Hamish Black's "Peace Crane", Maygrove Peace Park
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Hamish Black's "Peace Crane", Maygrove Peace Park by Mike Quinn as part of the Geograph project.
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Hamish Black's "Peace Crane", Maygrove Peace Park
Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 8 Jun 2011
The information board at the entrance to the park says that "Hamish Black's 'Peace Crane' represents a Japanese origami crane which is linked to the story of a little girl called Sadako who survived the bombings at Hiroshima only to fall ill ten years later. To help her get well, she started to make 1,000 paper cranes because it was said to bring good luck. Sadako died just before her task was completed. Her friends were devastated. In her honour a statue of a girl holding a golden crane was built as the Children's Peace Monument in Hiroshima Peace Park."
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Image Location
Latitude
51.548167
Longitude
-0.198758