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Leaning Tower of Tattenhall restored

10th November 2022 @ 6:06am – by Parish Council
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Tattenhall's 100 year old war memorial is restored ahead of Remembrance Day. 

Ground strengthening specialists, Mainmark, fixed the memorial's "leaning tower of Tattenhall" issue.

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Tattenhall marks the restoration with memorial ceremony on Remembrance Sunday 13thNovember 2022.

Following the turbulent and wet weather in January 2021, Tattenhall's iconic war memorial had come to resemble the 'Leaning Tower of Pisa' as it suffered from ground movement. Flash floods had left the memorial with an unstable footing and sinkholes, so it was decided for safety reasons that it would be fenced off and closed to the public, while the parish council sought a solution.

Tattenhall Parish Council is delighted to announce that the memorial has been repaired and will be a central part of the coming weekend's Remembrance ceremony.

Iain Keeping, chairman of Tattenhall parish council comments: "The two or three large holes at the foot of the memorial were initially alarming. When we began to seek repair solutions, we were quite concerned that dismantling and underpinning or removing to another site would be the solution. Both would have been hugely expensive and a risk of irreparably damaging the structure. After all, it was a local referendum over 100 years ago that decided where the memorial should be placed in the village, and it is in a prominent position."We were thrilled that Mainmark had the solutions to straighten it in its current site, and in just under a day too! It's perfect timing for our local residents and visitors to see it unveiled and restored ahead of Remembrance Day," adds Iain.

Leading ground stabilisation and strengthening specialists GOC-in-C The Western Command.

On Sunday 13th November, to mark Remembrance Sunday, there is a service at 10am at St Alban's church, before the procession down to the Tattenhall war memorial. During the Act of Remembrance at the memorial, the Last Post will be played followed by two minutes silence and Reveille. Wreaths from the Parish Council and a number of village organisations including youth groups will be laid on the memorial, followed by a hymn and prayers, led by Father Lameck. Members of the parish, villagers, and the local community are invited to join.

Remembrance Sunday organiser David Bish, says: "We have a long tradition of gathering at the War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday. For the last two years until Mainmark's successful operation to stabilise it, we had to lay our wreaths by the WW1 plaque in St Alban's Church. The memorial really is an iconic and central part of our service and ceremony on Sunday so we are very pleased to have it restored for this. The church wardens and parish council are pushing to smarten the whole area at the moment, so the memorial's leaning issue being fixed plays a key part in that."

The war memorial is located on Tattenhall High Street, and for more information, readers can visit:
http://www.tattenhallhistory.co.uk/tattenhall-war-memorial/

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