Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 12:00 on 13 July 2024
Huntingdon’s War Memorial is the most prominent feature of the main square (Market Square.)
From this Information Board I found it’s called “The Thinking Soldier.”
Great War and World War 2 Dedications:-
Later Conflicts Dedication:-
Side view:-
Memorial stone in grounds of All Saints Church:-
“Ghost Soldier” in grounds of All Saints Church:-
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Posted in Trips at 20:00 on 12 March 2024
Last May we travelled down through England. We stopped off at Retford in Nottinghamshire to break the trip up.
This, in the Market Square, is the Town Hall:-
I was intrigued by the flags on the building below. It was only when I recognised the figure must be Robin Hood that I realised this is the flag of Nottinghamshire:-
This booty from the Crimean War is the Sevastopol Cannon:-
Plaque on cannon:-
The information board nearby calls it the Sebastopol Cannon, using the modern spelling:-
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