Mayor to launch new memorial garden

The Mayor of Rotherham, Cllr John Foden, will perform the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new garden at Greasbrough Community Library, while the Vicar of Greasbrough, Rev Lyn Wortley, will dedicate and bless a new plaque honouring the village’s war dead.

The plaque, which has been provided by the Greasbrough Library History Group, honours soldiers from the area who fought for their country in the 1914 -1918 conflict.

The new memorial garden has been created by a group of 15 young people aged 15 to 17 who are working on their National Citizen Service certificates.

Libby Hicken, Library Group Manager for Rotherham Borough Council, said: “This has been a wonderful inter-generational project that has turned a piece of untidy land into a garden that the community can really appreciate.  

“When the young people chose this as their project they said that it was important that what the soldiers did for us was not forgotten.

“They were not the only ones to show a strong social commitment as Hall Construction of Hull, working with Rotherham Borough Council, donated two tonnes of soil to the project along with wheel barrows and garden tools after just one quick phone call.

“One volunteer is ready to help maintain it and several donations of plants and shrubs have been given since the garden was created.”