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Post by shorty on May 8, 2009 11:26:50 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 8, 2009 13:24:12 GMT 12
Great news!
They showed the aircraft taking off for the 1919 re-enactment on the news the other night too.
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Post by flycookie on May 9, 2009 14:24:01 GMT 12
From Simon Heffer's column in the Torygraph. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5297515/MPs-expenses-The-Maltesers-are-on-the-taxpayer.htmlAt last recognition for British freedom fightersThe Gurkhas should take heart from the decision this week by Westminster city council to erect a statue in London in honour of Sir Keith Park, who masterminded the city’s defence in the Battle of Britain. A new battle has been fought with councillors to have this statue put up in time for next year’s 70th anniversary of an event that was, after all, the most testing moment in this country’s history since the Norman Conquest. Just as nobody much in high office seems to care that Gurkhas were prepared to die for our country, or recognise that we have a huge debt of honour to them, so, too, was there resistance to the idea of commemorating Sir Keith’s contribution to our freedom. His statue will be placed with those of other heroes in Waterloo Place, and a copy will stand for six months on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, even though it is not a peculiar modernist sculpture.I never thought Sir Keith would get on to the plinth permanently, and not because of the traditional nature of the work. I was told some years ago that that particular spot is being reserved for the Queen.
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Post by flyjoe180 on May 11, 2009 10:42:48 GMT 12
I read that that plinth was indeed reserved for the Queen for a statue depicting her on her favourite horse.
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Post by corsair67 on May 11, 2009 11:12:06 GMT 12
You sure it wasn't going to be Charles on his favourite horse, Camilla? ;D
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Post by flyjoe180 on May 11, 2009 11:18:36 GMT 12
That would be too risque for Trafalgar Square Not to mention any food stalls would go out of business.
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