7.JULY.2005 LONDON BOMBINGS MEMORIAL TO BE UNVEILED

A PERMANENT MEMORIAL TO HONOUR THE VICTIMS OF THE 7.JULY.2005 LONDON BOMBINGS, WILL BE UNVEILED, ON THE FORTH ANNIVERSARY, IN HYDE PARK BY THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES, THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL, SENIOR POLITICIANS AND THE FAMILIES OF THE 52 THAT WERE LOST IN THE TRAGIC DISASTER. THIS UNIQUE AND EMOTIONALLY STIRRING MEMORIAL MARKS THE LIVES LOST IN THE FOUR TERRORIST BOMBINGS, AND WILL OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A SENSE OF CLOSURE TO THE BEREAVED FAMILIES AS WELL AS A PUBLIC PLACE OF REMEMBRANCE FOR ALL THAT WERE EFFECTED BY THE BOMBING.
THE DESIGN OF THE MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES EACH LIFE LOST WITH SINGULAR COLUMNS. EACH OF THE 52 VICTIMS ARE REPRESENTED TOGETHER IN FOUR INTER-LINKING CLUSTERS REFLECTING THE FOUR SEPARATE LOCATIONS OF THE TRAGEDY -- TAVISTOCK SQUARE, EDGWARE ROAD, KINGS CROSS AND ALDGATE. CONSTRUCTED FROM SOLID-CAST, LONG-LASTING STAINLESS STEEL, EACH COLUMN MEASURES 3.5 METERS HIGH AND WILL BE UNIQUE, WITH INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTIC FINISHES BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE CASTING PROCESS. THROUGH THE CHOICE OF MATERIALS AND THE MEMORIAL'S ROBUST NATURE, IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO STAND FOR GENERATIONS.
VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND AND THROUGH THE MEMORIAL, READING INSCRIPTIONS MARKING THE DATE, TIME AND LOCATIONS OF THE BOMBINGS PLACED ON EACH OF THE COLUMNS AS THEY PASS. A STAINLESS STEAL PLAQUE LISTING THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS WILL BE SITED ON A GRASS BANK AT THE FAR EASTERN END OF THE MEMORIAL.