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Condition level:
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Lost/Missing/Temporary
Survey reason:
Personal visit
School visit
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War Memorials Trust staff- site visit
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Contributor - desk assessment
Comments:
March 2019- the WW2 names only have now weathered away to near invisibility (information from my local informant, Joe Ritson). Their restoration is tied in with the Bowers case and is complicated by the fact that there is debate as to whether the memorial has a legal custodian. Cleator Moor Town Council have assumed informal responsibility for the memorial, together with the people of Cleator Village, but that does not really extend to spending money on the memorial. All available archival documents have been checked, and local newspaper reports, and when the reconstituted memorial committee closed after WW2 responsibility fell into a void. The original committee had gone bankrupt before the memorial had been paid for, and a new committee had to be formed in the late 1920's to raise the money to pay off the debts, which then reconstituted in WW2.
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Is the memorial accessible to the public?
Yes - always
Yes - restricted times
Yes - by appointment
No
Unknown
Has the memorial been subject to any accidental or malicious damage in the last five years?
Yes
No
Unknown
Do you think the site is at significant risk of accidental or malicious damage in the next 2 years?
Yes
No
Unknown
Are there any known planning applications or issues related to this memorial?
None
Current planning application
Previous planning application
Unknown
