IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Ashdale Crescent, MANCHESTER, M43 6PT
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Ashdale Crescent, M43 6PT by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (61 Images Found)
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War Memorial, Cemetery Road
Droylsden’s War Memorial was dedicated on 15th January 1921. It is situated on a small traffic island in Cemetery Road, close to Droylsden Cemetery. The memorial is in the form of a tall, triangular edifice, standing on a three-sided base. The memorial is approximately 25ft in height and there is a cross carved into top section of the column with vertical slits beneath its arms.
The southern face of the memorial carries the simple inscription “REMEMBRANCE” whilst the northern side has the dates 1918 and 1914 either side of a new section added near the base with the following inscription:
IN PROUD MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THIS TOWN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AT
THE CALL OF THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE YEARS SINCE 1945
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
(see Image])
The dates 1939 – 1945 were added to the base after the Second World War.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 2 May 2018
0.07 miles
2
Droylsden War Memorial (north face)
Droylsden’s War Memorial was dedicated on 15th January 1921. It is situated on a small traffic island in Cemetery Road, close to Droylsden Cemetery. The memorial is in the form of a tall, triangular edifice, standing on a three-sided base. The memorial is approximately 25ft in height and there is a cross carved into top section of the column with vertical slits beneath its arms.
The southern face of the memorial carries the simple inscription “REMEMBRANCE” whilst the northern side has the dates 1918 and 1914 either side of a new section added near the base with the following inscription:
IN PROUD MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THIS TOWN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AT
THE CALL OF THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE YEARS SINCE 1945
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
(see Image])
The dates 1939 – 1945 were added to the base after the Second World War
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 2 May 2018
0.07 miles
3
Droylsden Cenotaph - Remembrance Sunday
Poppy wreaths laid at Droylsden War Memorial on Remembrance Sunday 2021.
In the United Kingdom, Remembrance Sunday is held on the Sunday nearest to 11 November; Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War at 11 am in 1918.
Droylsden’s War Memorial was dedicated on 15th January 1921. It is situated on a small traffic island in Cemetery Road, close to Droylsden Cemetery. The memorial is in the form of a tall, triangular edifice, standing on a three-sided base. The memorial is approximately 25ft in height and there is a cross carved into the top section of the column with vertical slits beneath its arms.
The southern face of the memorial carries the simple inscription “REMEMBRANCE” whilst the northern side has the dates 1918 and 1914 either side of a new section added near the base with the following inscription:
IN PROUD MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THIS TOWN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AT
THE CALL OF THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE YEARS SINCE 1945
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
(see Image])
The dates 1939 – 1945 were added to the base after the Second World War
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 14 Nov 2021
0.08 miles
4
Droylsden War Memorial (south face)
Droylsden’s War Memorial was dedicated on 15th January 1921. It is situated on a small traffic island in Cemetery Road, close to Droylsden Cemetery. The memorial is in the form of a tall, triangular edifice, standing on a three-sided base. The memorial is approximately 25ft in height and there is a cross carved into top section of the column with vertical slits beneath its arms.
The southern face of the memorial carries the simple inscription “REMEMBRANCE” whilst the northern side has the dates 1918 and 1914 either side of a new section added near the base with the following inscription:
IN PROUD MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THIS TOWN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AT
THE CALL OF THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE YEARS SINCE 1945
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
(see Image])
The dates 1939 – 1945 were added to the base after the Second World War.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 2 May 2018
0.08 miles
5
Droylsden War Memorial (detail)
New stone added to Droylsden's war memorial (see Image]). It carries the inscription:
IN PROUD MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THIS TOWN
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AT
THE CALL OF THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE YEARS SINCE 1945
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 2 May 2018
0.08 miles
8
Droylsden Cemetery
Looking towards the chapel from the side of the main gates on Manor Road.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 2 May 2018
0.15 miles
