Kitchener's Bugle Posted 22 January , 2020 Share Posted 22 January , 2020 Springfield Brewery War Memorial The War Memorial is a figure of a British soldier mounted on a granite plinth standing at 16ft, was originally erected in 1923 at William Butler's Springfield Brewery in Wolverhampton to commemorate the firm's employees who had served and fallen in the First World War. In 1949, the firm added a Second World War roll of honour on a second plinth which raised the height of the monument. The memorial was relocated to Black Country Living Museum in 2010, and is located at the top of the site looking over the Museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchener's Bugle Posted 22 January , 2020 Author Share Posted 22 January , 2020 Robert Jackson Emerson created several public sculptures that can still be seen in and around Wolverhampton today. One example being the Harris Memorial (right) in St Peter’s Gardens, Lichfield Street, and a very similar memorial in Walsall that commemorates John Henry Carless. Born in Leicestershire in 1878, Emerson was a highly regarded teacher at Wolverhampton Municipal School of Art between 1910 and 1942. Another famous local sculpture, Sir Charles Wheeler, was one of his first pupils. His works were often made of bronze, but sometimes he worked in other mediums, such as plaster and marble. He was particularly noted for his sympathetic depiction of people, and produced many busts and sculptures of his friends and family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchener's Bugle Posted 22 January , 2020 Author Share Posted 22 January , 2020 (edited) History of the memorial and how it ended up in this location. Edited 22 January , 2020 by Kitchener's Bugle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchener's Bugle Posted 22 January , 2020 Author Share Posted 22 January , 2020 Here are the Plaques, unfortunately they do really need a good clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KIRKY Posted 25 January , 2020 Share Posted 25 January , 2020 Live near and did not know about this , thanks for your information. Can you visit it without having to go in to the Museum? Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John(txic) Posted 25 January , 2020 Share Posted 25 January , 2020 Dream on, Tony - they want your money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John(txic) Posted 25 January , 2020 Share Posted 25 January , 2020 Looking at the piccies, it's really deteriorated since I saw it in 2012: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKY Posted 26 January , 2020 Share Posted 26 January , 2020 18 hours ago, John(txic) said: Dream on, Tony - they want your money! Thanks John!! Hope you are well. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchener's Bugle Posted 30 January , 2020 Author Share Posted 30 January , 2020 (edited) True, you do need to pay the general entrance fee...……….but with that said there is a lot to see and do. Edited 30 January , 2020 by Kitchener's Bugle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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