by Brendan Jackson | Sep 1, 2025 | Sites of Memory
Paradise Street, Birmingham Image: Paradise Street, along which now runs the Metro, 2025. A few hundred yards from the classical Roman façade of Birmingham town hall on Paradise Street, you would once find an army recruiting office at Carlton Chambers. At the...
by Brendan Jackson | Sep 1, 2025 | Sites of Memory
The Hall of Memory, Birmingham Image: The Hall of Memory at Centenary Square, today overshadowed by modern buildings, including the 2010 new library. The Hall of Memory in Birmingham was built between 1922-25, over a filled-in canal basin called Gibson’s Arm, on the...
by Brendan Jackson | Sep 1, 2025 | Sites of Memory
St. Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham Image: St. Philip’s Cathedral, memorial plaque of Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Memorials were often placed in places of worship. Built in 1715, St. Philip’s Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Birmingham. It is the oldest building...
by Brendan Jackson | Sep 1, 2025 | Sites of Memory
Fenny Bentley Image: Detail of stained glass memorial window. In the Derbyshire Dales, in the village of Fenny Bentley, stands the 14th-century St. Edmund the King and Martyrs Church. Here, in the west wall, you will find a memorial to Major Beresford Arthur Jardine...
by Brendan Jackson | Sep 1, 2025 | Sites of Memory
The National Memorial Arboretum Image: The largest memorial at the Arboretum, dedicated by Queen Elizabeth in 2007, to all members of the Armed Forces killed on duty or through terrorist action after the Second World War. The National Memorial Arboretum is a site of...
by Brendan Jackson | Sep 1, 2025 | Sites of Memory
Batumi, on the Black Sea Image: Batumi port, 2025. In western Georgia, Batumi lies on the shores of the Black Sea. With a current population of over 120,000, as a popular tourist destination I think of it as a cross between Blackpool and Las Vegas. At the time of The...
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