birchp Posted 21 November , 2007 Share Posted 21 November , 2007 EDITH CAVELL LONDON STATUE Enjoy http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-38...h&plindex=0 Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty VAD Posted 21 November , 2007 Share Posted 21 November , 2007 Thank you, very good. I have never managed to find the statue but I shall be going to London in January and will have another try! K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 21 November , 2007 Share Posted 21 November , 2007 It's just off Trafalgar Square. Stand on the square, and point yourself towards the National Gallery, and go down the right hand side of the Gallery - you can't miss the statue. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty VAD Posted 21 November , 2007 Share Posted 21 November , 2007 Thanks Steve! (you really don't know how bad my navigation is! Although I seem to depend on serendipitous discoveries of where I actually want to go! I constantly find myself saying 'ooohhh so thats where that is!' Thanks again! K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repulse Posted 30 December , 2007 Share Posted 30 December , 2007 Thanks for that bit of video. Nurse Cavell is very relevant to our part of the world (nr. Dover), as it was at Dover's Promenade Pier where her body first touched English 'soil' when she was brought back after the war. This pier is a pet bit of history of mine....picture attached.. and also, have you all been onto britishpathe.com ? You can see her body being taken to London, with streets lined with people and soldiers etc. There is a free preview you can download, or put your hand in your pocket and buy the whole film. NB, the pier is now gone, demolished in 1927. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desdichado Posted 30 January , 2008 Share Posted 30 January , 2008 I was in Cavell House at school and her portrait held pride of place in our common room. She was the only woman there to have a house named in her honour and those of us who were members were very proud of her. Cavell's teams sported a red cross on our shirts and our rugby boys often left the opposition in dire need of nursing. I haven't seen the statue yet as I don't travel down to the Smoke very often but the next time I do, I'll be sure to pay a visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Banning Posted 30 January , 2008 Share Posted 30 January , 2008 Spotted this statue in honour of Edith Cavell in Melbourne, Australia when on hols there a few years back. ta ra Jeremy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 30 January , 2008 Share Posted 30 January , 2008 Details of Edith Cavell's grave and Service of Remembrance at Norwich Cathedral if you click here. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thorne Posted 9 February , 2008 Share Posted 9 February , 2008 You may find this interesting. It is the very first published biography of Nurse Cavell. She was executed on October the 11th, and this little chapbook was on sale within days. It was popular war propaganda, of course, issued as a "shilling shocker" - sold on railway platforms as reading material for commuters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Dunlop Posted 9 February , 2008 Share Posted 9 February , 2008 I walk past her memorial every day. It is particularly impressive when the Women in Black Against War are standing silent vigil there. http://www.womeninblack.org/ Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reminiscene2 Posted 10 February , 2008 Share Posted 10 February , 2008 And here's a postcard of the Edith Cavell Monument in Brussels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIRDY Posted 10 February , 2008 Share Posted 10 February , 2008 amazing lady.. stopped at the statue on 11th nov at 1pm, when the red cross march stopped and had a minute silence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejcmartin Posted 10 February , 2008 Share Posted 10 February , 2008 I have climbed to the base of Mount Edith Cavell, Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies. Beautiful spot. I have photo somewhere, but it is the old fashioned kind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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