For years the site known as Manvers in South Yorkshire was known for its coking plant, pits and marshalling yards, best remembered for the acrid sulphur smell as people travelled through it when the mining industry was at its height.
Now, however, the area, near Rotherham, has a different vibe. It is home to executive houses, new shops, a pub, a hotel and even a leisure lake and surrounding park, where there is an outdoor swimming club, paddleboarding, canoeing and an annual dragon boat race. But the people who live there felt something was missing with no war memorial to gather around for the annual Remembrance Sunday service and wreath laying.
That sum, also included a generous donation from the Holiday Inn at Manvers, along with other local businesses and families. Volunteers, committee members and Army cadets from nearby Mexborough spent up to three hours putting all the poppies up and they will remain in place until next week. “We have basically flooded the area,” Emily added. “And we also made a donation to the Royal British Legion.
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