Rose Cook Monk, organiser of the peace monument in Dudley talks about the project.

Rose Cook Monk, organiser of the peace monument in Coronation Gardens, Dudley talks about the project.

Transcript

00:00So we're here in Coronation Gardens and we're with our peace monument.

00:06It's being commissioned and made by Midtherm and it is to commemorate the 80th anniversary

00:13of the end of the Second World War. As you can see from our silhouettes we have airmen, sailors,

00:22females, people from all religions so that it is all covered in our monument.

00:29It's to commemorate not only the British armed forces but also armed forces from across the

00:36Commonwealth as well. It will stay here until Armistice so it covers VE, VJ, the end of the

00:44Falklands War, the Battle of Britain and also of course Armistice in November where we will add our

00:51normal display of red poppies. This runs in conjunction with a peace concert that I've

00:57organised which takes place at Dudley College on Thursday evening and again that is to commemorate

01:05the armed forces from across the Commonwealth that have fought for the UK in all conflicts,

01:11not just the two world wars. We have Bhangra dancers, we've got the Jewish faith is represented,

01:21we've got a gospel choir, people from all faiths are included and the finale is the Sid Lawrence

01:28Orchestra playing the Glenn Miller music. So it should be a fabulous night but our focus really is on this

01:35peace monument which will stay here as Dudley's way of remembering. So on the letters, each of the letters

01:45has holes in there and that is for people to leave their messages of hope for peace, loved ones that

01:54they've lost in conflict or just a message of support really. They will then be collated and they will be

02:02put into a time capsule and we will have a rosebush planted here in Coronation Gardens and those messages

02:11will go under the rosebush. So there will always be this constant hope for peace here in Coronation Gardens.