Westbury Cement Tower

On the occasion of the Westbury Cement Works tower being demolished ...


Farewell then Westbury cement works tower,
No longer over south wilts will your presence glower,
Once you were used by Lafarge
But now you'll be gone, just like Farage.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Pennell  Avatar
September 17, 2016 at 7:28 AM
boom, timber is it this one https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Westbury+cement+works+tower,&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=923&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjq1Z2Bs5bPAhWJBcAKHbrGCdoQ_AUICCgD#imgrc=0ES4TiAGHS1UIM%3A
Pennell  Avatar
September 17, 2016 at 10:41 AM
Cant be many cement towers with a poem written after it , where i live just had a large pu knocked down its weird just space
Didds Avatar
September 17, 2016 at 8:12 AM
link doesn't work for me - its this :-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-34244012
Allison Avatar
September 16, 2016 at 4:12 PM
Great humour - Extremely clever and the final line is so so topical!:-) hugs Jan xx
Foster Avatar
September 16, 2016 at 3:51 PM
That made me laugh out loud! Good one x
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