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Post by librarylady on Sept 12, 2020 20:15:54 GMT
...Hidden away on a secluded side street, and long since dwarfed by the modern steel and chrome structures of the city, it remains one of London’s secret gardens. One of the last Blitz-damaged buildings left in the United Kingdom, overgrown with trees, ivy, and wall climbing flowers growing amongst the ruined arches, it’s a poignant living memorial to the horrors of the Blitz and a testament to the resilience of the City of London which survived it....
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Post by Charwee on Sept 12, 2020 20:35:22 GMT
I go there sometimes! It's a gorgeous spot
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Post by Jen in NCal on Sept 12, 2020 22:39:25 GMT
I visited the site the last time I was in London. It was beautiful.
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Post by AussieMeg on Sept 13, 2020 0:31:35 GMT
I love that they've left it there instead of rebuilding something on the site.
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Post by callmenutz on Sept 13, 2020 3:39:10 GMT
Beautiful!
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Post by milocat on Sept 13, 2020 14:56:15 GMT
What's left of the building looks to be in great condition. Would be a beautiful spot to visit. A haunting reminder.
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Post by beaglemom on Sept 13, 2020 14:59:37 GMT
Beautiful!
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Post by justcindy on Sept 13, 2020 16:48:45 GMT
Oh my gosh, I feel so "well traveled!" I was actually here almost exactly one year ago....I live in Texas, and was able to go with my husband on a business trip. We were in London for 4 short days, and this was a top site I wanted to visit. I didn't get to walk the grounds, as I only had time to see it before the gates opened. With some uh, creative acrobatics for a 50 year old, I was still able to capture some beautiful images. It is truly hauntingly beautiful, and so serene. If I'm ever able to visit London again, I will definitely make this a priority, to have more time here. I want to say "I loved" but that's so cheesy, and I can't think of another way to say it....it humbled me, to see the scars of history, and it changed me.
America is such a baby, as far as history is concerned.....the oldest american building I've entered was on the east coast and it was a church, a couple of hundred years old. I thought that was incredible! There was a marble monument in the vestibule, with the names of church members lost during the civil war carved into it. Then, a dozen years later, I walk the halls of a church built CENTURIES earlier (Westminster Abbey)....read the tombstones of people like me, they lived, and laughed, and raised families, that lived their entire life 500 years before America was a thought.
Sorry for the ramble....it's just literally been one year (late Aug-early Sept) since this trip of a lifetime for me, and I've been reliving so much of it...."one year ago today, we were at Winston Churchill's war rooms...This time last year, I was walking on ancient stone roads and touching the stone walls surrounding part of Barcelona, that ROMANS chiseled and built...."
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Post by mnmloveli on Sept 13, 2020 19:36:08 GMT
Beautiful !
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