10-09-2012, 09:02
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Re: Today in pictures
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Ashton Park is in St Annes.
I don't know how old the statues and the friezes are, on the monument, but the soldier looks very 'present day'....not at all in the style of the second world war era.
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Monument completed in 1924...
Lytham & St.Annes on the Sea Lancashire, News, Weather, Hotels, Guest Houses, Transport & Local History Resources - War Memorial Construction
Lytham & St.Annes on the Sea Lancashire, News, Weather, Hotels, Guest Houses, Transport & Local History Resources - Lancashire - Beautiful War Memorial unveiled at St. Annes-on-Sea in presence of Mr. Stephen Walsh. Pathe News, 1924.
Nice closeup of the uniform for Retlaw here...
Ashton Gardens - War Memorial statue of a soldier, St. Annes-on-Sea:: OS grid SD3128 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland - photograph every grid square!
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