A NEW memorial to the victims of the Sheffield Blitz could be created under plans proposed by a city councillor.
Coun Pat Midgley, Labour member for Manor Castle, said: "This city endured two nights of intense bombing from air raids between December 12 and 15, 1940, killing and injuring over 2,000 local people and making 40,000 Sheffielders homeless."
She is proposing that fellow members of the authority "recognise the current memorial to the Sheffield blitz at Devonshire Green" but "resolve to consider creating a more visible and prominent memorial to commemorate not only those who lost their lives but also Sheffield's defiance in the face of such devastation."
Councillors will vote on whether to approve her motion at their full meeting at the Town Hall on Wednesday.
From: http://www.thestar.co.uk/headlines/Should-Sheffield-have-a-monument.6675614.jp
In my own opinion it should, I used to work on “The Moor” and always thought it had just been redeveloped rather than obliterated by German bombs.
Coun Pat Midgley, Labour member for Manor Castle, said: "This city endured two nights of intense bombing from air raids between December 12 and 15, 1940, killing and injuring over 2,000 local people and making 40,000 Sheffielders homeless."
She is proposing that fellow members of the authority "recognise the current memorial to the Sheffield blitz at Devonshire Green" but "resolve to consider creating a more visible and prominent memorial to commemorate not only those who lost their lives but also Sheffield's defiance in the face of such devastation."
Councillors will vote on whether to approve her motion at their full meeting at the Town Hall on Wednesday.
From: http://www.thestar.co.uk/headlines/Should-Sheffield-have-a-monument.6675614.jp
In my own opinion it should, I used to work on “The Moor” and always thought it had just been redeveloped rather than obliterated by German bombs.
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