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Originally Posted by Doug

Can I ask? Was this plaque just stuck up was there an appropriate ceremony with representatives of the local clergy, the community at large, the Three Services of our Armed Forces to whom this is supposed to commemorate. To say that commemorations have been taking place for most of the week is there any sign of a service taking place at this Community commemorative focal point?

Well I just happened upon it almost by accident Doug so if it there was any ceremony I didn't hear about it. The "garden" has existed for years as a fountain that never worked from day one and was often full of litter and stagnant stinking water. Eventually it was drained, filled with soil and the plants stuck in. We presumed this was because it is located outside Scaitcliffe House and the council workers wanted something nicer to look at than the cesspool.

Although I have often passed this area on my way into town I'd never even noticed the plaque, which is tucked away behind the cog wheel, until the other night when I specifically set out with camera to photograph something else and stopped to look at the cog wheel. That was when I noticed the cog wheel's new sign in such a prominent place itself (ie on the floor where no-one can see it) and then curiosity overcame me and I went up to look at the brass plaque and was gobsmacked at the audacity of Hyndborg BC to have claimed this ex-eyesore as a memorial garden