The iconic fin is instantly recognisable, while moving between the two sections gives a sense of confinement onboard a submarine. The solitary figure, perhaps looking up to where danger may come from or to the surface of the sea and its promise of fresh air and sunlight, gives a human scale and a focal point [...]
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The Order of St John Memorial
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 15th 2024
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
The National Memorial Arboretum
It is ten years since my previous visit to the National Memorial Arboretum. The Memorial Arboretum is still as peaceful and moving as I remembered. There are now over 400 memorials so it is impossible to see them all during one visit.
This year this the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings so the Arboretum is [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Jul 13th 2024
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, York 2023
York – Day One
Our journey to York ran smoothly despite experiencing some erratic drivers along the various motorways. When it was time for lunch we stopped at Woodall services with its never endimg walkway to reach Waitrose on the opposite side of the road. In Waitrose we picked up sandwiches for our in-car picnic.
Comfortably replete we continued our [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 12th 2023
Warhorse to Horsepower examines how the British Army became increasingly mechanical during the First World War and how cavalry units eventually gave up their horses for tanks during the 1920s and 30s.
In pre-1914 Britain, society was already replacing horse with petrol driven vehicles and some life-size talking horses in the exhibition tell you their stories [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Sep 3rd 2019
Filed under Art, Heritage, Holidays, Sherborne 2019
Royal Tank Regiment Memorials
This exhibit is a fiberglass model used to create the bronze statue that now stands in Whitehall Place, London. The London statue was unveiled by the Royal Tank Regiment’’s Colonel in Chief, Her Majesty the Queen, on the 13th of June 2000.
The memorial depicts a Comet Tank Crew and is a permanent tribute to those [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 23rd 2019
