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A steel war memorial. A pyramidal structure frames a central structure of poppies growing upwards into a sword, which surmounts the frame. The tip of the sword is broken off and placed across the blade, making it into a cross. The work was commissioned for 'Britain in Bloom' c.1995 and sited in the Garden of Remembrance, Market Street, Denton. The garden had been opened in May 1958 as a Garden of Remembrance for those who had died fighting in both world wars. It was decided by council officers to introduce a sculpture in the new design, with the commission being awarded to Paul Margetts. The broken sword symbolises the end of war while the cross shape that is created is reminiscent of the simple grave markers to be found in the battlefields of the First World War.

Title

Broken Sword

Date

1995–1996

Medium

steel

Measurements

H 400 x W 73 x D 73 cm

Accession number

M34_FM_S042

Acquisition method

commissioned

Work type

War memorial

Custodian

Tameside MBC

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

1 January 1996

Inscription description

plaque on Market street side of gardens: THIS GARDEN WAS DECLARED OPEN / BY / COUNCILLOR MRS. MOORES CC., J. P., / CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL / ON 22nd MAY 1958; on second plaque: GARDEN OF / REMEMBRANCE / IN COMMEMORATION OF / THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES IN TWO WORLD WARS / 1914–18 / 1939–45

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