Burnley War Memorial, Towneley Park.
This is a beautiful monument. It displays a visible expression of emotions that are felt in our hearts. I think about the duties fulfiled by those who lost their lives and all those who remain and their feelings of comfort and thankfulness.
It features a cenotaph which merges into carved busts of a soldier, an airman and a sailer. Below, standing at either side are two female figures, representing a mother and a sister or wife. The mother is laying a wreath and she is next to a rosmary bush symbolising rememberance and a cricket bat and ball, representing childhood. The sister or wife carries garlands and she looks up at the figures.
The stutue was sculptured by a talented designer and craftman called Walter Gilbert and the help of another craftsman, Louis Weingharter.
The memorial was unveiled on the 12th of December 1926 by the Earl of derby.
You know I usually walk past this without actually knowing about it, but you've taught me something here sis :)
ReplyDeleteThe photo is beautifully composed, did you mildly give it a sepia finish?
It is a fab monument... Ive seen others and they don't really compare to our local one. It's lovely when you see all the poppies around it during rememberance.
ReplyDeleteI have used a warming filter on this... Iv'e also added lens blur around it because the original was to much about the flowers and I wanted more focus on the monument.