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Hillsborough Stadium Disaster Monument(Wikipedia) |
Tom Murphy
2013 |
Seven-foot-high (2.1 m) circular bronze memorial with raised design in low relief. The thirteen people depicted are 'the guardians of the memory', or 'people like us'. Their purpose is symbolic and other figures represent justice, hope and loss. Between the two panels with a list of names is a flower wreath around a liverbird with the number '96' (the number of casualties).
The thirteen figures are described on Tom Murphy's website.
The FA Cup soccer semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest was held on 15 April 1989, at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough Stadium, a neutral venue. When police made the unfortunate choice to open the stadium gates during the game, a total of 96 Liverpool supporters were killed in a crowd crush, and hundreds more injured.
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Around the top of the monument is the text:
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The Hillsborough Justice Campaign commissioned this monument. It is offered as a lasting tribute to the ninety-six men, women and children who were killed in the Hillsborough Stadium Disaster and also to the thousands of survivors who were injured and traumatised on April 15th, 1989. The monument is a testimony to the good people of this city and beyond, who fought relentlessly for many years to have the true facts of the disaster established and publicity recorded. The completion of this monument has been enabled by the generosity of people across the world that value truth and justice. Sculptor: Tom Murphy 'And so, as one, the hushed crowd turned the pages of the book that held the names of the dead The sound that rose from them was like the great flapping of birds' wings Into the sky, it carried the memories of the faithful who reach into the dark - the teachers whose wisdom was lost, the parents who will never cradle children, the makers whose hands were stilled, the jokers whose laughter vanished, the singers whose songs are silence, the lovers whose love lasts forever.' Poem: David Charters
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Commissioned by: Hillsborough Justice Campaign. Supported by: Liverpool City Council. [logo] Sculptor: Tom Murphy © 2013 Tom Murphy |
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