The Chorley Pals Memorial sees the start of work on developing Chorley’s remembrance assets.
The site on the Flat Iron in Chorley will be fenced off from Wednesday 11th July for about a month.
The plans for the Chorley Pals Memorial site
The area around the memorial to the town’s ‘Pals’ Company in The Great War is to undergo a major redevelopment making it more accessible to the growing number of visitors since it was unveiled in February 2010.
New wider paths, lawns and low level hedges will be laid whilst benches and interpretation boards will also be added to an enlarged site, with land being donated by Chorley Council.
Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the work will be carried out by a private contractor although some of the initial groundworks, such as removing the existing bushes and trees, will be carried out by Chorley Council staff over the next week.
Commenting on the work, Chorley Remembers Secretary Steve Williams, says “This is great news, as people will see work start at long last on developing the town’s remembrance assets. The Pals Memorial is first, followed by work on the memorial arch at the entrance to Astley Park and then placing the names of the fallen around the war memorial in the park in October; we hope to finish by opening a new and permanent exhibition down at the Astley Hall complex in November”.
