Memorials and bikes

[Blue Hills]

Cleary Garden city of London, nice little space created from a bomb site.

I haven't a damn clue why it's there - a quick wiki shows that that Japanese town disappeared/was merged soon after the sign went up promoting its memory to folks looking for a sit down who had doubtless never heard of it in the first place.

So if you ever fancied going to Yatsuka, you've missed the boat.

 

[biggs682]

The battle of Naesby monument earlier today

 

[biggs682]

A little area in Yardley Hastings to commemorate the millennium.

The two plaques have all the names of village residents at the time.

 

[PeteXXX]

Also posted in the interesting tree thread..

MBIFO a commemorative plaque for the wedding of HRH Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer..
The tree looks a bit dead, too!

I'd actually stopped for a pee behind the tree but when I saw the stone, I thought it a tad disrespectful...

😏

 

[IaninSheffield]

Upper Langwith War Memorial in the churchyard of Holy Cross church:

 

[Blue Hills]

Upper Langwith War Memorial in the churchyard of Holy Cross church:

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quite unusual for brit place's war memorials to be in church grounds rather than some spot in the village/town?

 

[IaninSheffield]

quite unusual for brit place's war memorials to be in church grounds rather than some spot in the village/town?

Not too uncommon I don't think, at least round these parts: Laughton, Tickhill and Oldcotes immediately spring to mind.

 

[biggs682]

Ridden past this sign quite a few times but never really noticed it till this morning .

 

[biggs682]

Following on from @PeteXXX royal wedding stone which I have found.

A memorial brick on a local housing estate.

And then this one

 

[PeteXXX]

Following on from @PeteXXX royal wedding stone which I have found.

A memorial brick on a local housing estate.

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And then this one
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Another plaque about to be lost to ivy....

 

[Shadow]

Ridden past this sign quite a few times but never really noticed it till this morning .

I wonder what happened to the trees.
Or were they converted to a hedge?!

 

[biggs682]

I wonder what happened to the trees.
Or were they converted to a hedge?!

Not really sure as there were no big old trees around ?

 

[Blue Hills]

South East London.
Sort of thing you only ever really get to see on a bike - or walking - noticed a young couple pausing to look at it so pulled over.

Lots of V1s and V2s landed in south east London - you can see them all marked on special maps at the London Metropolitan Archives in Clerkenwell. Freely available to visitors in big map drawers. V1s and V2s are separately indicated.
Supposedly it was partly because the Brits were sending back false range-finding intelligence through turned spies - so many fell short of the centre.

edit - maps went online a while ago - there used to be an android app but I think that may have lapsed, or maybe my android became too old for it.
http://bombsight.org/#16/51.4943/-0.0881

 

[IaninSheffield]

War memorial - St Mary's Church, Spinkhill.

 

[IaninSheffield]

Glapwell Colliery memorial to those who worked there.