Memorials and bikes

[biggs682]

A USAF memorial near Upper Benefield

 

[Blue Hills]

A USAF memorial near Upper Benefield

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Respect.
Thanks for posting the close-up of the plaque.
Interesting that they threw the word "sturdy" in there - rather underplays what those guys did.
But I did some hunting and it sure was a tough beast.
Some amazing pics here of ones that made it back after serious or even spectacular damage.
http://www.daveswarbirds.com/b-17/contents.htm

 

[biggs682]

@Blue Hills there are a few USAF memorials locally and they use to be well visited by American visitors pre the pandemic .

 

[biggs682]

Turvey war memorial

 

[Willd]

War memorial at Brinklow, lovely effort from the local school This was a close-up, for some reason the picture with my bike in it didn't work

 

[IaninSheffield]

War Memorial, Moorgate Cemetery, Rotherham

 

[Gravity Aided]

My Great Great Uncle had a large firm supplying Percheron Horses throughout the United States, for draft animals for horse cars and omnibuses, mainly. They (my great great great grandfather and his sons) imported and bred Percherons on their farms, and shipped them from this part of town. Even sold well in the South, despite their abolitionist politics.

 

[biggs682]

War memorial in Long Buckby earlier today

 

[PeteXXX]

A Monument (and church) in Holcot to mark the last day of the 2nd Millennium.
The plaque is hard to read and I don't think it'll be legible after long..

 

[biggs682]

Coming soon a memorial to the crew and the Avro Manchester bomber that was shot down in error when returning from a raid nearly 80 years ago.

https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-679-manchester-i-wollaston-7-killed

 

[IaninSheffield]

Tom Simpson's grave in Harworth Cemetery (Didn't think it appropriate to put MBIFO)

 

[IaninSheffield]

Harworth War Memorial

 

[tyred]

Memorial to the Fanad Patriots at Kindrum Lake.

 

[Blue Hills]

Harworth War Memorial

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Can I ask what the bike is?

 

[IaninSheffield]

Can I ask what the bike is?

You certainly can.
It's a flat bar, steel, Spa Tourer.