial :
(a) Unveiling and Dedication of the Mellor War Memorial in honor of men who died in Great War 1914 - 1918. Order of Proceedings on Saturday 6th November 1920 unveiled by F C Arkwright Esq., D.L., J.P.
(b) Dedication of the Inscription with names of those who fell during the 1939 - 1945 War on Saturday llth November 1951. Unveiling by the Chairman of Marple UDC, Councillor J E Bradshaw.
(c) Newspaper cuttings:
21.8.1920 Hand-written copy of High Peak Reporter article criticising positioning of Mellor War Memorial - people will have to make detour to see it rather than pass it when going about their business.
06.11.1920 Hand-written copy and photocopied article from High Peak Reporter describing ceremony to take place that day at unveiling of Mellor war memorial. Lists speakers, other participants, musical items and subscriptions.
Photocopy of undated article describing ceremony at unveiling of Mellor War Memorial on 06.11.1920.
Cutting 18.10.2001 regarding the Home Office clean-up scheme for memorials. In the absence of a comprehensive list of Stockport war memorials, Peter Clarke asked people to contact him with this information
Cutting 6.8.2003 recording the 50th anniversary of the death in the Korean war of Lt George David Rudge, son of the then Vicar of Mellor.
Copies of two photographs taken at the unveiling of the Mellor war memorial.
(a) Unveiling and Dedication of the Mellor War Memorial in honor of men who died in Great War 1914 - 1918. Order of Proceedings on Saturday 6th November 1920 unveiled by F C Arkwright Esq., D.L., J.P.
(b) Dedication of the Inscription with names of those who fell during the 1939 - 1945 War on Saturday llth November 1951. Unveiling by the Chairman of Marple UDC, Councillor J E Bradshaw.
(c) Newspaper cuttings:
21.8.1920 Hand-written copy of High Peak Reporter article criticising positioning of Mellor War Memorial - people will have to make detour to see it rather than pass it when going about their business.
06.11.1920 Hand-written copy and photocopied article from High Peak Reporter describing ceremony to take place that day at unveiling of Mellor war memorial. Lists speakers, other participants, musical items and subscriptions.
Photocopy of undated article describing ceremony at unveiling of Mellor War Memorial on 06.11.1920.
Cutting 18.10.2001 regarding the Home Office clean-up scheme for memorials. In the absence of a comprehensive list of Stockport war memorials, Peter Clarke asked people to contact him with this information
Cutting 6.8.2003 recording the 50th anniversary of the death in the Korean war of Lt George David Rudge, son of the then Vicar of Mellor.
Copies of two photographs taken at the unveiling of the Mellor war memorial.
Source
Also see CD "Mellor Memorial " in the Audio Visual Collection
Publisher
Morfee & Son, Hollins Lane, Marple
Date
Reviewed AB 07/2023
Identifier
WOR/01/014
Louiset
Louiset
Files
Collection
Citation
“Mellor War Memorial : Unveiling/Dedication 1920 : Inscription : 1951 : Newspaper cuttings.,” Marple Local History Society Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, https://marplelocalhistorysociety.org.uk/archives/items/show/1952.