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CW: covid memorial wall
Oh interesting. Now that I think about it, I do think the meaning of that wall has shifted from when it was first created.
When it was new, it was a visualisation of the terrible scale of loss, and a way for grieving people to come together.
Now it could easily also function as a frozen symbol of "that was then, covid's in the past now" erasing the present-day deaths.
I don't think I would remove it, though. For the people conceptualising covid as a "that was then, it's in the past", getting rid of the memorial wouldn't reverse that. If anything, removing the paint and writing would seem to me more like symbolising "we're going to act as if none of that ever happened at all, so we don't need a reminder of it". And I imagine the wall is probably still very meaningful to many of the grieving people.
At the same time, it would be good if we could honour the dead by collaborating to push R down below 1...
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Hope Bell, John Taylor & Co, Bellfounders, Loughborough, UK.
#monochrome theme for #52WochenFotoChallenge
#photography #ukphotography #bnw #bnwphotography #bnw_captures #nikon #Loughborough #bell #hope #covidmemorial
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The Hope Bell, John Taylor & Co. Bellfounders, Loughborough, May 2023.
#photography #photooftheday #photographylovers #industrialphotography #loughborough #loughboroughcreatives #leicestershire #covidmemorial #covidmemorialproject #covidmemorialuk #hopebell #bell
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Our volunteers, who give their time to maintain and restore the memorial wall, are featured in this article in the Daily Mirror… #CovidMemorialWall #CovidMemorial #WalkTheWall #MakeTheWallPermanent https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/heartbreaking-pilgrimage-grieving-covid-families-28724474?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
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Thanks for helping us light up the wall!
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Thank you to everyone who came to the #CovidMemorialWall tonight to help us light 2000 candles to remember our beloved lost this #Christmas….❤️❤️❤️
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Just dropping a reminder that we have a #NationalCovidMemorialWall online tribute site where anyone can leave a dedication to a person they love who died from #COVID19 ❤️❤️❤️
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We find this painting by Eamonn McGovern (“Angels Are Among Us”) so beautiful. We are not surprised the artist found inspiration at the wall…
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We saw this and were sorely tempted… 😍
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The #CovidMemorialWall looks especially beautiful under the snow…
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It’s not all frozen fingers and paint-spattered clothes when volunteering restoring hearts at the #CovidMemorialWall - sometimes there are cupcakes!
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Volunteering painting hearts at the #CovidMemorialUk today, I found this bit of moss growing in a heart shape. Fanciful, but it almost felt like a sign from our beloved lost. I gave it a border, and it looks quite at home...
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It was such a pleasure for the volunteers to have MP Afzal Khan join us at the wall today - we are so grateful for his support. ❤️❤️❤️
#London #CovidMemorialWall #CovidMemorial #WalkTheWall #AfzalKhan #MPs #Gorton -
Some days volunteering at the #CovidMemorialWall are more heartbreaking than others…
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#introduction The #CovidMemorialWall runs between #Westminster Bridge and #Lambeth Bridge on the banks of the #Thames in #London, facing the Houses of #Parliament. It is maintained by a handful of dedicated, bereaved #volunteers who paint and restore #hearts and write dedications, one for each person in the UK who has died of #covid. Come and walk the wall - a powerful and moving experience.
#memorials #covid19 #grief #mourning #CovidMemorial #SouthBank