Legacy Fund helps to improve war memorials
The Telford 50 Legacy Fund has contributed over £24,000 for improving and restoring a number of war memorials in the borough - including creating a brand new war memorial in Lawley and Overdale.
Money from the Telford 50 Legacy Fund has meant that the Jackfield Bridge and Donnington Parade were refurbished in October ahead of Armistice Day this weekend. Work here included shot blasting, painting and other restoration works to ensure that the war memorials looked their best ahead of the 100th anniversary weekend.
A contribution of £18,000 is also committed to Lawley and Overdale Parish Council’s new war memorial which is being built on the land behind the Grazing Cow Pub. The parish are in discussion with The British Ironworks Centre to fabricate the memorial, which will be unveiled by the parish council in the coming months.
Funding will also go to St George’s Parish Council to replace the existing Priorslee Clock and create a new war memorial within the new design.
Councillor John Minor - Cabinet Member for Leisure, Green Spaces & Parks, said: “War memorials are such an important part of our borough – I am delighted that the Telford 50 legacy fund has been able to both help fund a new memorial in our town and also ensure existing ones looking their best so our local communities can pay their respect to our servicemen and women who were affected by war and also their families.”
In addition, the council’s Pride in your Community programme has spent £13,000 on resurfacing at the Memorial Gates in Donnington.
The £2m Telford 50 Legacy Fund supports a mix of physical schemes as well as other projects that help tackle key social issues in the borough and reduce demand on council services.
Almost 1,400 people took part in a consultation in summer 2017 to find out what people wanted to see supported as a legacy of Telford 50.
The most popular themes included heritage and tourism, arts and culture and recreation. People were also keen to see the funding allocated to support community events and projects.
Photographed looking out onto the site where the new war memorial will be built is; the Mayor of Telford and Wrekin Councillor Raj Mehta and Cabinet Member for Leisure, Green Spaces & Parks Councillor John Minor with Councillors from Lawley and Overdale Parish Council; Councillor Martyn Jobe, Councillor Bill Gilmour, Councillor Rob Parker and Chair of Lawley and Overdale Parish Council - Councillor Jayne Greenaway.
