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Opening of British Legion Memorial Hall, Platt Bridge, 1926
Photo: Rev David Long
Photo: Rev David Long
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Item #: 31796
Item #: 31796
This is the second British Legion Memorial Club I've come across in my War Memorials research (the other was at Newtown) - both now gone. This club (for the Abram, Bickershaw & Platt Bridge Branch of the Legion) appears in the background on a couple of shots of trams on Templeton Street, but was demolished, and a new club built on the Miners' Hall site on Lily Lane. Does anyone know when?
Comment by: steve on 14th January 2020 at 22:01
My dad was always involved with Platt Bridge British Legion holding the position of president on many occasions.
Comment by: Jean Hall on 19th June 2021 at 11:01
I remember the old club on the tramlines. It had a bowling green at the back. My uncle was on the committee. He often took me for a walk there when he wasn't working.
I think Mr.Daley looked after the bowling green.
I believe the new club was built around 1966.
It just wasn't the same.
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