War memorial for Stoke-on-Trent pottery workers to be replaced
Work began on VE Day. Mike Lightfoot, who was an employee at Royal Doulton for two decades, told BBC Radio Stoke it meant a lot to him."I worked with veterans on this site. I saw some of the lads with physical scars, and a lot with mental scars that we didn't recognise that day," he said."It's in recognition, not just to the fallen, but the veterans who came back and carried on working."
The names of the workers who died in World War One and World War Two will be listed on the memorial.Mr Lightfoot, who helped to organise the project, said he was keen to get in touch with families of the Burslem veterans to get further details about their service during the wars.The memorial is due to be completed before an unveiling ceremony takes place on 14 August.
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