Spitfire sculpture unveiled in Darwen (From Blackburn Citizen)
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Spitfire sculpture unveiled in Darwen
6:20pm Sunday 11th November 2012 in News
A MEMORIAL to the Second World War Spitfire bought by the people of Darwen has been officially unveiled.
The large steel arm holding a model Spitfire - one-twelfth the size of a real one - commemorates the huge fundraising effort in the town, when £5,000 was raised by public subscription to buy the aircraft for the RAF.
It had been built by apprentice engineers from the town’s metal fabrication firm WEC and had taken more than two years to make.
The Spitfire was accepted into service in 1941 and lasted about six months. It is thought it was shot down somewhere over Holland.
The memorial was officially unveiled by Darwen MP Jake Berry in a ceremony attended by a number of local dignitaries, members of the Royal British Legion and the apprentices who had built it on Saturday, before wreaths were laid at the site as part of the town's Remembrance ceremony.
Comments(14)
Darreners make sense
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10:03pm Sun 11 Nov 12
Councillor Duncan
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10:44pm Sun 11 Nov 12
carrman2
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12:27am Mon 12 Nov 12
Major Tom
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12:32am Mon 12 Nov 12
Why didn't you ask somebody who cares about your town?
A Darener
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8:27am Mon 12 Nov 12
Something to make Darwen proud once again.
ChiRho
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10:44am Mon 12 Nov 12
Darrens Delivery Service wrote:Sounds like a good job, well done. But as there is no picture I will have to take your word for it...
Got to say it does look fantastic. Well done all the apprentices at W.E.C.
When you see the word unveiled in a news item title I think it is reasonable to expect a picture of the "thing" that has been unveiled. :-s
A Darener
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10:46am Mon 12 Nov 12
ChiRho wrote:Buy a paper, it is in there.
Darrens Delivery Service wrote:Sounds like a good job, well done. But as there is no picture I will have to take your word for it...
Got to say it does look fantastic. Well done all the apprentices at W.E.C.
When you see the word unveiled in a news item title I think it is reasonable to expect a picture of the "thing" that has been unveiled. :-s
A Darener
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10:46am Mon 12 Nov 12
ChiRho wrote:Buy a paper, it is in there.
Darrens Delivery Service wrote:Sounds like a good job, well done. But as there is no picture I will have to take your word for it...
Got to say it does look fantastic. Well done all the apprentices at W.E.C.
When you see the word unveiled in a news item title I think it is reasonable to expect a picture of the "thing" that has been unveiled. :-s
Roy..Darwen
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10:51am Mon 12 Nov 12
Major Tom wrote:I doubt very much you were ever a Major coming out with a comment like that.
Why Jake Berry?
Why didn't you ask somebody who cares about your town?
CapitaBackHander
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1:04pm Mon 12 Nov 12
Hope they catch them on cctv........
english rose 1
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12:32am Tue 13 Nov 12
Sad Darwener wrote:...............Forme
Such a shame Councillor Melia didn't take a little more pride in Darwen by tidying up the eyesore that was his plumbing business, before leaving it to deteriorate a couple of years ago!
r Councillor Melia !
xrjxman
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10:56am Tue 13 Nov 12
A Darener
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11:12am Tue 13 Nov 12
Darrens Delivery Service says...
9:10pm Sun 11 Nov 12