The Worst Memorials

[Mark Hone]

Andrew-I am pleased to learn that a memorial to the pub bombing dead has been put up at long last. Is it an official council memorial, or the initiative of the cathedral?

[Malcolm]

It's amazing how many of us mentioned the Piiper's Memorial as a really bad one and I do think no more new ones. The only new one I like is Welch Division dragon at Mametz Wood. Sorry to say so but I don't think much of the Pals ones near Serre.

Paul,

Especially for you. It still doesn't ' look right '

[Malcolm]

or even --

[trenchwalker]

lol not bad not bad

i tell you what from the back that would look very nice.

i must say i was at the uveiling of that memorial and i didnt think much of it to start with. Still the pipers wine the mayor is selling is very nice.

[Jim Kane]

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I agree. He looks like every choleric, alcholically-challenged Scotsman I ever knew. And that's quite a few. If statues could speak he would say "See you, Jimmy"

I visited Longueval with my wife a few days before the memorial was unveiled, I returned in May this year and was very disapointed in what I saw, as she did not go on the second trip she told me to photograph the piper, so she now has a photo of two choleric, alcholically-challenged Scotsmen, and if he could speak I'm sure he would have said "I Can see you Jimmy".