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5 CommentsPhoto: Roland Middleton
Item #: 8110
The statue behind the 3 soldiers is a Boer War memorial and it vanished a few years ago. The Friends of the Wigan Boer War memorial have been trying to trace its whereabouts without success. Any ideas will be considered. E.T.
Sorry looking at the photo I am on the left, then Don and John
Roland can you please email me? I had a computer crash and lost your email address. Thank you so much for posting this lovely picture of my dad x x
I'm 38 and have never seen this statue in the park, I did once hear a rumour that it is right at the back of the park where the gardeners keep there stuff...greenhouses n that I think, but I dunno if thats true because another rumour I heard was that it may be restored in time....I hope they do with the money they recieved after winning the vote for a restoration
Remember the statue, I think it disappeared around the late 60s or early 70s, it had an arm missing by then. For some reason I used to think it was a statue of Davy Crockett when I was a kid!