The memorial to be sited near the Town Hall is described by the architect as ‘a pyramid surmounted by a steel globe which represents the universality of suffering’. Hmmm nothing at all pretentious there then! Why I wonder does it say nothing about Peterborough? The people, the engineering heritage? Sited as it is as close to a Norman Cathedral it looks more like something from Hogwarts,a pyramid in Peterborough? The banner at the top will soon become a beacon for those aiming traffic cones at it.
More interesting is why we are commissioning a new memorial? Next year the chair of the steering group is up for re-election, and it seems, keen to be seen as a patron of the arts. The memorials we build often say more about the mind set in which they are built. Those most affected, the families of those lost have described the new design as ‘terrible’.
Around the corner in the Cathedral Gardens sits the existing memorial. This memorial is a classic and has already stood the test of time. Wouldn’t it be a much better option to move this into the public thoroughfare, close to the Town Hall? Do we really need to do this, are we remembering the fallen, or are we building it for different reasons?
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