Memorials and bikes

[Tizme]

The War Memorial at Crowcombe:

 

[biggs682]

Another local war memorial this time in Irchester .

 

[Mr Celine]

Boer War memorial in Hawick.

 

[biggs682]

Naesby Obelisk to mark the battle of Naesby.

 

[biggs682]

A tree planted to mark the death of Princess Diana

 

[PeteXXX]

MBIFO a war memorial next to the Italian Chapel overlooking the Churchill Barriers on Scapa Flo.

 

[Blue Hills]

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MBIFO a war memorial next to the Italian Chapel overlooking the Churchill Barriers on Scapa Flo.

Curious memorial. St george? Significance? Can't quite make out the date or understand its import, though it appears to be the sorry italian year of 43.
Have been to that place years ago, though not by bike.

 

[PeteXXX]

Curious memorial. St george? Significance? Can't quite make out the date or understand its import, though it appears to be the sorry italian year of 43.
Have been to that place years ago, though not by bike.

Here's a closer upperer shot..

 

[Blue Hills]

Don't know.
September 8, 43, armistice, or as some would say, including a leading italian historian, the day the country fell apart.
August 7, 43 doesn't mean anything to me.
Maybe something local?
Did you ask anyone?
20th century italian memorials can be interesting, a few having "rewrites" but at a glance that one looks unrevised.

 

[PeteXXX]

All I can find is that the Chapel and statue were built by Italian POW's out of scraps of stuff they found.

 

[Blue Hills]

As was the chapel
P di C?
Maybe our italian mod can help
@Pat "5mph"

Edit
P
Patria?

 

[tyred]

I like to cycle in coastal regions. I've seen countless memorials to those who have been lost at sea. I always like this one at Rosses Point, co. Sligo.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

As was the chapel
P di C?
Maybe our italian mod can help
@Pat "5mph"

Edit
P
Patria?

Don't think so.
P di C - Pattuglia (platoon) of C more likely.
A quick google confirms that the barriers were built by Italian prisoners of WW2.

 

[Blue Hills]

Tho a bitter pointed one - the bit to the right of my bike.

If you turn round from this wall, through the netting surrounding an outdoor sports pitch and just over the westway, the remains of grenfell loom.

Taken after i went for a wander arriving early for a royal borough of kensington art bike ride. I left it early as it was boring, lots of very slow pedalling seeing not a lot, somewhat nanny supervised and we breezed straight past a lot of interesting looking grenfell street art.
But just goes to show that a bike ride is rarely wasted.
Have no idea what the blue heels, arse and tits are about. Nor the magic number 8.

 

[Vantage]

Muttly and I are up at the winter hill air disaster memorial.