Council bosses have vowed to take action after graffiti was scrawled on a sacred war memorial. The bronze plaques in the Northern Quarter in Manchester city centre commemorate men who gave their lives for the country in the First and Second World Wars.
They are positioned high on a wall near to the multi-storey car park on the corner of Church Street and Tib Street. READ MORE: The unsightly graffiti was daubed onto a poppy mural below.
The plaques remember the men of J & N Philips and Co Ltd who fought and died in both world wars. Founded in Staffordshire in 1747, the textile manufacturer's Manchester building stood on the site where the car park stands today.
The tribute tablets were saved and remounted after the company, which also produced smallwares, stopped trading in around 1969.
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