So Many Poppies..... Too Thence Many Men Lost......
At 11.00am GMT today a 2 infinitesimal quiet marks the i of the to a greater extent than formal commemorations Armistice Day inwards 1918, next the halt of the First World War
We visited the Tower of London yesterday together with saw the completed Blood Swept Lands together with Seas of Red.
It was quite a sight against the Sun together with bluish skies together with the white walls of the Tower of London. In fact it's together with thus enormous it was a piffling hard to lead maintain inwards what it means. I read a comment yesterday that people are together with thus overwhelmed past times the deport on of the ceramic poppies that they forget for a infinitesimal that these represent the 888,246 British armed services fatalities inwards the First World War - together with that a plumbing equipment way of reminding people what that way would move for a tank to come upwardly inwards together with suspension them all up. Which was for certain a comment which reminded me what this installation is all about
You tin come across a (rather big) video of the installation below - equally seen from the air straightaway the moats are filled.
All the poppies lead maintain straightaway been sold - for £25 each - for the work goodness of the half-dozen service charities.
However you lot tin nevertheless make a dedication inwards the Roll of Honour amongst honor to the mention of a fallen soldier
You tin view the dedications on the website.
We went really early on yesterday together with at that spot were huge crowds at 10am inwards the morning!
I suspected the crowds would move really large later on inwards the 24-hour interval - equally indeed they were - people were standing 5-6 deep around the perimeter of the moat.
I sympathize it volition too lead maintain until the halt of Nov to dismantle the installation - which patently needs to move done carefully equally all those poppies are straightaway sold!
So if you lot nevertheless haven't seen it operate on inwards the adjacent calendar week or together with thus together with you'll come across equally much equally people did dorsum inwards August!
together with finally.... some other video - this fourth dimension past times HM Forces News.
(Note:
1. The installation has been created past times ceramic creative someone Paul Cummins. He's move assisted past times phase designer Tom Piper.
2. You tin read to a greater extent than almost the installation inwards my before postal service 888246 poppies - Blood Swept Lands together with Seas of Red).
We visited the Tower of London yesterday together with saw the completed Blood Swept Lands together with Seas of Red.
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| Blood Swept Lands together with Seas of Red 10 Nov 2014 |
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| The sentiment of the installation inwards 2 sides of the moat around the Tower of London |
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| The Wave -from the entrance to the Tower of London into the South Moat |
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| a unopen upwardly of the poppies inwards the Sun adjacent to the wall of the Tower of London |
However you lot tin nevertheless make a dedication inwards the Roll of Honour amongst honor to the mention of a fallen soldier
You tin view the dedications on the website.
Viewing the Poppies
We went really early on yesterday together with at that spot were huge crowds at 10am inwards the morning!
I suspected the crowds would move really large later on inwards the 24-hour interval - equally indeed they were - people were standing 5-6 deep around the perimeter of the moat.
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| The cascade of poppies from the Tower |
So if you lot nevertheless haven't seen it operate on inwards the adjacent calendar week or together with thus together with you'll come across equally much equally people did dorsum inwards August!
together with finally.... some other video - this fourth dimension past times HM Forces News.
(Note:
1. The installation has been created past times ceramic creative someone Paul Cummins. He's move assisted past times phase designer Tom Piper.
2. You tin read to a greater extent than almost the installation inwards my before postal service 888246 poppies - Blood Swept Lands together with Seas of Red).
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