andalucia Posted 18 December , 2014 Share Posted 18 December , 2014 Went along to see this in Liverpool. Here are a few photos of the Christmas Truce Memorial in Liverpool. Itis standing inside St Luke's church in Liverpool. The church was bombedduring the WW2 Blitz and stands as a memorial to the Blitz victims inthe city.As far as I can tell this truce memorial will go to Flanders then to Germany. It will laterbe cast in Bronze and brought back to Liverpool to go on show again.Then it visit every bombed church in the country, before visiting mostof the major football grounds. It will then visit major footballgrounds in Europe, before being placed forever in Flanders. On Sunday evening the statue will be packed up for its journey toBelgium where it will stand in the town square near to Messines closeto where the famous football game took place. I am unsure of it;s finalplace, but I believe it will be in Messines.I saw it yesterday. I think it is so moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalucia Posted 18 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 18 December , 2014 No words are needed I think... It is just wonderful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 18 December , 2014 Share Posted 18 December , 2014 Thanks Ant, I'd heard a lot about it and I'm going to wander up to see it as soon as I can. Your photos really help Merry Christmas matey, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalucia Posted 18 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 18 December , 2014 Pete it gets packed away on Sunday. Merry Christmas Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw Posted 18 December , 2014 Share Posted 18 December , 2014 Seems a very uncertain and halting bit of sculpture to me. Sorry , I wanted to like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 18 December , 2014 Share Posted 18 December , 2014 Thanks for that Ant. I think it's off to Messines eventually but it ought to be in Wulverghem to be close to where there is some evidence that a kick about took place. Ian; I know what you mean. I for one would have preferred it without the football (and I'm supposed to be a football club historian); I think this detracts from the real message which is the handshake. There were not many football matches (if at all) but thousands of handshakes. I'll go and have a close look and report back. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 19 December , 2014 Share Posted 19 December , 2014 Ant thanks for showing the images. What a beauty, a marvel created by the artist. I hope the bronce version will never fall victim to scrap- metal thieves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalucia Posted 19 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 19 December , 2014 I like it a lot. But agree it would be better without the football. Lets hope the metal robbers leave it be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 19 December , 2014 Share Posted 19 December , 2014 I think its an EOD toffee bomb, no football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalucia Posted 19 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 19 December , 2014 I think its an EOD toffee bomb, no football Toffee Everton are called The Toffees. Well done Egbert, you now support the best football team in Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anneca Posted 19 December , 2014 Share Posted 19 December , 2014 What a wonderful memorial and thank you for sharing the photos. I think the football rather detracts from the sculptures which are superb. Anne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalucia Posted 19 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 19 December , 2014 Hi Anne If I could take the football off I would. The handshake is everything. As Egbert said, we can say the ball is a Toffee bomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 19 December , 2014 Share Posted 19 December , 2014 (edited) No mention (that I could see) of the sculptor? D Added: from the Liverpool Echo website: Two fibreglass figures, about to shake hands, capture the moment British and German soldiers stopped fighting and played football on Christmas Day 1914. Named All Together Now, the statue, designed by Andy Edwards, is on display at Liverpool's bombed-out church. St Luke's Church, which faces down Bold Street, is itself a monument to the 1941 Blitz on Liverpool. The building was almost destroyed by an incendiary bomb in May 1941 and has remained as a burnt-out shell ever since. Tom Calderbank, who led the project behind the statue's creation, said Edwards had "captured that moment of humanity amidst all the horror and the carnage". The sculpture will be on display at the church for a week before being transported to Flanders in Belgium where it will be displayed. St Luke's Church was built in 1831 by John Foster and John Foster Jr and continues to stand as a memorial to those killed in the war. Edited 19 December , 2014 by daggers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalucia Posted 19 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 19 December , 2014 Thanks Daggers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Mc Posted 20 December , 2014 Share Posted 20 December , 2014 Went to see it today, a powerful piece indeed. The football, I think, is even more iconic in respect of the Liverpool origins of this memorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarylW Posted 21 December , 2014 Share Posted 21 December , 2014 Toffee Everton are called The Toffees. Well done Egbert, you now support the best football team in Liverpool. Ermmm...Ahem! Second best surely? Thanks for the photos Tony. Was hoping to get up to see the sculpture but couldn't make it. The figures will look good in bronze. Caryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalucia Posted 21 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 21 December , 2014 Anyone near Stoke?. It will be on display outside the stadium for the game between Stoke and Chelsea tomorrow evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillchadwick Posted 22 December , 2014 Share Posted 22 December , 2014 Thank you for posting those photos they are very clear and better than those I have seen on the 'Echo ' website. Merry Christmas Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest exuser1 Posted 25 December , 2014 Share Posted 25 December , 2014 Was up,at Prowse Point today to remember all the lads involved on the day ,the memorial looked superb in the flesh ,one of the lads involved with the project was on site and very interesting to talk to one of those involved . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalucia Posted 26 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 26 December , 2014 Any pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest exuser1 Posted 26 December , 2014 Share Posted 26 December , 2014 Any pics?A mate has put the pictures on Goodlifefrance web site ,and they look very good , the surprising thing was when it was at Prowse Point along with the son of the lad who put together the resin model the work looks very impressive and as though it's cast in metal, after we had a kick about I took our party to Messines to the bar on the corner of the square I was stunned to walk out of the bar to find the work had been dismantled and reassembled inside the town square bandstand! It was though the thing was stalking us! I know the piece does not get everyone's approval ,but the people in our party thought it superb and if it gets people talking and discussing the issues surrounding the 1914 truce then fantastic . The lad made the point to us that the statue represents the moment the 2 soldiers come together with some hesitation which I feel the work captures splendidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BereniceUK Posted 24 November , 2019 Share Posted 24 November , 2019 (edited) It's back at St Luke's, and may be there permanently if there's enough support. http://trucestatue.co.uk/about.html Edited 24 November , 2019 by BereniceUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anneca Posted 24 November , 2019 Share Posted 24 November , 2019 Absolutely fantastic! Anne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padre Bill Posted 16 February Share Posted 16 February A full-size bronze cast of the sculpture was installed outside the tourism office in Messines/ Mesen - near where the 2014 Christmas Truce games was said to have been played. It was unveiled on December 22nd 2015. A quarter-size cast bronze copy has ben installed at the FA's National Football Centre, St George's Park, Burton upon Trent, above the title "All Together Now", a song sung by The Farm, which the sculptor said inspired him to create the work. It was originally the centre of a project to have a memorial to all footballers who died in the Wars installed at the National Arboretum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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