The Peel Monument

Gayle · 05-07-2006, 13:25

On the top of the Coppice is the Peel Monument, a symbol of the returning of the Coppice to the people of Accrington. It celebrates its centenary in 2009. Now, I know that it's a long time off but I also know how long it takes for things to happen around here.

We should be making our voices heard now that we want this monument tidying up in time for its centenary.

KIPAX · 05-07-2006, 13:34

Would be quicker to ask for voulanteers and all go up one sunday to do a proper cleaning job on it (My hands up)... I fear with 3 yrs to go you have left it too late for the officials to sort out

Start the accyweb friends of the coppice society or summat..... seriously.. I have been waiitng years for accyweb to make a difference.. have a project... lets see if this is it ?

Tealeaf · 05-07-2006, 13:43

..surely it is more than a Graffiti-removal job? I thought there was some subsidence under one part of the structure and some serious cracking? Mind you, last time I was up there was 1974, so things may have changed a bit.

KIPAX · 05-07-2006, 13:45

Are you suggesting accyweb isnt up to the job then tealeaf... how much cold water have you got in your taps

SPUGGIE J · 05-07-2006, 15:09

Send up the community service mob to clean it up. It would bring it back to its glory and wont cost the town a penny.

Doug · 05-07-2006, 15:25

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Originally Posted by KIPAX

Would be quicker to ask for voulanteers and all go up one sunday to do a proper cleaning job on it (My hands up)... I fear with 3 yrs to go you have left it too late for the officials to sort out

Start the accyweb friends of the coppice society or summat..... seriously.. I have been waiitng years for accyweb to make a difference.. have a project... lets see if this is it ?

Count me in if anyone wants to come up with an action plan. I would suggest that somats done now rather than wait.

Doug · 05-07-2006, 15:27

Any chance of someone whipping up with a camera. I know there are recent pictures around but we need damage identification shots as it is currently before anything else is done.

KIPAX · 05-07-2006, 15:44

whipping up the coppice days are long gone for this out of shape snapper

I can get up there but its more a struggle than a pop up

jaysay · 05-07-2006, 17:13

Maybe it could be a task for Mid Pennine Arts, they seem to like doing things on tops of hills, this could probably be something useful for a change, or in real terms value for money

Madhatter · 05-07-2006, 19:09

It needs new foundations, and the very least the base stone re-laying, they've sunk, becuase the ground around it has been eroded. there's no pointing, on the base stones. It's covered with paint. Now I don't know if you realise it but stone is not smooth, spray paint gets into every tiny crack,so unless it was covered with mould, you've got no chance of just scrubbing the paint off.

You also need some decent paths up there.

As has been said elsewhere, as part of your panoptican, you should maybe make the existing monument your panoptican with it being raised higher, uplit, with lit paths leading to it, and a total revamp of the shelter.

I didn't realise that was a peel monument as well as the one at ramsbottom.

You do realise that tamworth here, has connections with peel don't you? I've just bought some sir robert peel first day stamp covers off ebay, that are franked in tamworth

Doug · 05-07-2006, 19:25

Too be honest it is more than likely outside of our ability to do the work ourselves. Some of the facing stones would need to be replaced and the rest would need to be removed and sand or bead blasted. I wouldn’t object to doing some of the donkey work on specific days but it would probably be of more use for us to be involved in fund raising or canvassing local industry to chip in and do the work cost free. The end result would require proofing against kids and vandals.

Gayle · 05-07-2006, 19:29

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Maybe it could be a task for Mid Pennine Arts, they seem to like doing things on tops of hills, this could probably be something useful for a change, or in real terms value for money

We offered to do something but your friend refused our offer.

If you recall we said that we would look for additional funding to sort out the monument and the paths but we took the hint when someone said 'no, no, no'. It made it perfectly clear that our help wasn't wanted.

jaysay · 05-07-2006, 19:48

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Originally Posted by Gayle

We offered to do something but your friend refused our offer.

If you recall we said that we would look for additional funding to sort out the monument and the paths but we took the hint when someone said 'no, no, no'. It made it perfectly clear that our help wasn't wanted.

Not men from mars Gayle anything but men from mars

Doug · 05-07-2006, 19:54

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Originally Posted by Gayle

We offered to do something but your friend refused our offer.

If you recall we said that we would look for additional funding to sort out the monument and the paths but we took the hint when someone said 'no, no, no'. It made it perfectly clear that our help wasn't wanted.

Was that not an offer to build a fanciful Blot on the landscape first and then tidy the place up? Gayle don’t hate me for the knock but we need to preserve what we have before we stick something else up there to be ruined. But I still like you.

Madhatter · 05-07-2006, 20:57

So....... what do you think of making this monument your panoptican, by adding to it, not adding something to the side of it, but adding to this.