General Chat

Postman's Park is in The City of London not all that far from St Paul's Cathedral. It is tucked away and you could easily walk pass and not know it's there; it is a tranquil space and is more like Gardens than a Park.

Inside Postman's Park is The Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice which contains plaques of 'everyday' people who lost their lives while saving others; the plaques also say what they did.....quite humbling.

The following link tells you more about Postman's Park but if you scroll down it will show each individual plaque which range from 1863 to as recent as 2007.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_Heroic_Self-Sacrifice

I think of all those within the NHS and Care Services who have lost their lives and hope that, in time, a similiar Memorial will be dedicated to their self-sacrifice.

Belle, what a good idea. :-)

Those plaques tell tragic stories, especially of selfless children :-(

OH and I discovered Postman's Park some 7 years ago when we were staying overnight at a hotel near St Paul's and went out for a stroll. It's a lovely little place and I took a photo of the plaque to Sarah Smith (1863), as there was just a faint possibility she was a distant ancestor. She turned out not to be related but my brother found some newspaper articles of the time that tell a different story to the plaque. She appears to have died a horrible death but almost by accident; she doesn't seem to have been trying to save her fellow artiste at all. Of course, we'll never know the real story.

You're right Island, some of those children's plaques make you want to weep.

I have not heard of this, it sounds a lovely little place and that is a great idea Bel,