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1 day ago · The 100-year-old North Eastern Railway war memorial in York has undergone a huge transformation. The memorial, located on Station Rise, bears the names of the 2,236 rail workers who died in both world wars. It has received a sensitive cleaning programme to remove years of pollution which had blackened the Portland Stone.
Oct 19, 2024 · BBC News. 19 October 2024. A 100-year-old war memorial, which has become stained, dirty and discoloured, is to be cleaned up. The North Eastern Railway War Memorial, on Station Rise in York, was ...
May 15, 2024 · John Shaw looks at why the North Eastern Railway War memorial at Station Rise should be cleaned. NEXT month, it will be 100 years since Lutyens’ War Memorial on Station Rise in York was unveiled ...
Feb 24, 2024 · The North Eastern Railway War Memorial on Station Rise near the council’s offices – sometimes mistaken for the city’s war memorial – was unveiled on June 14 1924; the actual City War ...
Aug 24, 2024 · That’s the message from across York at news that the city’s historic war memorial could be cleaned and repaired. Public pressure has been mounting for several years to clean the York North ...
After some controversy, it was unveiled in 1925 by Prince Albert, Duke of York. The stone cross stands 10 metres, on 3 stone blocks, and a large stone base. “ Poignant,hard to miss ”. Mar 2022. The York City War Memorial is a rather poignant and fine memorial dedicated to the fallen of World War One ,the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens, the man ...
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Nov 4, 2019 · After some controversy, it was unveiled in 1925 by Prince Albert, Duke of York. The stone cross stands 10 metres, on 3 stone blocks, and a large stone base. “ Poignant,hard to miss ”. Mar 2022. The York City War Memorial is a rather poignant and fine memorial dedicated to the fallen of World War One ,the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens, the man ...