Cheam, The Library And War Memorial c.1965
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C70078
More about this scene
With the spire of St Dunstan's dominating the background, the newly opened public library in Church Road, designed by Masters & Pereira, is visible behind the war memorial. The library stands on the site that was occupied by a field gun when the memorial gardens were opened following the First World War. However, local people resented its inclusion in this setting, particularly when it was identified as a captured German model, and one night local youths removed it and tossed it into the sandpit at Cheam Brickworks.
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