Plaque 1914-18 Urban District Council

Housing Department, Council Offices, High Street.

Left hand wall of entrance vestibule.

Gosforth Library and Learning Centre, Regent Farm Road, Gosforth, NE3 3HD.

1914-18

Unveiled October 1921 by Cllr. T.N. Arkle, Chairman, Gosforth Urban District Council;
dedicated by Rev. John Wilkinson, Vicar of Gosforth.

Art bronze in a wood frame.

Officials and workmen of Gosforth U.D.C.

In memory of
(names)
Employees of the Gosforth Urban District Council
Erected by the officials and workmen of the Council
in affectionate remembrance

“Until the day dawns”.

Plaque 24 inches high x 36 inches wide high set in a frame 3 inches wide all round (61cms x 152cms x 8cms).

There is a wide patterned border of curled lines.

The names are in archaic script, the rest is a mixture of sans serif capitals and Roman lower case, all in white lettering.

Photos: Philip Thirkell; Dorothy Procter

Alnwick & County Gazette
15/10/1921 reports unveiling.

Illustrated Chronicle
10/10/1921 reports unveiling with a group photo.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
07/10/1921 reports proposed unveiling on Sunday;
10/10/1921 reports unveiling.

Tyne and Wear Archives
UD.GO/22 Gosforth UDC War Memorial Minutes 1918-1927

Catalogue of Sculpture, Monuments and Memorials in Public Places in Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle City Council Summer 1985.

At the Going Down of the Sun, Derek Boorman.

Source of quotation
“Until the day dawns” Possibly adapted from “Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away”. Song of Solomon 2 v 17, 4 v 6

F. McDonald (Newcastle City Council, 1985);
Gosforth Local History Society;
Janet Brown;
Philip Thirkell;
James Pasby;
Dorothy Hall;
Dorothy Procter

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