Wojtek the war-loving soldier bear, Weelsby Park, Grimsby (4)
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Wojtek the war-loving soldier bear, Weelsby Park, Grimsby (4)
Image: © Chris Taken: 28 Jan 2023
Looking out over a more peaceful world than the one to which he was accustomed. The bear himself never came to Grimsby but was taken in by Edinburgh Zoo at the end of the war, and passed his last years there. See https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/276893/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhUEFfBRHns and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVu3RX2YxPw
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Image Location
Latitude
53.552218
Longitude
-0.063638