Take Away That Bauble 2/7: The Display of War Ordnance in Walsall 1850 – 1940.

Wolverhampton cannon, circa 1862. An example of a local town centre cannon monument (now Queen Square), simply mounted on a plinth. The statue of Prince Albert replaced the cannon in 1866

The second part of this article looks at Walsall’s experiences and views of the Crimean War, how and why Russian cannon came to Britain, and why towns like Walsall, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Ludlow and Hereford sought to use them as features in public spaces… https://wp.me/P4ui4e-1F8

Take Away That Bauble 1/7: War and Walsall 1850 – 1940.

William Meikle’s painting of the Crimean feature in Walsall (1938). Meikle was born in Tipton around 1858, but moved to Walsall in the 1860s. He would remember the feature. He died, at the age of 84, in 1943.
Acc 63/6: Walsall Local History Centre

Walsall displayed and then destroyed its Crimean and Great War ordnance and the purpose of this series of articles is to understand what such things meant and why attitudes changed… https://wp.me/P4ui4e-1EK