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Tuesday February 17, 2009

Have you seen this monument?

Just re-opened after extensive repairs this monument celebrates the rebirth of London after the great fire of 1666. It stands not far from where the fire started. Christopher Wren played a part in its design. But I had never heard of it until I saw the BBC local news item on it. The BBC have setup a gallery of pictures taken after the restoration. What I suppose we are going to hope is that London will rise like a phoenix as it did after this monument was built after our recent troubles in the financial sector, the restoration being a catalyst to that recovery...

( Feb 17 2009, 12:00:01 AM PST ) Permalink Comments [3]

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It's not bad to be aware of where it is, as it's right beside the Sun Customer Briefing Centre in London....

Posted by 212.183.134.66 on February 17, 2009 at 03:15 AM PST #

Wish I knew it had reopened on my birthday I've have gone in to see it.

Posted by Darren Moffat on February 19, 2009 at 05:19 AM PST #

[Trackback] Glad to see the Monument to the Great Fire of London has been re-opened after spending the last eighteen months being refurbished. And to celebrate here's a few of the photographs I've taken on, from, by, and of, the Monument. #flickr_badge...

Posted by Wayne Horkan's weblog: eclectic on February 20, 2009 at 07:52 AM PST #