Memorial

Manchester City Centre - 1996 IRA Bombing

The postbox

Source: Copyright David Long

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Current Location

Near side entrance to Marks and Spencers' store, Corporation Street, Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M1 1WT, England

SJ 83937 98554

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 99774
Description: Brass plaque affixed to a standard Victorian Post Office pillar box recording its survival of the explosion.
Inscription: This postbox remained standing almost undamaged/ on June 15th 1996 when this area was devastated by a mob./ The box was removed during the rebuilding of the city centre/ and was returned to its original site on/ November 22nd 1999

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good