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  • William Blake's poem London is written in the pavement at Bunhill Fields, the place in the City of London where the poet is buried. London is a poem by William Blake, published in Songs of Experience in 1794. William Blake was a poet and artist who specialised in illuminated texts, often of a religious nature. He rejected established religion for various reasons, including the failure of the established Church to help children in London who were forced to work. Blake lived and worked in the capital, so he was arguably well placed to write clearly about the conditions people who lived there faced.
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  • On the site of a former churchyard, an ancient protected London Plane tree rises over 70 feet high on the corner of Wood Street and Cheapside in the City of London. Mentioned and fated in the annals of London history for almost 600 years, the tree is a city emblem, written about and quoted in text and verse including William Wordsworth in 1797: "At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears / Hangs a Thrush that sings loud, it has sung for three years / Poor Susan has pass'd by the spot, and has heard / In the silence of morning the song of the bird .. A mountain ascending, a vision of trees / Bright volumes of vapour through Lothbury glide / And a river flows on through the vale of Cheapside."
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  • A detail of poetry and sentences forming 'Graveyard of Lost Species', a boat artwork created by by artists and commissioned by Arts Catalyst, at low-tide on the Thames estuary, at Leigh creek, on 10th September 2019, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England. The project celebrates the local tradition of wrecking boats on the salt marsh, its decaying memory of what has changed or passed. The boat is the 'Souvenir', a 39-foot Thames 'bawley' (1933) which once served the local fish trade in nearby Southend-on-Sea.
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  • A low-tide landscape of poetry and sentences forming 'Graveyard of Lost Species', an boat artwork created by by artists and commissioned by Arts Catalyst, at low-tide on the Thames estuary, at Leigh creek, on 10th September 2019, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England. The project celebrates the local tradition of wrecking boats on the salt marsh, its decaying memory of what has changed or passed. The boat is the 'Souvenir', a 39-foot Thames 'bawley' (1933) which once served the local fish trade in nearby Southend-on-Sea.
    estuary_walk-16-10-09-2019.jpg
  • A low-tide landscape of poetry and sentences forming 'Graveyard of Lost Species', an boat artwork created by by artists and commissioned by Arts Catalyst, at low-tide on the Thames estuary, at Leigh creek, on 10th September 2019, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England. The project celebrates the local tradition of wrecking boats on the salt marsh, its decaying memory of what has changed or passed. The boat is the 'Souvenir', a 39-foot Thames 'bawley' (1933) which once served the local fish trade in nearby Southend-on-Sea.
    estuary_walk-15-10-09-2019.jpg
  • A detail of poetry and sentences forming 'Graveyard of Lost Species', a boat artwork created by by artists and commissioned by Arts Catalyst, at low-tide on the Thames estuary, at Leigh creek, on 10th September 2019, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England. The project celebrates the local tradition of wrecking boats on the salt marsh, its decaying memory of what has changed or passed. The boat is the 'Souvenir', a 39-foot Thames 'bawley' (1933) which once served the local fish trade in nearby Southend-on-Sea.
    estuary_walk-14-10-09-2019.jpg
  • A detail of poetry and sentences forming 'Graveyard of Lost Species', a boat artwork created by by artists and commissioned by Arts Catalyst, at low-tide on the Thames estuary, at Leigh creek, on 10th September 2019, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England. The project celebrates the local tradition of wrecking boats on the salt marsh, its decaying memory of what has changed or passed. The boat is the 'Souvenir', a 39-foot Thames 'bawley' (1933) which once served the local fish trade in nearby Southend-on-Sea.
    estuary_walk-12-10-09-2019.jpg
  • A detail of poetry and sentences forming 'Graveyard of Lost Species', a boat artwork created by by artists and commissioned by Arts Catalyst, at low-tide on the Thames estuary, at Leigh creek, on 10th September 2019, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England. The project celebrates the local tradition of wrecking boats on the salt marsh, its decaying memory of what has changed or passed. The boat is the 'Souvenir', a 39-foot Thames 'bawley' (1933) which once served the local fish trade in nearby Southend-on-Sea.
    estuary_walk-11-10-09-2019.jpg
  • A detail of poetry and sentences forming 'Graveyard of Lost Species', a boat artwork created by by artists and commissioned by Arts Catalyst, at low-tide on the Thames estuary, at Leigh creek, on 10th September 2019, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England. The project celebrates the local tradition of wrecking boats on the salt marsh, its decaying memory of what has changed or passed. The boat is the 'Souvenir', a 39-foot Thames 'bawley' (1933) which once served the local fish trade in nearby Southend-on-Sea.
    estuary_walk-10-10-09-2019.jpg
  • A woman rock climber hangs on to a small piece of rock and is suspended by ropes. .The Great Orme (Welsh: Y Gogarth or Pen y Gogarth) is a prominent limestone headland on the north coast of Wales situated in Llandudno. It is referred to as Cyngreawdr Fynydd in a poem by the 12th century poet Gwalchmai ap Meilyr. It is echoed by the Little Orme, a smaller but very similar limestone headland, which is on the other side of Llandudno Bay in the parish of Llanrhos. The geology of the Great Orme is limestone and the surface is particularly noted for the limestone pavements covering several headland areas. There are also rich seams of Dolomite-hosted copper ore.
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  • With a large hand from her worried mother gently caressing her head, a tiny premature new-born born baby sleeps on its side with an oxygen tube in its nose, while gathering strength in her incubator at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, England. In her warm cot, a toy bear looks on in the corner and a poem writen on a card from the baby's parents has been attached to the plastic wall. It is a tender moment of hope, that this precious young human life can continue to grow into adulthood and be loved by all. The Royal London Hospital is one of London's oldest, having been founded in 1740 and is a major teaching hospital in Whitechapel, East London..
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  • A shrine of flowers and compassionate messages continue to grow ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages on post-it notes.
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  • A shrine of flowers and compassionate messages continue to grow ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages on post-it notes.
    london_bridge_terrorism-07-12-06-201...jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where a man and father called Nigel died at Huggin Hill, City of London, England, UK. Were we to ignore this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: ?To Daddy.  Love you always and forever. Your little girl. 24th Dec 1967 - 9th May 2001.? From a project about makeshift shrines: ?Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances.
    memorials008-12-05_2001.jpg
  • The advertising face of a middle-aged lady symbolises compassion and sympathy at the shrine of flowers and compassionate messages ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages.
    london_bridge_terrorism-33-12-06-201...jpg
  • The advertising face of a middle-aged lady symbolises compassion and sympathy at the shrine of flowers and compassionate messages ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages.
    london_bridge_terrorism-32-12-06-201...jpg
  • The advertising face of a middle-aged lady symbolises compassion and sympathy at the shrine of flowers and compassionate messages ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages.
    london_bridge_terrorism-31-12-06-201...jpg
  • The advertising face of a middle-aged lady symbolises compassion and sympathy at the shrine of flowers and compassionate messages ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages.
    london_bridge_terrorism-30-12-06-201...jpg
  • The advertising face of a middle-aged lady symbolises compassion and sympathy at the shrine of flowers and compassionate messages ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages.
    london_bridge_terrorism-28-12-06-201...jpg
  • The advertising face of a middle-aged lady symbolises compassion and sympathy at the shrine of flowers and compassionate messages ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages.
    london_bridge_terrorism-26-12-06-201...jpg
  • The advertising face of a middle-aged lady symbolises compassion and sympathy at the shrine of flowers and compassionate messages ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages.
    london_bridge_terrorism-24-12-06-201...jpg
  • The advertising face of a middle-aged lady symbolises compassion and sympathy at the shrine of flowers and compassionate messages ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages.
    london_bridge_terrorism-23-12-06-201...jpg
  • While a shrine of flowers and messages continue to grow ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, the Griffin marking the southern-most boundary of the City of London - the capital's financial district - has been draped with the English flag (aka the Cross of St. George), on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London, where tLondoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages on post-it notes.
    london_bridge_terrorism-22-12-06-201...jpg
  • While a shrine of flowers and messages continue to grow ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, the Griffin marking the southern-most boundary of the City of London - the capital's financial district - has been draped with the English flag (aka the Cross of St. George), on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London, where tLondoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages on post-it notes.
    london_bridge_terrorism-21-12-06-201...jpg
  • While a shrine of flowers and messages continue to grow ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, the Griffin marking the southern-most boundary of the City of London - the capital's financial district - has been draped with the English flag (aka the Cross of St. George), on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London, where tLondoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages on post-it notes.
    london_bridge_terrorism-20-12-06-201...jpg
  • While a shrine of flowers and messages continue to grow ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, the Griffin marking the southern-most boundary of the City of London - the capital's financial district - has been draped with the English flag (aka the Cross of St. George), on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London, where tLondoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages on post-it notes.
    london_bridge_terrorism-19-12-06-201...jpg
  • A shrine of flowers and compassionate messages continue to grow ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages on post-it notes.
    london_bridge_terrorism-17-12-06-201...jpg
  • A shrine of flowers and compassionate messages continue to grow ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages on post-it notes.
    london_bridge_terrorism-16-12-06-201...jpg
  • The advertising face of a middle-aged lady symbolises compassion and sympathy at the shrine of flowers and compassionate messages ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages.
    london_bridge_terrorism-14-12-06-201...jpg
  • The advertising face of a middle-aged lady symbolises compassion and sympathy at the shrine of flowers and compassionate messages ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages.
    london_bridge_terrorism-12-12-06-201...jpg
  • A shrine of flowers and compassionate messages continue to grow ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages on post-it notes.
    london_bridge_terrorism-08-12-06-201...jpg
  • A shrine of flowers and compassionate messages continue to grow ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages on post-it notes.
    london_bridge_terrorism-03-12-06-201...jpg
  • A shrine of flowers and compassionate messages continue to grow ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages on post-it notes.
    london_bridge_terrorism-02-12-06-201...jpg
  • A shrine of flowers and compassionate messages continue to grow ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages on post-it notes.
    london_bridge_terrorism-05-12-06-201...jpg
  • A portrait of English poet, lecturer, actor and broadcaster Patrick J. Kavanagh. We see his face as a close-up while at home in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England. P J Kavanagh (born 6 January 1931) is the author of eight books of poems, an essayist and travel-writer, a novelist, and editor of the poems of Ivor Gurney; he has received the Cholmondely Award for Poetry, the Guardian Fiction Prize, and the Richard Hillary Prize for his memoir The Perfect Stranger. In addition to this literary career, he has been an actor, lecturer, journalist and broadcaster, all after serving in the Army during the Korean War, where he was wounded in action.
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  • A portrait of English poet, lecturer, actor and broadcaster Patrick J. Kavanagh. We see him in miffle-distance seated in his favourite armchair while at home in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England. P J Kavanagh (born 6 January 1931) is the author of eight books of poems, an essayist and travel-writer, a novelist, and editor of the poems of Ivor Gurney; he has received the Cholmondely Award for Poetry, the Guardian Fiction Prize, and the Richard Hillary Prize for his memoir The Perfect Stranger. In addition to this literary career, he has been an actor, lecturer, journalist and broadcaster, all after serving in the Army during the Korean War, where he was wounded in action.
    PJ_kavanagh02-20-02-1990.jpg
  • A portrait of English poet, lecturer, actor and broadcaster Patrick J. Kavanagh. We see him reaching to hold a beam outside his home in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England. P J Kavanagh (born 6 January 1931) is the author of eight books of poems, an essayist and travel-writer, a novelist, and editor of the poems of Ivor Gurney; he has received the Cholmondely Award for Poetry, the Guardian Fiction Prize, and the Richard Hillary Prize for his memoir The Perfect Stranger. In addition to this literary career, he has been an actor, lecturer, journalist and broadcaster, all after serving in the Army during the Korean War, where he was wounded in action.
    PJ_kavanagh01-20-02-1990.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where an unknown person died at Beulah Hill, London, England, UK. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances.
    memorials019-10-07_2001.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where a young man called 'Carl.' died in Shaftesbury Avenue, London. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be a statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "He was our North, our south/Our east, our West/Our working week and our Sunday rest/Our Noon, our Midnight, our talk, our song/We thought that love would last forever, we were wrong." From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. We also nowadays lay wreaths to the ordinary who die suddenly - killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and cities with simple, haunting remembrances.
    memorials018-01-02_2001.jpg
  • Memorials have been placed where a young man called 'Marurice' died on the A215 Walworth Road in London, England, UK. Were we to ignore this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One read: ?Top fella/Don't worry, I'll look after your sisters/May you and your family find true justive so your soul may rest in Peace.? From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
    memorials021-30-05_2001.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where a young man called ?Aiden? died in Prebend Street, London, England. If we just ignored this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be a statistic but flowers are left to die too with touching poems written by family and loved-ones: ?Champion among men, now a champion of angels/A star in the Heavens has been named in memory of Aiden.? From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to the ordinary who die suddenly - killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances.
    memorials017-05-07_2000.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where ?Amy? died on the A27 near Binstead, Sussex, England. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be a statistic but flowers are left to die too with touching poems written by family and loved-ones: ?To Amy (aged 14)/In my heart there is a picture worth more than silver and gold/it is a picture of my auntie Amy/whose memory will never grow old/Death comes so very quick/you never know when you?re going to be picked.? From a project about makeshift shrines: ?Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to the ordinary who die suddenly - killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances
    memorials014-05-07_2000.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where murdered school boy Damilola Taylor died at Hordle Promenade, North Peckham Estate, London, UK. Were we to ignore this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: ?May your sweet little soul rest in perfect Peace/?Evil kids has took your life away (but your spirit is always with us).? From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences..
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  • A memorial has been placed where two policemen called Tony and Mark died at A2 Shooters Hill, London, England, UK. Were we to ignore this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. Two read: ?Metropolitan Police Memo. With deep regrets/?C? team, Lewisham.? And "May God be with your families at this time.  From Custody.? From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
    memorials012-11-04_2001.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where a young Spanish schoolboy boy called 'Diego' died at Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London, England, UK. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "?Diego our friend, we are sorry you had to die like this.? ?School will never be the same without you.? From a project about makeshift shrines: ?Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
    memorials011-10-05_2000.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where a man called Dennis died on the  A227 Coldharbour Lane, London, England, UK. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "This was a good man." From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
    memorials010-15-03_2001.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where a young lawyer called Alex died on London Wall A1211, City of London, England, UK. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "Missing you so very much at this time of year. Mum and Dad. From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances.
    memorials009-16-07_2002.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where ?Sarah? died near the A29 in Pulborough, Sussex, England, UK. Were we to ignore this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be a statistic but flowers are left to there too with touching poems and dedications written by family and loved-ones. One reads: ?A little Angel lent, not given/to be born on earth/and grow in Heaven/We have lost a Princess, but gained an Angel/To take you so soon is tragic we know/but when Jesus calls, you just have to go." From a project about makeshift shrines: ?Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. We lay wreaths to the ordinary who die suddenly - folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on roadsides and cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances.
    memorials006-05-07_2000.jpg
  • A memorial has been placed where a fictitious TV character called Victor Meldrew was filmed being killed at Shawford Station, Hants, England, UK. If we drove past where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "We don't want to win a million, we want Victor back!" From a project about makeshift shrines: ?Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
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  • This memorial has been placed where a man called 'Lee' died on the A3130 Tickenham Road, Somerset, England, UK. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "?Do not stand at my grave and weep/I am not there, I do not sleep.? ?I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in a circled flight.? From a project about makeshift shrines: ?Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances.
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  • This memorial has been placed where young men called Steve, Si and Sammy died on the A286 Easebourne, Sussex, England, UK. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "?I am the lucky one - my son survived - I wish so much it had been all of them.? From a project about makeshift shrines: ?Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances?
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  • The advertising face of a middle-aged lady symbolises compassion and sympathy at the shrine of flowers and compassionate messages ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages.
    london_bridge_terrorism-27-12-06-201...jpg
  • The advertising face of a middle-aged lady symbolises compassion and sympathy at the shrine of flowers and compassionate messages ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages.
    london_bridge_terrorism-25-12-06-201...jpg
  • While a shrine of flowers and messages continue to grow ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, the Griffin marking the southern-most boundary of the City of London - the capital's financial district - has been draped with the English flag (aka the Cross of St. George), on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London, where tLondoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages on post-it notes.
    london_bridge_terrorism-18-12-06-201...jpg
  • A shrine of flowers and compassionate messages continue to grow ten days after the terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, on 12th June 2017 in London, England. Near the southern-most boundary of the City of London opposite to the attack location, Londoners and visitors to the capital leave their emotional and defiant poems and personal messages on post-it notes.
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  • A memorial has been placed where a youth called ?Indian? died on Warner Road, Camberwell, London, England. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be a statistic but flowers are left to die too with touching poems written by family and loved-ones: ?Yo Crucial/Wherever you are you are great.? From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to the ordinary who die suddenly - killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances
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  • A memorial has been placed where a young man called ?Franklyn? died on the Prince of Wales Road, London, England. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be a statistic but flowers are left to die too with touching poems written by family and loved-ones: ?I will neva 4get U, love U enough will miss U loads/What hope for dead loved ones (From a left copy of The Watchtower).' From a project about makeshift shrines: ?Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to the ordinary who die suddenly - killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances.
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  • In front of car ad billboards, a memorial has been placed where ?Jay? died on St George's Circus, London, England. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be a statistic but flowers are left to die too with touching poems written by family and loved-ones: ?Everything you touched turned to gold? From a project about makeshift shrines: ?Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to the ordinary who die suddenly - killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances
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  • This memorial has been placed where a young man called 'Clinton' died on the A1206 Manchester Road, London, England, UK. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "Your body is soft, not like street, Clinton." From a project about makeshift shrines: Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances.
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  • This memorial has been placed where a man called 'Andre,' died at Butterfly Walk, London, England, UK. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: "?Did you witness anyone leaving the area with bloodstained clothing?." From a project about makeshift shrines: ?Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remberences.
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  • This memorial has been placed where a young man called Michael died beneath the TGV and Eurostar train overpass at Goussainville, France. If we drove past this place where someone's life ended, the victim would just be an anonymous statistic but flowers are left to die too and touching poems and dedications are written by family and loved-ones. One reads: ?Ses amis." From a project about makeshift shrines: ?Britons have long installed memorials in the landscape: Statues and monuments to war heroes, Princesses and the socially privileged. But nowadays we lay wreaths to those who die suddenly - ordinary folk killed as pedestrians, as drivers or by alcohol, all celebrated on our roadsides and in cities with simple, haunting roadside remembrances.
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