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Hall 1914-18 Village

Reference

G4.01

Place

GLANTON

Map ref

NU 068145

Original Location

Village

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Opened October 1930.

Memorial Description

Memorial Hall with brass plaque on wooden frame in entrance hall.

Materials used

Locally quarried freestone building with slate roof

Inscription

Stone on front :
Memorial
Hall
1914-1918

Brass plaque:
In proud memory of
those gallant men of this
district who gave their
lives for their
Country.
1914-1918

Names

None.

Who commissioned

Glanton War Memorial Committee.

Cost

�1,200. Site donated by Mr. Collingwood.

How money was raised

Public subscription.

Present condition

Good

Notes

1. There was joint fund raising with Whittingham for an initial period, then each place received half the money raised, and made their own efforts after that.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: P. Thirkell; J. Brown; Tony Harding; John Rutherford

Glanton War Memorial Hall Committee Photos in Supper Room inc. 2 of cuttings from Newcastle Journal 23/10/1930 referring to opening; Glanton War Memorial Committee Minute book photocopies of photographs of opening of hall 1930

Morpeth County Library Postcard collection

Research acknowledgements

John Rutherford, Aln & Breamish Local History Society; Glanton Memorial Hall Committee

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