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neilston
Joined: 14 Dec 2012 Posts: 370 Location: Neilston
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:52 pm Post subject: Memorial Contractors |
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War Memorial Contractors
Hi
The Neilston War memorial association are now near the stage of putting our War memorial design out for pricing and tendering bids. Can any of the site members recommend a contractor/memorial contractors' to use that would under take this and enable us to cut out the middle men.
Thanks
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spoons
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 4991 Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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neilston
Joined: 14 Dec 2012 Posts: 370 Location: Neilston
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Paul |
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Kenneth Morrison
Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 7749 Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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Recent new war memorials often feel to me like they are too much like modern gravestones aping 100 year old designs e.g. polished granite Celtic cross with gold lettering.
Whilst this is probably a good option for cost and durability I think this is an opportunity in Neilston to approach it like Glenrothes or Leith Academy WW2 and to use an alternative.
Of course cost, and perhaps a wish locally to use a traditional design, may dictate a Celtic Cross but in that case rather than the polished granite maybe it would be nice to see the rough granite finish used on many of our older war memorials.
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Theletterwriter
Joined: 25 Nov 2010 Posts: 45 Location: East Kilbride
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Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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Another option may be the Co-operative Masonry / Memorial Unit at Shieldhall in Glasgow. |
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Jim
Joined: 30 May 2008 Posts: 195
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Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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Are there any ex-servicemen/ women who have set themselves up as memorial stonemasons? |
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Adam Brown Curator
Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 7312 Location: Edinburgh (From Sutherland)
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Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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Jim wrote: | Are there any ex-servicemen/ women who have set themselves up as memorial stonemasons? |
That's a very good question Jim, it would be interesting to find that out. I'll ask on Twitter from the SMRG account.
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