Manchester Piccadilly station

[Izb1]

Lovely tribute to our fallen heroes

[Hacienda]

Thank you for Sharing, I have shared lots of other Beautiful Poppy Memorabilia,

all over face Book. No One Should never Forget all Soldiers who Died in Any war.xxxx

[Izb1 in reply to Hacienda]

You are welcome Hacienda, I totally agree xx

[Polly4acre]

What a very respectful tribute this is and it captures the atmosphere so well. Thank you for sharing. Polly X

[Izb1 in reply to Polly4acre]

Yes Polly, I think it shows we must never forget x

[Dubba61]

Ahh how lovely! I've never seen that. 😊✌️🌻

[Izb1 in reply to Dubba61]

I dont know how long it has been there, saw it on Saturday on the way home from hospital x

[sassy59]

How wonderful. Xxxxx

[Izb1 in reply to sassy59]

Thanks Sassy x

[Damon1864 Volunteer]

Lovely to see, we must never forget.

,🙂 Bernadette xx

[Izb1 in reply to Damon1864]

Surprisingly not many people wearing a poppy, but alot of people taking a photo of this, maybe it will help them to remember x

[Damon1864 Volunteer in reply to Izb1]

Let's hope so xx

[stone-UK]

Hi

This is a tribute to the blind veterans. The Victory Over Blindness monument

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A permanent memorial to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War will go on display in Manchester later this year.

Commissioned by military charity Blind Veterans UK, the statue depicts seven blind solders marching with a hand on the shoulder of a comrade in front.

Blind Veterans UK was founded more than 100 years ago to support those blinded in the First World War and now the charity supports veterans regardless of when they served or how they lost their sight.

The bronze statue will be permanently placed outside Manchester Piccadilly station and will be unveiled at a ceremony on October 16.

The original sculpture was conceived and designed by artist and sculptress Johanna Domke-Guyot, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1994 and studied art as a way of dealing with her illness.

[sassy59 in reply to stone-UK]

Thank you for the information stone. Xxxx

[watergazer in reply to stone-UK]

Thanks for that Stone- it's so easy to forget those that become blind giving their services. What a wonderful tribute.

[Izb1]

Thanks for letting us know Stone, it makes me humble and keeps the reminder for how grateful we all should be x

[Whitechinchilla]

That is so powerful. Thanks for sharing.

[Izb1 in reply to Whitechinchilla]

Your welcome, and yes it is powerful x

[Kristicats]

Lovely tribute to the blind veterans x

[Izb1 in reply to Kristicats]

Yes it is Chriskho, they are all heroes such a fitting statue to display at this time of the year x