September Staycation 2012 ? Day 1 | SilverTiger

Saturday, September 1st 2012

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This was the first day of our holiday and, as we had no trains to catch or other pressing engagements, we allowed ourselves a leisurely start. We went to Pret in St John Street for breakfast and tarried over it. Then we took a bus to Green Park.

Bomber Command Memorial

At Green Park we visited the memorial to Bomber Command which has attracted considerable attention since it was unveiled in June this year.

It has taken 7 decades ? a lifetime ? for this memorial to be finally raised in memory of those who died flying bombing missions over enemy territory. The wholesale destruction of property and lives on both sides of the conflict resulting from bombing campaigns naturally raised strong feelings and became a political issue. For this reason, it is only now, when the moral and political air has cleared, so to speak, that it has been possible to honour those allied flyers who gave their lives in this most horrendous conflict.

The memorial is impressive and the sculpted figures have been executed in remarkable detail. Larger than life (9 feet tall), they are both realistic and mythic at the same time. I don?t think anyone can fail to be impressed by them.

Afterwards we took a bus to Fulham and had a look around. There I took a picture of this Victorian fire station which is still in use.

Fulham Fire Station

More details and photos will be forthcoming after the holiday.

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