The money for the hospital was collected from a very wide area. It could not have been easy for workers on such low incomes to contribute. There must surely still be some local pensioners who grew up without a father, because he was killed in the dreadful conflict.

So much concern has been shown in recent weeks about the appalling conditions and suffering of so many in the trenches – will that concern soon die away?

To destroy such a memorial is a desecration and it must not happen.

The entrance facing Midland Road must be preserved as a social centre for people of all nationalities to meet together and become friends, instead of living in isolation and bitterness.

West Town is a true multi-cultural area, but lacks facilities, particularly for the elderly. They are people who can tell our youngsters what wartime existence was about.

Peterborough District Hospital is a later addition to the site, it is not a war memorial, so its demolition should not cause offence.

MRS G L TUBB
Grange Road,
West Town,
Peterborough