please empty your brain below
Have you ever been to Watts Chapel?

brendan | 13.11.19 - 7:20 a.m. | #

Well I have never heard of this and it's a shame it was never completed as intended. But a lovely idea.

Andrew Bowden | Homepage | 13.11.19 - 7:31 a.m. | #

I only heard of this quite recently from the Joolz Guides channel on You Tube.

Barry | 13.11.19 - 7:39 a.m. | #

Thanks, dg. Whenever I read these tiles I feel so sad; but at the same time it's uplifting to comtemplate such bravery and unselfishness in contrast to attitudes expressed by certain public figures today.

I didn't know about the new tile; clearly it's time I went back!

Suse | 13.11.19 - 7:58 a.m. | #

The park is also an important plot point in the play and film "Closer".

Dave Cross | Homepage | 13.11.19 - 9:13 a.m. | #

Walked through here many times since I discovered it about 30 years ago. A place for quiet contemplation.

Johnny Topaz | 13.11.19 - 9:33 a.m. | #

If anyone is interested, as I was, in the tile
"Risked Poison For Himself Rather Than Lessen Any Chance Of Saving A Child's Life And Died"

I just saved you a Google search.

David @dtl | Homepage | 13.11.19 - 9:46 a.m. | #

Thanks, never knew about this

Mikey C | 13.11.19 - 10:25 a.m. | #

David @dtl Thanks for the link. Despite the safety measures we have today, working with the infected has always been a hazardous business.

Cornish Cockney | 13.11.19 - 10:27 a.m. | #

Nice one DG! have been there a few times! thanks for pointing out to a wider audience an amazing piece of history, especially given these individual acts would have been completely forgotten / not known about

iain | 13.11.19 - 10:39 a.m. | #

Good series, and even better by that we have something new for the refresh!

Patrickov | 13.11.19 - 10:42 a.m. | #

i think it is wonderful that these acts of selfless bravery are commemorated here when the world is full of puffed up people proclaiming their importance.

Tones | 13.11.19 - 12:03 p.m. | #

Alongside Dr William Freer Lucas in 1893, they could add Dr Samuel Rabbeth in 1884: "Who tried to save a child suffering from diphtheria at the cost of his own life".

Diphtheria is a vicious killer, highly contagious, with death rates of approaching 10% (but 20% in infants). An antitoxin treatment was introduced in 1894 (winning Emil von Behring the first Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded in 1901), and vaccinations became commonplace from 1940.

Andrew | 13.11.19 - 2:57 p.m. | #

Certainly ‘fresh and original’ for me, thanks DG

Stephen | 13.11.19 - 11:00 p.m. | #

There are a lot of gems that are often semi-hidden away that people pass without realising that they are there.

I found the memorial by chance when walking down St Martins Le Grand and decided to investigate the park. The monument is something unusual with a very "Victorian" feel to it. It would be nice to see further tiles added to it in the same style. I am in two minds as to whether it should include more modern heroes, or to keep to the Victorian / Edwardian eras. Either way, it looks good.

Rogmi | 15.11.19 - 10:57 a.m. | #

What's preventing more tiles being added? If it's cost, surely this is a prime candidate for crowdfunding?

Mark | 15.11.19 - 3:54 p.m. | #











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