{"id":50065,"date":"2023-03-24T12:09:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T12:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=50065"},"modified":"2023-03-24T12:09:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T12:09:48","slug":"city-of-sheffield-pulls-together-to-memorialise-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/24\/city-of-sheffield-pulls-together-to-memorialise-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Sheffield pulls together to memorialise COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sheffield City Council has worked in collaboration with local organisations to memorialise the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last month numerous events have been held across the city, including Sheffield Cathedral\u2019s \u2018Wall of Reflection.\u2019&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a place where people can write messages and prayers to their loved ones who died during Covid-19.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Millennium Gallery held their own \u2018Stories from the Pandemic\u2019 exhibition, headed by Compassionate Sheffield, which was staged as a \u2018lockdown home.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final part of the exhibition is a Steel Willow Tree memorial in the Balm Green Gardens.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statue was designed by architect George King and revealed to the public on 23 March, the National Day of Reflection and three year anniversary of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sheffield Covid-19 Memorial Effort\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SpvLoxriSAs?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield City Council has worked in collaboration with local organisations to memorialise the coronavirus pandemic. 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