spoons Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 I wrote to UKNIWM at the Imperial War Museum before Christmas to make them aware of the existance of the Woolworth memorial (they did not have it listed) and the danger of it being lost with the impending closure of Woolworths. There was also an online memorial which was no longer available. I received the following today from the project officer at the Imperial War Museum. "We have tracked this memorial down to the receivers of Woolworths (Deloitte). In consultation with the War Memorials Trust the Imperial War Museum has decided that, since there is not a suitable location/ company to relocate the memorial to, the Museum will take the memorial to look after in the collection." Great news and that's one more that won't find its way onto eBay or into a skip. \Spoons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pighills Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 Excellent news - well done you and well done them!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 Well done Spoons! That's great news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 Nice one mate Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 Well done spoons. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 Illustrates well the advantage of physical memorials over online ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 Bravo that man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Saunders Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 Good work - do you know what form the Memorial takes, commemorations listed etc? Regrettably I didnt see the online Memorial when it was available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 Well done - presumably this is the one from their HQ in Marylebone Road, London? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 Well done 'Spoons'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 Hats off for this great initiative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 Well done, mate, and what a good thing that you were around at the right time to think of it. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 Nice one Spoons, another saved from the skip. Regards Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 Illustrates well the advantage of physical memorials over online ones Researched corporate memorial webspaces are often the work of an enthusiast within the organisation (or the person whose job it is gets bitten by the bug and becomes an enthusiast), so let's hope someone has a back-up copy of it and that it will pop up again somewhere else in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougscarratt@tiscali.co.uk Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 Well done Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoons Posted 26 January , 2009 Author Share Posted 26 January , 2009 So many nice comments, you've gone and embarrassed me. I feel I did very little, just found the memorial existed and drew the attention of UKNIWM to it. They have done more than could have been expected given their remit of recording memorials and the Imperial War Museum together with the War Memorials Trust must take all the credit for liaising with the receivers and getting such a great outcome. If anything, this shows the importance of getting all our memorials listed by UKNIWM so at least they can be tracked. The online site is still available in a cache here but unfortunately without photos. It does however say that the original wooden memorial does not have names. The above cached link does have names so I suggest you download your copy before it disappears - I've got mine. I understand there is also a Woolworth memorial from a V2 hit in the second lot but that is safely in an Iceland store somewhere. \Spoons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Saunders Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 The online site is still available in a cache here but unfortunately without photos. It does however say that the original wooden memorial does not have names. The above cached link does have names so I suggest you download your copy before it disappears - I've got mine. Many thanks for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Tiger Posted 26 January , 2009 Share Posted 26 January , 2009 Spoons Well done mate Pleased to see another one saved Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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