Heritage issues can, and do, cause emotions to get to boiling point - much to some people's surprise.
The case of the War Memorial inside the old Fenton Town Hall is just such a case. For over a year, local feelings have seethed. The town-hall building (in which the memorial is installed) has been sold off by the government to a business; but local people are unhappy that 'their' war memorial - which cannot be moved for fear it would break up - will be cut off from them, away inside a private building.
Anyway, it all came to a head this Remembrance weekend - and thirty local residents have 'occupied' the site, and are holding out against the police even now.
What will happen next?
See: Protesters inside Fenton hall (BBC News) / Protesters claim Magna Carta rights (Staffs Live News) / Save Our Memorial group (Facebook) / Fenton Memorial Human Chain (YouTube)
That is absolutely ridiculous- that the local government would sell it off like that and not address such concerns in the first place.
ReplyDeleteAwesome and more power to them
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