Originally Posted by garinda (Post 822328)

I'll probably get into bother for mentioning it on here.

:eek:

My mum would only resort to speaking to the press, and making a fuss, if she ever saw it there again, which hopefully it won't, now various things have been set in motion, thanks to the assistance of some people who've read this thread.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 822330)

I'd like to stress again just how important my mum, and many other people, view our war memorials.

Growing up without a dad, the War Memorial in Oswaldtwistle was seen as her dad's grave. The only place she felt she could be close to the the father who although he was excited about her birth, never got the chance to see her. My Nan could never talk about him much, even to his two grandsons, my brother and myself, even decades after, as she still found it too raw.

I'm proud of my mum's actions yesterday.

She'd have done the same thing if she'd seen an advertisment plonked on anyone else's grave, up the church yard.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 822344)

I think I've said before that I can still remember your Nan laying a wreath on remembrance Sunday at the War Memorial with tears in her eyes, unfortunately there are people who are prepared to ride rough shod over other peoples feelings, the sad thing being they don't even realise they're doing it:(

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 822405)

Hopefully this matter will now be resolved, and won't happen again.

I'd like to thank Claytonender, Cllr. Joan Smith, for involving herself in the matter, and offering her advice and help.

Also to one of my own councillors, Peter Britcliffe, who was on to it before I contacted him.

The power of Accy Web.

On behalf of myself, my mother, and everyone else, for whom the War Memorial is a very special place of rememberance, thank you.