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Grenfell fire - Methodist church

Inscription

{On the wreath:}
Grenfell, 14.06.2017, love, prayers

{The nearby white notice reads:}
Respect, 14.06.2017, Reflect. This memorial is created by the community in memory of the 72 people who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower tragedy on 14th June 2017. Please be respectful. Please DO NOT take items from the memorial. This memorial is protected by CCTV.

Site: Notting Hill Methodist church (3 memorials)

W11, Lancaster Road, 240, Notting Hill Methodist church

These 3 memorials are all in the pleasantly traffic-free Kingsdown Close, at the front of the church. In relation to our photo, the cherry tree with the inscription around its pit is to the left; the sculpture is to the right.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Grenfell fire - Methodist church

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Grenfell fire

Just before 1am a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of fla...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Grenfell fire - sculpture

Grenfell fire - sculpture

{Below the mournful statue:} 14.6.17

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housing in Notting Hill

housing in Notting Hill

{Inscribed in the edging stones of the tree pit for a Cherry tree:} Here in t...

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