War Memorial Park

Walking down Coat of Arms Bridge Road this morning I took this shot of the Visitor Centre in the park as the mist was beginning to lift, apologies for the quality

Can anyone tell me which school created the floor tiles in the Park & Ride shelter in the Memorial Park please. I think it was either Henry VIIl or Finham Park.

The stone pinnacle from the Cathedral in the Memorial Park looks suspiciously like the one that marked where King George VI stood surveying the ruins after the November Blitz.

Not quite the same Prof -

Thanks Neil, is it still in the old St Michael's today?

I'm not actually sure Prof - not walked through the ruins for a while - anyone?

This looks like it from Google maps. Don't know if it still has the inscription base though. Sorry it's off centre but had to crop some people out!

Thank you Anne, it looks as if it is indeed still in place there! Good!

I might be in town next week so I'll have a walk through and check

Thank you Neil.

Is it in the same place as the original, you could do a then and now picture if it is Neil

It sure looks to be from your google image Anne - I'll give it a go!

No, none are the originaI. I have a picture of the original stone, but don't have the know-how to put it on. It says: "Just inside the south door of the Cathedral this commemorative stone was hastily erected to mark the King's visit." The note on it says 16th Nov1940. It's as tall as the man that's erecting it, it's made up of four pieces of (I assume) pillar, each piece about two feet tall, bar the bottom one, standing loosely on top of each other, standing on loose rubble. So yes, they built one later.

Some amazing footage has been found here by Cliff Berwick on FB. We all know about the tethering blocks in the park for barrage balloons but I've never seen any footage of them - until now! What is interesting is they do not appear to be flying where the blocks are today - which suggests there were others or the blocks where moved. Another amazing thing I have just noticed - apologies for the screen grab - however as per the Little Palace Yard thread, this is only the second image (ok this is a film frame!) that I have seen of the LPY stone arbour still standing. You can see it here from that film in the background - bottom right. I will have to check my records but this suggests the film is pre-blitz,1940.