Facebook Twitter Pinterest The statue of Alan Turing sits in Sackville Park in Manchester. A YouGov survey for Historic England, as part of the project, suggests that one in seven woman and one in 10 men have created some form of memorial themselves. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Pero’s Bridge in Bristol is named after Pero Jones, an 18-century slave. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PAThe Historic England project will seek out memorials to under-represented groups, including women, black and minority ethnic as well as working-class figures. Duncan Wilson, the chief executive of Historic England, said: “We are creatures of memory and every generation has commemorated people in the built environment.

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2018 06:00 UTC