Jump to full article: This is Bolton / Bolton Evening News (BEN) (uk), 2009-11-02
Intro: A ROYAL British Legion club has been forced to move a war memorial — to make way for a smoking shelter.
The four feet-high monument has been at the club in Astley Bridge for more than eight years.
It has now been dismantled and is awaiting a new home.
The memorial features around 40 names, but with no clue to their regiments. The history of the monument is unknown.
A club committee member, who did not want to be named, said: “If there had not been a smoking ban, the memorial would be where it has been for at least eight years.
“Bolton Council put pressure on us to have the shelter because they said people were smoking in the doorways.
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