The Pals Battalions of World War 1
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6 years ago in #architecturalphotography by molometer (69)
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I've never heard of pals battalions before @molometer. That explains a lot. But I can also see why people thought it was a good idea at the time.
Although many churches are being converted I'm glad they are not, at least, being raised to the ground.
The best conversions in my opinion are the ones that still give something to the community. One near us, for example, has recently been turned into a stunning health centre. I've not seen that before but it's been done reall well. 😊
The impact on these communities was long lasting especially in France where rural populations never recovered.
Good to see these old churches repurposed.
They could easily be converted to shelters for the homeless?
There are quite a few shelters for the homeless here and a number of initiatives to help people get off the streets.
But apparently its not that simple. I've a friend who works with the homeless and he says a number of people on the streets prefer to be there rather than in housing. They like the freedom. That's only one subset obviously.
This winter, I noticed that people were getting more organised. They'd choose one of the promenade shelters, for example, to sleep in, leave their stuff there during the day and then go back again and set up camp for night.
These things are always more complicated that they look at first glance I think.
Thanks for this important bit of history.
Just coincidence that it was memorial day but reminds us how wars just seem to be a constant issue with humans.
Thanks for the history lesson. @molometer
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Beautiful!
Thank you. It is isn't it?
love to see your #architecturalphotography, good work my friend @molometer
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Humans have done some terrible things to each other and they still do. When will we learn to live in peace?
Wow… I didn’t know that about the “pals battalions” – I’d never heard of heard of the policy. Tragic lack of foresight.
Yep it was a disastrous policy and affected millions of families as you can imagine. Over 7 million causalities.
Stunning photographs of the Church and Memorial. But it's so sad to realise how many died, often from the same family in the first World War battles - senseless waste and even now we don't really seem to have learned from it.
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You are so right @c0ff33a even with all these reminders of the futility of wars we still haven't learned the lessons of the past.