Before 2009, a WW1 Roll of Honour was attached to wall outside Goodfellows Supermarket in Sharp Street Hull. I understand it was removed for safe keeping during 2008/2009.
Does anybody know of its present whereabouts.
The Sharpe Street (original spelling) memorial was 'scheduled' when the Goodfellows building was sold to Sainsbury's and the latter decided not to develop the site, but sell it. The site was due for demolition and I, (Alan Brigham, as the editor of the East Yorkshire Family History Society journal the 'Banyan Tree'), was alerted of the potential threat to the memorial by a descendant of the carver. Together with the City Planning Department and Sainsbury's Properties Manager; the memorial was protected and a clause added to the lease of the Sainsbury's site which required that, following any development work on the site, the memorial be reinstated post development at, or as close as possible to, its current position. It was also written into the record that the memorial should be stored in such a way that it remained visible to the public at the Carnegie Heritage Centre (Anlaby Road), the local Primary School or the local Community Centre - the Carnegie being the third-choice option.
Since then the Sharp Street Memorial has been ...
"..
stored in Hull City Council's Wyke area office in Newland Avenue, which is facing an uncertain future after the authority announced plans to sell the building.
But Wyke area committee chairman Councillor John Fareham said the memorial was still available for public viewing on request.
Speaking at a full council meeting, he said it was hoped to return the memorial to Sharp Street as a condition of planning approval for new housing on the site[/i]." Hull Daily Mail 22 Mar 2013.
For the full story visit:
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Sharp-Street-World-War-memorial-safe-hands/story-18491166-detail/story.html
