Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Art, Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018, This & That
Following the 2014 ceramic poppies at the Tower of London, which represented the 888,246 British and Commonwealth Service men and women who lost their lives in the First World War, this Tommy commemorates the centenary of the end of the 1914-1918 war and those who lost their lives.
“There But Not There reminds us of those [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Nov 11th 2018
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage
This weekend marks the Centenary of WWI, a time for reflection and remembrance…
I share a personal family anecdote.
My grandfather’s brother served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WW1, serving some time in Egypt. Within his line of duty, he treated casualties from both sides. It is difficult to comprehend the atrocities he would have [...]
9 Comments CherryPie on Nov 10th 2018
Filed under Anecdotes, Ely 2018, Holidays
… from a weekend away
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 6th 2018
Ultimately we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it toward others.
And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there is in the world.
Etty Hillesum
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 4th 2018
Despite our best intentions we didn’t manage to cross the road from the Collingwood arms to visit the Church of St Helen.
We had also intended to get a closer look of the War Memorial, also just across the road from the Collingwood arms…
St Helens’ church is on my list for my next visit to the [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 3rd 2018
Filed under Holidays, Jesmond Dene & Cornhill 2018
The Collingwood Arms is a grade II listed Coaching Inn built during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. On first appearance there are tell-tale signs of the hotels Georgian roots with its archetypal centred entrance and the somewhat symmetrical frontage including the grand single paned sash windows that flood the hotel with natural light.
It [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 2nd 2018
