This brass plaque, nailed into a tree by the road through Winkhill, tells its own sad story. Peter, just a teenager, died on this spot, presumably in a car accident.
I guess his family or friends must have seen this 'roadside memorial' as they are called as a special tribute; and fixed it to the tree themselves. Over the years, the bark has begun to grow again around it.
Staffordshire is no worse nor better than any other county for road accidents, but even recently, one person a week was dying on our roads, many of them youngsters.
Oh, how sad! We have flowers and crosses placed here and there along the roads to mark where people have been killed in auto accidents but no plaques. That is a nice idea.
ReplyDeleteYes,I guess the family first had to get permission from the land-owner to fix the plaque to this tree. One day (many years from now!) the bark will ahve grown over the plaque, but that's kinda fitting too
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