War memorials are meant to be seen.
It is one of the ways we both mark the sacrifices made by that generation of men and women who were swept up by the conflict, and also of course a way of remembering those who died.
Which brings me to these memorials on Piccadilly Railway Station.
The first stands by the ground floor entrance looking out towards busy taxi rank.
The other is a new memorial to “the memory of the Manchester Employees of the London North Western Railway Company who sacrificed their lives in the service of their country during the Great War and as a grateful tribute to all who served”.
It replaces ab older one which has been lost which stood in the London Road Goods Department.
Both have featured before.
Location; Manchester Piccadilly Railway Station
Pictures; war memorials, 2021, from the collection of Andrew Simpson
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