Another Insult to Bomber Command
Just seen the pictures of the new 'Memorial Spire' for Bomber Command's 55,000 unveiled at Lincoln yesterday :yuk:
What is it with this modern-art fetish for rusty steel - it looks like it needs a good dose of Hamerrite! Also, the cost of the memorial on the site is an eye-watering £10.5 MIILLION, which is nearly twice the cost of the far more tasteful Bomber Command memorial outside the RAF Club in Piccadilly. Can we please stop with the "Emporer's new clothes" style of modern art to commemorate past generations' sacrifices? I know that my Grandfather and his chums would not appreciate such gooping fru-fru like this rusty metal wharehouse chimney that's been imstalled atop Canwick Hill in Lincoln. Absolute garbage...:yuk:...and an insult to 'the many' of Bomber Command := The B Word http://news.images.itv.com/image/fil...stream_img.jpg |
It is 102ft (31.09m) tall - the wingspan of the Avro Lancaster - and the width at the base is 16ft (5m), the overall width of a Lancaster wing. |
It will have rusted away within 30 years! :ugh:
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I dunno, you can see it being as it's pointy and perched atop Canwick hill from a lot of places in Lincoln. I was on the castle walls the other day and it stands out very well. Tourists were asking what the pointy thing was they could see, so then they get to find out about the memorial, which then might trigger a desire to visit other aviation history related sites in Lincs. Were it a statue like the one in London you would actually have to go and see it to see it if you get my drift.
I'm not particularly a lover of stuff moderne either but I think in this case they have the right thing in the right place. |
At least people are now making an effort to honour Bomber Command.
The 55573 casualties deserve that (far more than some arse on here bitching about the design of the memorial) |
It's also not £10 mil for the Spire, but for everything
International Bomber Command Centre At the heart of the International Bomber Command Centre are the Memorial Spire and Walls of Names. Designed by Stephen Palmer of Place Architecture, the Spire is formed of two wing fragments, tapering as they rise towards the sky, separated by perforated supporting plates which make reference to lightweight wing structures. Sitting on the edge of Lincoln's South escarpment the spire form echoes the Cathedral on the North escarpment, as well as the church spires that are a familiar form in the Lincolnshire landscape. The Spire is placed and orientated to turn visitors arriving from the Memorial Avenue and Chadwick Centre towards the Cathedral, creating a sense of being inside a virtual wing as the Cathedral is revealed across the valley. Made using Corten weathering steel, the memorial is 102ft (31.09m) high, the wingspan of the iconic Avro Lancaster bomber, and the width at the base is 16ft (5m), the width of a Lancaster wing. |
But they could have saved money with any number of these :E
http://www.poujoulat.com/images/prod..._Inox_Inox.gif I just don't think it is a fitting tribute to sit on the hill. A backlit 2D silhoette of a bomber and its crews or a more traditional statue would be better. This to me is just modern art garbage. :yuk: The final insult... B Word |
Nutty
The building that if you look through a pair of socks over your head is supposed to look like a Lancaster Bomber - oh, purlease! That really is Emporer's New Clothes and belongs with the other sh!te made up by Emin, Hockney and Hirst... IMHO of course! :ok: |
Got to agree with B Word - it looks like shyte . . .
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Actually, it fits well into the local surroundings. It is visible from a distance without being ostentatious. I too was sceptical about it initially, but now it has a permanence about it which seems to suit. Sorry B Word - must disagree with you on this point.
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This to me is just modern art garbage. |
I quite like it (and I also like the Bomber Command memorial in Green Park)
I expect somebody hated Stonehenge when they put it up (load of modern art rubbish, all those stones spoiling the view ;)) Interesting looking at the photos that the Czechs are still using the same type of pilots "wings" (badge worn on the left breast pocket of the chap in the centre)) Good to see that representatives of the allied air forces were invited. |
I think it's utter crap.
Why not make something with a more identifiable link than just its dimensions, to what it's meant to be commemorating? So that when people look at it they might say 'oh, a memorial to bomber command aircrews' instead of 'what's that?'. Why not make it in the shape of a Lancaster wing, rather than just the same size. It reminds me of the IWM in Salford. An utter self indulgent wankfest of design indulgence for the architect. The so called 'air shard', could be a homage to anything, or nothing. A pox on the countries luvvie architects and designers! |
I drove into Lincoln and saw it not.
I drove down Bishopsgate and saw it not. Finally, looking hard from Pelham Bridge I saw it. As I drew closer I saw it not. Sorry, tall as it is, you would seem to need to stand on the Castle walls to see it. For memorials of a period the memorial should be of that period. An excellent example had to be the sea of poppies at the Tower. |
It reminds me of the IWM in Salford. An utter self indulgent wankfest of design indulgence for the architect. The so called 'air shard', could be a homage to anything, or nothing. |
It's absolute rubbish and I think it is NOT a fitting tribute. Next we'll find out that the steel came from Germany!
The building 'with echoes of the Lancaster' is also total ****e. CPL Clott |
Praise From Veterans
Reading through the posts it is interesting that apart from B Word's grandfather and his chums no other veterans have expressed their disgust at the design of the memorial.
All of the Bomber Command veterans I have spoken to have expressed their appreciation for the effort put in to have the memorial erected and none of them have criticised the design. They should be the true judges. I'm just glad we have the freedom to comment thanks for what they did for us. The Walls of Names are quite moving and for some of the surviving veterans it has enabled them to pay tribute to comrades who did not survive. I think that the vision and drive of Tony Worth, the former Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, to have a memorial to all of those Bomber Command aircrew listed on the 3 Rolls of Honour in Lincoln Cathedral is most commendable. The project will now be extended to include all of those who lost their lives in Bomber Command. No, German steel was not used in the construction. One of the comments made about that fine memorial in London is that it does not tell the story of the Bomber Command aircrew and how they were betrayed at the end of the war. The planned interpretation centre will rectify this. |
For £10 million, why couldn't they build something useful and educational like a bomber command themed pub...
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Oh FFS, what has a rusty spike got to do with Bomber Command. Even the wingspan thing is way too tenuous.
http://internationalbombercommandcen...gspan.x367.jpg Its as rubbish as the Angel of the North. |
TBW:-
Another Insult to Bomber Command That is all they want, the same as the BoB boys, to simply be remembered, especially for those among them who made the ultimate sacrifice. Aesthetic acceptability is in the eye of the beholder, but it is the heart that matters, not the eye. |
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