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Order of Druids 20 Aug 2013 | 05:49 pm
Tonge Cemetery in Bolton was opened in 1856 and used to be the town's main cemetery. It's Victorian part contains many good examples of cemetery symbolism and ornate and striking headstones. Here is t...
Southport's Lifeboat Disaster Memorial 1 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
On December 9, 1886, the Hamburg-registered barque, Mexico, went aground near Southport, Lancashire. The local lifeboat, Eliza Fearnley was launched but when it arrive, the lifeboat was struck by heav...
Military Memorials in Gibraltar 26 Jul 2013 | 11:49 am
Four different styles of Military headstones/memorials, spanning 1800 to 1918, photographed in Gibraltar TB96 in collision with SS Tringa. Tringa torpedoes and sunk by U33, three week later Ship sun...
Wartime Memorial 24 Jul 2013 | 11:02 pm
This is a rather unusual memorial in Kensal Green cemetery. It commemorates those interred whose graves and monuments were totally destroyed in the London Blitz. The second image is one of a number t...
Gibraltar North Front Cemetery 2 24 Jul 2013 | 01:55 pm
Here are three more views of Gibraltar's North Front Cemetery. The markings on the slides indicate my visit for 1991. Looking through more of the slides revealed I had taken a photograph looking down ...
Gibraltar North Front Cemetery 23 Jul 2013 | 12:51 pm
Gibraltar's North Front Cemetery is the only graveyard still in use on the Rock. It was established in 1756 and is very large. I had an hour to kill before having to report for my flight at the adjace...
Apprentice Stonemasons 22 Jul 2013 | 03:12 pm
Here is a photograph of apprentice stonemasons in Treorchy, Wales. Note the tools of their trade being held in their hands:
Trafalgar Casualty 21 Jul 2013 | 09:54 pm
Trafalgar Cemetery in Gibraltar - Lt William Forster died of wounds he received at the Battle of Trafalgar. He was just 20 years of age. His is one of only two relating to the battle. The others burie...
Kensal Green Catacombs 21 Jul 2013 | 09:38 pm
Some views of the coffins within one of the Kensal Green catacombs. Metal work is corroding as is any fabric on the sides of the coffins. The first image shows a glass fronted case from which you can ...
Spanish Air Disaster Memorial 20 Jul 2013 | 04:40 pm
This memorial in Burnley Cemetery records the names of those from Burnley and Padiham who died in the 1970 Spanish Air Disaster. The Dan-Air flight, carrying 112 people, smashed into a hillside on th...
