Photo-a-Day  (Friday, 11th October, 2024)

That’s worth a visit Dennis and still you get people saying it never existed it beggars belief

That looks very nice Dennis, simple clean lines & enhanced by the mature trees at the back.
Top marks to the designer.

A place of solace in our mad world to sit and remember our loved ones

I couldn’t agree more Dennis, it’s money well spent creating a fitting memorial and a quiet place to sit tucked away behind those tall hedges and trees just across the road from the Market Hall.
Although I doubt many people know it exists, I don’t think I would have known if you had not posted a picture when it was first created.

Had no idea this was there. Looks lovely, I'll have to pop for a look next time I'm in the town centre

I have cut through that short-cut behind the hedges many times in the past but not been through since the memorial was installed. Trouble is, that in common with a lot of people, I hardly go to Wigan these days unless I have a medical appointment. I hope that the memorial stays unsullied by vandals and that its quiet setting becomes a place of peace and respect.

John(W) I just noticed the comments on yesterday’s PAD about cameras.
Nothing expensive or large and clumsy for me these days, they are all packed away in a drawer. Just an iPhone 13 which I am really pleased with especially the convenience and picture quality.

There must have been very many people died from that terrible disease and yet some people still do not believe the disease ever existed (as John says). I know some people who wouldn’t even have the vaccine or wear a mask.
I still think it was done deliberately by the Chinese. I don’t care what anybody says. It’s an evil regime for their own people and has been for years. Hand in glove with the Russians says it all.

I think these things just come along now and again, as did The Plague in the 1600s, the Spanish Flu in the early part of last century, the diphtheria in the 1930s, (which my older brother got), the polio epidemic in the 1950s and so on. I must admit I was a dreadful renegade, Veronica....oh dear! I objected strongly to being made to wear a mask and I only had the vaccine because my husband wouldn't stop going on about it and I had the vaccine to shut him up! If I lived alone I would have just pleased myself. We all have our own theories about it and our reasons and I respect other people's views. My son rabbits on every year about me making sure I have the flu vaccine so I let him think I have one, but I don't. (I'll get it in the neck now if he reads this!).

Well,I’m another that never knew it was there..I go to town twice a week and Thomas Linacre more than I like..but I will go to have a look next time..I’m another that believes it was done deliberately by the Chinese..horrible people!!!

Colin I was just stating facts that you get what you pay for no malice with me,maybe Dennis was thinking I was having a dig but far from it I’d sooner help someone not hinder them,as I’m a bit rough and ready I choose to have a hand me down iPhone 7 plus due to it being in my pocket if cutting trees down or biking it’s ever so easy to read a text message the wrong way al si thi soon for a beer.

Yes,I agree with both Veronica and Maureen's theories as well.x

My own personal theory regarding the so-called ‘Spanish’ flu is that it could have been caused by so much ground churned up from one end of France to the other by the grotesque use of shells and bombardment-and the digging up of ground for the trenches and mining under them. Plus the rats! Men lived amongst them in the trenches…they lived off the dead..spreading disease. Just my opinion I’m sure there must be many other theories.

John(W) I am sure that none of us thought that you casting ‘nasturtiums’ on our equipment.
For me though simplicity is the key, I can’t quite get to terms with gadget's but some people just love it which is all well and good.
Rough and ready my backside, you are a perfect gentleman.

John, I wasn’t thinking you was having a dig. I was just saying that the Nikon, although much more expensive, turned out not to be very practical for taking pictures around town, it is more suitable for taking photos around Rivington and countryside like that.
The Sony DSC-HX99 is small enough to fit in my pocket and I can take it anywhere without the need for separate lenses and other equipment.

It doesn't seem to take much for this site to bring in racist comments. This is why some have left. China is a huge country, I have known many Chinese people, and would not collectively label them as horrible people. Presumably we will now bring asylum seekers into the postings.

With regards to 'Spanish flu'. Researchers believe the Spanish flu most likely originated in the United States.

Most ordinary citizens of every country are just "people" who just want to live their lives peacefully and see their children and grandchildren grow up. It is the so-called "leaders" and politicians who cause the problems. Whether we are British or Chinese, black or white, Catholic or protestant, gay or straight, brain surgeons or bin-men.....there are good people and there are bad people in every street, in every town, in every society and in every walk of life.

My comment was on the leaders WN2 not the people. Nothing racist in the comment. The same as the Russian people who daren’t speak out! Well I say what I think that’s what my forefathers fought for. We don’t live in a country that suppresses free speech. They may try it on but it won’t work. In the same way you are trying it on.

No problem at all it’s turned out nice again Colin/Dennis that Moon under Water keeps calling………

Having watched my 90 year old father die of respiratory failure in isolation as a result of developing covid I very much welcome this memorial. I can also assure the naysayers and the ignorant that the condition is real, serious and far from being a laughing matter.

Nonsense! WN2 . People lost loved ones and want to know the truth ! How in heaven’s name do you associate a passionate human reaction to racism?
China was scrubbing something out , is it racism for families of those who lost loved ones to question that ? China slammed the door in their faces - loudly and with disgusting arrogance .
In the human values of decency , humanity
and a warmth of caring for each other , China offered us an abandoned fridge , belonging to no one . I thank God we have been made different.

Ticsmon I read that too about the disease starting in the United States. Very strange they came into the war in 1917 and the war ended in 1918. The flu progressed later and I believe killed more people than were killed during the war.

Mike W, I am very sorry to hear about your Father, if I was the one "laughing", I was laughing at myself, no-one else, with regard to the masks and vaccinations, and trying to bring a little light-heartedness to this post as I could see which way it was going . I DID object to wearing a mask, I admit, but I wore one nevertheless. If I had got covid, or if I get flu, through not having vaccinations, then that is my own fault, but it is also my body and my choice. I had already stated in an earlier comment that I think the memorial is lovely and that I hope it will be respected and prove to be a place where people can sit and reflect in peace.

Why do you find it strange that the US came into the war in 1917 and the war ended in 1918?

As you say it started in America and the Americans came over to fight in the war. Did they bring the virus??? Or not…?

Not intentionally bring the virus with them!

I personally have every jab offered after spending 18 days in hospital mostly on the high dependency ward with pneumonia but that’s my choice and respect other people’s choice.

So it didn't start in the trenches with so much ground churned up from one end of France to the other by the grotesque use of shells and bombardment-and the digging up of ground for the trenches and mining under them and the rats? It was brought over by American soldiers?

Now let me think…it wouldn’t have helped now would it -(IF and only IF ) it had been (inadvertently) brought over it would have contributed to the mass of upheaval in the land ….
Just a thought but it seems the nit pickers are on fire today.
Well it’s goodnight from me. Pleasant dreams everyone.

Ps when using other people’s words you should use quotation marks! Or didn’t you know.?

Good night dear.

Buenas noches.

Or as our American cousins would say .G’night y’all ,,,xx