Remembrance - Bradford in the First World War

[wingully]

cool nice good one, it's a hard life. it was harder then those day's they real nice birds those days. there have pant's on these days bring back the skert's. its like they have willy's these bird's of today, look on the bright side of life or je

[BD5PAKI]

wooooow make bradford proud bitchess !

[gysterion]

I believe there is a memorial in the park further down Cleckheaton Road.

[lowmooriron]

dmoorhouse1973 - As far as I am aware you are correct, there is no public memorial to the victims apart from St Mark's Church. I have a book entitled 'The Low Moor Explosion' by R Blackwell published in 1987 which contains the official casualty list.

If you would like to see this I can pop down to Wyke Manor with it, I only live around the corner.

I also have other contacts for info on this subject. If you would like to follow-up on the above send me a personal message off this comment page.

[dmoorhouse1973]

lowmooriron - you're spot on there. I refer to the Ciba works simply to get the kids thinking about the modern context (we've just had a gas alarm built in at school)and they DO get a factually correct outline in lessons. In terms of civilian deaths, I AM right in saying that there is no CURRENT local memorial to them, aren't I? (If I'm wrong on that, I'd love to see it).

[lowmooriron]

The Munitions Works are nothing to do with Ciba or Allied Colloids and never were. They were at the other side of the railway line below the council tip site.

There are two memorials to the six firemen who died. The impressive statue outside Birkenshaw Fire Service Headquarters and a tablet at Odsal Fire Station. there is also a memorial to some of the civilians who died on the back wall inside St Mark's Church, Low Moor. (Now closed).

I was a pupil at Wyke Manor from 1960 to 1966.

[JESUSISLORDAMEN]

God bless,

Amen

[dmoorhouse1973]

Thanks for the comment Micky. There'll be more on the area soon (I'm Head of history at Wyke manor).

[mickytwoknives]

hi there

ps i live just up from low moor...

mickytwoknives

[mickytwoknives]

hi there

thank you for posting...

we did so much for ........so many.

mickytwoknives