Watts Memorial

Twitter feed for the Friends of the Watts Memorial, Postman's Park, London

[Watts Memorial @WattsMemorial]

Our website has recently been updated with a new sign-up form and event listings. Stop by for a look! It's FREE to join the Friends!
#postmanspark #heroism #gfwatts #wattsmemorial #everydayheroes
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Guided walk about Postman's Park and Everyday Heroism!

Sunday 8 June
More information and tickets at https://t.co/YkZcsLKqyF

#wattsmemorial #gfwatts #postmanspark #walkingtour #historywalks #londonhistory #heroism #everydayheroism

[John Price @JpaPrice]

Still a few spaces left on these #historywalks this weekend and next. Book you slot here: https://t.co/yzDRGqrg1o

#history #guidedwalks #newcross #deptford #lewisham #postmanspark #wattsmemorial #gfwatts

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We're mostly over on Instagram now for our social media. Come and see us over there to keep up to date with things (there's lots going on!)
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[Sidcup Past @SidcupPast]

Our next meeting is on 4 February and we are delighted to welcome back Public Historian Dr John Price for part 2 of his Postman's Park talk - the Forgotten Heroes: who are the 84 heroic individuals missing from the Watts Memorial? #London #History @JpaPrice @WattsMemorial

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#onthisday in 1871 #everydayhero firefighter Joseph Ford was laid to rest in @AbneyParkN16 Hear about the controversy at his inquest in this new @Placecloud podcast https://t.co/pOwuN85UYM
@LFBMuseum @LondonFire @HistoryGold #history #heroism #twitterhistorians #londonhistory

[John Price @JpaPrice]

147 years ago #OnThisDay London commuter Charles Emery leapt from a Thames steamboat to try and save a boy from drowning! @Placecloud @WattsMemorial #OTD #everydayheroes #heroism #london #history https://t.co/1tUKG12T6e

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#OnThisDay in 1873, #EverydayHero Ellen Donovan asked "Are the poor brats out?" before running into a blazing building to try and save them. @Placecloud @WattsMemorial @Everydayheroism #postmanspark #OTD #history #heroism https://t.co/fn21rSAhtf

[John Price @JpaPrice]

#OnThisDay in 1876, London Fireman George Lee lost his life heroically trying to save others. Hear his story in this new podcast in the series #everydayheroes of #postmanspark on @Placecloud. @WattsMemorial @LondonFire @twitterhistorians
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If you love the Watts Memorial in Postman's Park, you can now explore all the heroic incidents via @Historypin. A great initiative!

[Everyday Heroes @Everydayheroism]

📢 Exciting news alert! 📢 You can now explore the #Everydayheroes of #Postmanspark on Historypin @Historypin. You can locate all the incidents that feature on the Watts Memorial and add information of your own! Happy exploring! https://t.co/Eg5lFZZs3O

[Everyday Heroes @Everydayheroism]

You can now hear a series of short podcasts about the Everyday Heroes of Postman's Park on @Placecloud with more being added soon! Let us know which stories you want to hear. https://t.co/v296kTYykK

[Placecloud @Placecloud]

What a treat we have for you: @JpaPrice has joined Placecloud with a series of #viewpoints telling true stories of extraordinary heroism in London in the 19th and 20th centuries. Check out his map here: https://t.co/2L4WS2Vqgj #twitterstorians

[Placecloud @Placecloud]

First up, the heartbreaking story (15m) of Alice Ayres who lost her life saving young members of her family during a fire in Southwark in the spring of 1885. Alice's story became famous and remains a keystone of 'everyday heroism': https://t.co/TGu6Me06KR @JpaPrice

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We have now rectified the issues with our website. We're pleased to say everything works again now! Thank you for your patience.

[Watts Memorial @WattsMemorial]

We support the decision by stakeholders not to add further tablets to the Watts Memorial. We do, however, strongly support the idea to make Postman's Park, as a whole, a commemorative garden dedicated to civilian heroism and will put our full weight behind that plan.

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We are currently experiencing some issues with our website, partly due to the volume of traffic we are experiencing. Please bear with us, we're doing our best to get things sorted!

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@soxgnasher You can discover everything about George and all the other people commemorated in this book; https://t.co/xD3IzxP7Yi all the stories of all the people #heroism

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@alixmcadams @Lucy_Worsley @zsharman You can discover everything about all those commemorated in this book; https://t.co/xD3IzxP7Yi all the stories of all the people #heroism

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@liam_emerson @tonypaulway You can find out everything about Croft (real name Craft) and all the others on the memorial in this book; https://t.co/xD3IzxP7Yi all the stories of all the people #heroism

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@LynRennick @CaronLipman @walk_hackney @HistoryOfStokey @ArchivesHackney You can find out all about everyone on the monument in this great book; https://t.co/xD3IzxP7Yi all the stories of all the people #heroism