{"id":411715,"date":"2025-09-09T23:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T23:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/411715\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T23:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T23:58:16","slug":"leicester-park-war-memorial-being-restored-for-remembrance-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/411715\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester park war memorial being restored for Remembrance Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Grade I listed monument was designed by renowned architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, who also created the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, and was officially unveiled by two war widows in July 1925.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The council said some cleaning and minor stonework repairs were carried out in September 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, due to the location and the porous nature of the stone, regular cleaning is needed, it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A council spokesperson said: &#8220;Restoration experts carrying out the works are using a gentle, eco-friendly cleaning method that uses high-temperature steam to clean surfaces without harsh chemicals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The works will ensure it looks its best for this year&#8217;s Remembrance Day commemorations, which will also mark 80 years since the end of WWII.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The project has been funded through the council&#8217;s Capital Programme Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Grade I listed monument was designed by renowned architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, who also created the Cenotaph&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-411715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115177056178033120","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}