Hidden Histories

Theme: Cooking, Food, treats

The former John Lewis Tyrell and Green building which will be knocked down to make space for the cultural quarter.

Another war, another hidden history: memorial for freedom fighters who fought in the Spanish civil war on the republican side.

The Cenotaph.
Theme: War from the perspective of Civilians.

According to Paul Grover it was deisgned by the same Architect who also built the Cenotaph in Whitehall but this one was erected 2 years earlier, in 1919. It serves to remember both world wars now.

Memorial for the engineers of the Titanic.

Detail of the memorial for the musicians of the Titanic who are said to have plaid on while the ship was sinking. The notes are form the piece of music which they plaid.

Memorial for the musicians of the Titanic. It is sort of a bit lost at a very busy crossroad.

Cieron developed a special liking of this pump, but we are not sure why. It was used to water the Turnpike lane which was a dirt track. We dropped it as a node.

This light post is located on the opposite side of the park from the Civic Centre. Close to a busy road, we decided to drop it as a node.

Theme: Los Ninos.

This is one of the most lively areas with the open space in front of the library and cafe.

One of the most amazing stories when the working class people of Southampton rescued Spanish children who had become orphaned in the Spanisch Civil War. A tent city was built on the commons with all the resources coming from the people.

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