After the Great War the people of Stockport wanted to create memorial with a purpose, not just another cenotaph. The main objective of the building was to ‘perpetuate the names of the fallen Stockport men who made the supreme sacrifice’, but the building was also intended as a space ‘to encourage the love of the beautiful’, and has hosted visual art exhibitions, lectures and cultural events over the years.
Katherine Rosati and her colleagues will provide a tour of the War Memorial and the Art Gallery, which was designed by Messrs Halliday and Agate of Manchester. Gerry Halpin MBE, the current President of Manchester Academy of Fine Arts will be the guest speaker at the tour of the Gallery.
Bookings can be made at the February meeting.
Organiser: Lynda Jenkins Date: 15th March 2017 Time: Meet Outside 1.30pm for 2pm Cost: £5 (including refreshments)
Contact: chairman@mlhs.org.uk or 0161 427 3802
Please note: Society Trips are for Society members ONLY