Talk:Rochdale Cenotaph

Comment
Very good. Can you clarify that Historic England is government sponsored, somehow. Ceoil (talk) 00:22, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

Grammar query
Not always my strongest suit but the first para. of the lede refers to "a recumbent effigy of a soldier". I wonder if, in fact, it is "an effigy of a recumbent soldier"? Or doesn't it make any difference? Once, I'd have asked Tim. KJP1 (talk) 17:01, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Department Human services
Snap lower my benefits after agreement that I didn't go to my hearing Mrs trend  up my  stamps in  January to 174.00  dollars  and  now  I  get A letter    saying  that my stamps will go back down to 75.00 dollars Rochelle owens (talk) 16:14, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Galleries
I added a gallery for design elements, with this edit:

It is difficult to write about such changes over time without sources that go into detail on this. If a picture from early on comes up (there is a nice one of the unveiling around, which should in theory be public domain), it might be worth it. Am also not 100% on the licensing and provenance of those images, so holding off on using them in the article. If there is enough associated text, such images can be used outside galleries to illustrate the main body of the article. Carcharoth (talk) 16:20, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

News reports
There are two very brief news reports in The Times and The Illustrated London News: Carcharoth (talk) 18:00, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
 * (1) The Times Monday, Nov 27, 1922; pg. 7; Issue 43199. The unveiling is reported under the heading 'Lord Derby at Rochdale': "In unveiling a town war memorial at Rochdale yesterday, Lord Derby emphasized the necessity for avoiding war. He said: To have any real value, the memorial must be regarded as erected for two purposes - one in memory of those Rochdalians who died for King and country; the other, to teach succeeding generations what war really meant. If this lesson was once learned it was certain people would then avoid any future war by every honourable means."
 * (2) The Illustrated London News Saturday, December 02, 1922; pg. 884; Issue [4363]. Photo of memorial after the unveiling, but not a very good one.

Lamp posts
Putting here, some cropped photos of the lamp posts before and after the restoration described here.

Not quite sure what to make of that restoration job. Carcharoth (talk) 03:05, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Historic England listing. Carcharoth (talk) 00:43, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Defacement
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/24670349/rochdale-cenotaph-teens-charged-racially-aggravated-criminal-damage/ The memorial was just defaced. Should this go in the History section? SirShaunIV (talk) 19:12, 11 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Probably. I've been meaning to track down a reliable source. The Sun is not usable on Wikipedia. HJ Mitchell &#124; Penny for your thoughts? 19:15, 11 November 2023 (UTC)