Talk:Arch of Remembrance

Dumping ground
—HJ Mitchell &#124; Penny for your thoughts? 19:47, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Leicester Arch Of Remembrance, Imperial War Museum
 * Lutyens and the Leicester Arch of Remembrance
 * Lodges and gates
 * Gates and gate piers
 * Victoria Park

Quick thoughts on title and RIBA
Although rare, arches aren't unique, as the article mentions. And there's another couple in Brighton, South Australia and Hokianga, New Zealand. I also wonder if it could be taken as an article on the "concept", rather than a specific structure. I wonder if 'Arch of Remembrance, Leicester' might work? KJP1 (talk) 09:44, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
 * RIBA has a couple of interesting preliminary sketches which may be useful. External link?
 * I wouldn't be surprised if there were dozens around the Commonwealth, but that's hardly anything if you consider the overall number of WWI memorials. Think how may crosses there are, or even cenotaphs (broadly defined!). There are hundreds of crosses and probably dozens of cenotaphs just in England. I had a similar thought about the title, though I think the capitalisation makes it clear and I'm not sure it's a common search term. Nonetheless, I've added a hatnote to clear up any potential confusion. HJ Mitchell &#124; Penny for your thoughts? 20:49, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

History of commemorations
Maybe something on the history of the commemorations, such as described here? It might seem obvious, but the article does not say anywhere that annual Remembrance Day services/parades are held at this memorial. Carcharoth (talk) 15:53, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
 * It's surprisingly difficult to find something that explicitly says "a ceremony is held here on this date every year"; the best I could find was a passing mention ("Leicester's annual Remembrance Sunday service...") but I've added that in, along with a couple of other titbits I found. HJ Mitchell &#124; Penny for your thoughts? 20:24, 19 December 2018 (UTC)
 * The gates which are normally closed were opened for a week in September 1997 to allow the public to lay floral tributes to Princess Diana. Maybe the Wigston record office would have a source for this. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 21:13, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Peace Walk
I've corrected a part that says the Peace Walk was laid out as a ceremonial walkway in 2016: it's not the Peace Walk, as that is already laid out in such a way. It's the London Road entrance - in the BBC article illustration you can see the Attenborough Building of the University in the background, which you can't see from the Peace Walk: that is focused on the Memorial.

Incidentally, I grew up in Leicester and in the 70s walked to school every day through the Peace Walk. Everyone called it the Remembrance Gardens then, rather than War Memorial Approach.


 * Meant to add - great article, congratulations to everyone who worked on it.