George's Garden

[poliphilo]

We were at a family birthday party in Highgate. After lunch I walked up hill with Mike and Jay (and, Jeez, is that a hill!) into the village to view the George Michael memorial garden- which occupies a green space- about the size of a regular suburban back yard- across from what used to be George's house. It was full of people- including some with brooms who were keeping it tidy- and there are tributes all round the fence and hanging from trees. I've never seen the like, at least not on such a scale.

The first picture has George's house in the background. Lots of famous people lived and live round here. Someone mentioned Jude Law. Someone else said Kate Moss or was it Kate Bush. Just down the road from George's house is one with two plaques on it- one for Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the other for J.B. Priestley.

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[shewhomust]

... and, Jeez, is that a hill! ..

Which I suspect is why Dick Whittington stopped at the bottom and decided to turn back and give London one more try!

I'm fascinated by the way people seem to have abandoned tending graves in favour of these shrines in places where the person commemmorated lived and played.

[poliphilo]

And Whittington was also carrying that bundle over his shoulder!

Before Diana we'd have said this kind of shrine was "unEnglish" but now it's more like "quintessentially English".