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Situated at the top of Angel Hill in Boggart Hole Clough, the Blackley War Memorial ("the Angel") overlooks a steep tree lined sloping valley (making it difficult to photograph from the front).

The inscription on the front of the memorial reads: "To the glorious memory of the men of Blackley who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914-1919". A second smaller inscription near the base reads: "In memory of those who gave their lives in the second Great War 1939-1945"

Boggart Hole Clough is a large urban park in Blackley. It is part of ancient woodland, combining a number of picturesque cloughs varying from steep ravines to gentle sloping gullies. (Clough is a local dialect word for a steep sided, wooded valley). There were stories that the clough was haunted by a boggart (a mischievous spirit found mainly in Lancashire and Yorkshire), perhaps in an attempt to explain the unusual name.

The park occupies an area of approximately 190 acres, covering the full width of square SD8602, and also extending into SD8502 and SD8702 to the west and east.

Link (Manchester City Council website)