Stan Brewster

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Reference WMO/294013

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Millennium Walkway

The Torrs Riverside Park

Rock Mill Lane

New Mills

SK22 3BN

England

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Status: On original site

Type: Freestanding

Location: External

Setting: Outside - hilltop/field/countryside

Description: Other

Materials:

Metal Metal (any)
Other Concrete

Lettering: Raised

Conflicts:

21st Century Wars

About the memorial: A metal and concrete walkway accompanied by a plaque. The walkway bridges a bend in the river Goyt and closes a gap in the Midshires Way long distance trail. At the eastern end it is supported on a series of metal columns but the western section is attached to the face of stone retaining wall supporting a railway line. The deck is of concrete panels and the two ends each have a pair of concrete portals, the eastern one of which bears a metal plaque with a narrow raised border and an inscription in mixed case raised roman lettering. The border and inscription are coloured black against a white ground. The Millennium Walkway follows a bend in the River Goyt in the centre of New Mills. This memorial would fall outside of WMT's definition of a war memorial, rather a 'commemorative object of terrorist act'.

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c1996: Derbyshire County Council staff began concept and design work for the walkway.; June, 1999: Thyssen began construction work. The walkway cost £525,000, principally funded by Derbyshire County Council and the Millennium Commission with further funding from Global Environmental Community Trust, WREN, Tilcon South, Haul Waste, Bowmer and Kirkland and the Environmental Agency.; January 2000 The walkway was opened. Shortly afterwards it featured on a Royal Mail 44p postage stamp.; October 2000: The walkway was awarded first prize in the small projects (below two million pounds) category of the British Construction Industries Awards Scheme.; 11 June, 2006: The memorial plaque was unveiled by Cllr Walter Burrows and Cllr Brian Lucas, of Derbyshire County Council.

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STAN BREWSTER/ 1953-2005/ The construction of this unique walkway/ was led by Stan Brewster, Chartered Civil/ Engineer of Derbyshire County Council,/ who tragically lost his life in the London/ bombings on 7 July 2005/ Stan took a special pride in this project/ and the walkway now stands as a permanent/ reminder of his professional life and work.

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