GRANGE WAR MEMORIAL
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Article by Frances Limbrey (2015) "The Reverend G. Vickars-Gaskell, vicar of St Paul’s Parish Church, felt very strongly that Grange should have its own War Memorial to the Fallen. He therefore convened and chaired a well-attended public meeting in the Victoria Hall on the 26th February 1920 to consider what form the memorial should take. Three designs were shown on a screen, courtesy of the Cinema Company: (1) A 17 ft high Anglian cross on an octagonal base (2) A cenotaph of triangular shape (3) A bronze lion on a limestone pedestal. Also discussed was a design for a lych-gate at the Cemetery and the suggestion of a Cemetery Chapel. After a full deliberation it was decided by the majority to erect a Cross on Church Hill and it was estimated it would cost in the region of £400 - £500....." -
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Link: https://cplhs.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/grange-war-memorial.pdf
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