Memorials and bikes

[Blue Hills]

This bus shelter was erected in memory of a local man from Wollaston by his children .

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Nice. I always like practical memorials like benches etc. Often stop to read plaques on benches. Have an idea that it's kinda very english/british but maybe it's common in other countries.

 

[biggs682]

No bike in this one sorry , but you have Blackpool war memorial with Blackpool tower in the background

 

[Blue Hills]

Were you at least on a bike biggs when you took the pic?

 

[biggs682]

Were you at least on a bike biggs when you took the pic?

Afraid not walking but pushing a wheelchair so still had wheels involved

 

[PeteXXX]

MBIFO The Lockerbie Memorial to those that were killed on the ground.

And the plaque thereon.

 

[jowwy]

Spotted this on my ABC ride going through Blackrod.

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what is the rear bag and how is it fitted??

 

[Vantage]

what is the rear bag and how is it fitted??

It's a Carradice Pendle bag strapped to a Carradice Classic rack.

 

[Blue Hills]

Would never even have known this was there if not on a bike. As of course it is easy to stop.

Edit - just noticed the spooky connection to vantage's post just above.

Tis witchcraft.

Edit - it is indeed a glorious view of pendle, particularly if you walk through the field gate opposite. Did try to take a pic in homage to their shared memory but it was somewhat obscured. My dad used to quote a local saying - if you can't see Pendle it's raining, if you can see Pendle it's about to rain.

 

[biggs682]

Scaldwell great war memorial .

 

[booze and cake]

I came across this on my recent trip to Ireland. I've seen white painted ghost bikes numerous times before in London, but they usually look like some old skip find that's been painted white. This looked like a proper decent bike with decent parts, I expect it was the riders actual bike which made it all the more moving. Along with the poem supplied by Siobhan, it was the spare inner tube they'd left for riding in the next life that really choked me up. RIP rider.

 

[stoatsngroats]

Nelson, Portsmouth.

 

[PeteXXX]

Tongue, on the North Scottish coast, War Memorial to WW1.

Looking at the names, large numbers of the same families list their lives.

 

[biggs682]

Bozeat war memorial

 

[biggs682]

Finedon Obelisk

This is what Wikipdia has to say about it

The Finedon Obelisk is a monument erected in 1789 to record the blessings of the year by Sir John English Dolben, the fourth and last of the Dolben baronets and lord of the manor of Finedon. The blessings are thought to include the return to sanity of George III. The 23 April 1789 was appointed a day of thanksgiving to commemorate the event, which in Finedon was celebrated with bell ringing, fireworks and the firing of cannon.

 

[biggs682]

Cransley war memorial

And opposite a bus stop with commerative stone .