Samlesbury War Memorial Hall

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Reference WMO/119254

Address:

War Memorial Hall

Cuerdale Lane

Samlesbury

PR5 0UY

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Other
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Painted
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The hall is a war memorial hall. The history of the Hall is given on the War Memorial Hall website: "The hall was originally conceived as a facility for men returning from the First World War and there is a minute of a meeting dated 19th November 1919 which reads "That this great meeting of the inhabitants and ex-servicemen of Samlesbury warmly supports the work of the Village Clubs association, and urges on the people of this district the necessity for establishing without delay a club and the building of a War Memorial Hall where there will be no class distinction, but where all can meet for common recreation, improvement and social intercourse and to be managed by the people themselves. It is further agreed that the canvas which has already been so well begun should be proceeded with, with renewed vigour". During the early 1920’s the nature of the Hall was the subject of much discussion and the committee charged with building the hall were greatly encouraged by the gift by Oswald Henry Philip Turville–Petrie of a piece of land in Cuerdale Lane. They set about continuing the canvas and raising the necessary funds from members of the local community to complete the project. After several years the necessary funds were in place, a design was agreed and the construction was begun and completed in 1928. The building was classical in style constructed in facing brick with stone dressings and consisted of a large committee room capable of being divided with a folding timber screen. On the rest of the site a bowling green and tennis courts were developed.  The hall remained in this form, (with the addition of a wooden hut linked to the main building) during the thirties, forties and early fifties." 
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[Plaque in porch] 1914 - 1918. To the glory of God and in memory of the following men who gave their lives in the Great War.

Sgt. William J. Daley, Sgt. Edward Jennings, Pte. Benjamin Bell, Pte. John Coar, Pte. John Eaves, Pte. George Fairclough, Pte. James Howe, Pte. John Knight, Pte. Herbert Mason, Pte. Myles Newton, Pte. Fred Taylor, Pte. William Turner, Pte. Peter Yates. F.O. John E. Heath, R.A.F.

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