Brora and Parish of Clyne War Memorial

[mbriscoe]

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Brora and Parish of Clyne War Memorial
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Brora, Rossly Street, War Memorial
Clock Tower (20th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Brora, Rossly Street, War Memorial
Classification Clock Tower (20th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Clyne War Memorial
Canmore ID 92217
Site Number NC90SW 20
NGR NC 9057 0398
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink <a href="http://canmore.org.uk/site/92217" rel="noreferrer nofollow">canmore.org.uk/site/92217</a>
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MHG19682 - Brora, War Memorial
Grid reference Centred NC 9057 0398 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC90SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish CLYNE
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Note the ammonite fossile to the left of the main tablet.

 

 

 

 

 

[Steven Broomfield]

Don't get me wrong, it's wonderful, but I'd love to have been on the committee that decided a nice clock tower is just what we need.

[BillyH]

I know what you mean, but perhaps the clock tower was there before the war?

 

BillyH.

[mbriscoe]

I can't see anything at the moment about the decision or the raising of the money.

 

It cost about £1500 which was a lot at that time, most war memorials seem to be a couple of hundred pounds.

 

I wonder if there was a generous donation from someone though might have expected them to want their name commemorated.

 

 

[Steven Broomfield]

17 hours ago, mbriscoe said:

 

 

I wonder if there was a generous donation from someone though might have expected them to want their name commemorated.

 

 

 

There are 'donated' memorials without names: local to me, the village of West End had huge issues with deciding what to erect, to the extent that the Parish Council committee threw their toys out of the pram and refused to do anything. At that point the proprietor fo the local newspaper (the Southern Daily Echo) paid. A small inscription on the back of the memorial notes this fact, but merely describes him (and his wife) as 'grateful parents' (all three of their sons having returned safely)