Favourite Local Historical Monument?

[Dec66]

I'll start the ball rolling.



https://g.co/kgs/Sn6fQ1

 

[Alex321]

A little scary that 1960s might be "historical" in this context

 

[Dec66]

A little scary that 1960s might be "historical" in this context

As per the reviews...

"Some say the Stone Penge slabs may actually have been erected over 7000 years ago"

You, sir, are a heretic.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

https://www.geograph.org.uk/stuff/list.php?title=Memorial+to+Polish+RAF+pilot&gridref=SO8048

The inscription says he was lost over the Channel only 6 months after the incident this memorial commemorates

 

[Once a Wheeler]

The War Memorial in Raeren, eastern Belgium. The only allied war memorial I have
seen with the inscriptions entirely in German.

 

[raleighnut]

The War Memorial in Raeren, eastern Belgium. The only allied war memorial I have
seen with the inscriptions entirely in German.
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Wots it say, "You lost get over it"

 

[Tenkaykev]

Alfred Russel Wallace who had worked out independently of Darwin the mechanics of Evolution.

He's buried in Broadstone Cemetery just up the road. I always stop and say hello as it's on the path to my mother and father in law's grave.

 

[albion]

Much of Rookhope.

Sort of reminds me of Roros.

 

[classic33]

From Hell, Hull and Halifax...

 

[Once a Wheeler]

Wots it say, "You lost get over i

To the unforgettable fallen
The district of Raeren

 

[raleighnut]

To the unforgettable fallen
The district of Raeren

So why is it in German, not phlegmish.

 

[stephec]

So why is it in German, not phlegmish.

I spit on your suggestion.

 

[Dec66]

To the unforgettable fallen
The district of Raeren

I recently rode past a big German military cemetery in France, on the way to Arras. Hadn't seen one for Germans in that neck of the woods before (though maybe I haven't been paying attention).

 

[Accy cyclist]

Frederick Kempster. The Blackburn Giant.

https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/tragic-life-blackburn-giant-who-19466376

I've cycled to see his grave a few times over the years.

 

[Once a Wheeler]

So why is it in German, not phlegmish.

Remember this one for your pub quizzes. Belgium has three official languages: French, Flemish (=±Nederlands) and German. The German territories are in the far east of the country around the towns of Eupen and St Vith. As geography would have it, the German-speaking area is completely contained within the French-speaking area except for where it actually abuts the German border. Under the Belgian constitution it forms one of the three federal communities but is a part of the French-speaking Province of Liège. Fascinating facts from near and far!