Used Metro track will be turned into a new war memorial in South Shields honouring British soldiers who were prisoners of war in the Far East during the Second World War. The 10-metre section of rail, donated by Nexus, will be installed beside the Len Gibson statue in North Marine Park. Gibson, a Sunderland veteran captured by Japan, was among 60,000 Allied prisoners forced to build the Burma Railway between Thailand and Myanmar from 1942 to 1943. The memorial, privately funded by Daft as a Brush founder Brian Burnie, is due to be completed in time for VJ Day in August. Burnie said it would recognise the sacrifice of the so-called Forgotten Army, while Nexus said reusing the track supports both the project and its sustainability goals. https://nexus.org.uk/news-media-hub/news/metro-track-recycled-for-new-south-tyneside-war-memorial/