Killingworth Jigsaw (Post 1945 War Memorial)
Killingworth Jigsaw (Post 1945 War Memorial)
Killingworth Jigsaw (Post 1945 War Memorial)
Killingworth Jigsaw (Post 1945 War Memorial)
Killingworth Jigsaw (Post 1945 War Memorial)
Killingworth Jigsaw (Post 1945 War Memorial)
Killingworth Jigsaw (Post 1945 War Memorial)
Killingworth Jigsaw (Post 1945 War Memorial)
Killingworth Jigsaw (Post 1945 War Memorial)
Killingworth Jigsaw (Post 1945 War Memorial)

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A memorial consisting of a section of a giant, vertical, three-dimensional, shiny metal jigsaw with two pieces missing, which are lying or leaningclose to the artwork. Wooden, upright, posts, bearing memorial plaques, form a line line either side of the jigsaw which stands atop a curved mound.
Title

Killingworth Jigsaw (Post 1945 War Memorial)

Date

2000

Medium

stainless steel & concrete

Measurements

H 300 x W 300 x D (?) cm

Accession number

NE12_SD_S002

Acquisition method

commissioned by North Tyneside Veterans Memorial Committee

Work type

War memorial

Custodian

The Veterans Memorial Committee

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

11th November 2000

Access

at all times

Inscription description

plaque: The Veterans memorial Committee / would like to thank / Wm Morrissons Supermarkets plc / and others, for their / financial support / and Swan Hunter (Tyneside) Ltd / and their apprentices / for their enthusiasm and / commitment during the / engineering and fabrication / of the memorial; central panel: In memory of / those men and women / who made the supreme sacrifice / in the cause of peace / since 1945; right panel: 'The Jigsaw is a metaphor / for bereavement, / the loss felt at the death/ of a loved one. / It also celebrates family / and friends standing together, / providing comfort and support / into the future.' // Judith Spreadbury / Student, North Tyne College.

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Located at

White Swan Centre, Citadel East, Killingworth, Newcastle upon Tyne

NE12 6SS