Tag: Abney Park Cemetery
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The Magnificent Seven: A Photographic Guide
By Christina Samuel Johnson once said ‘when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life‘. Yawn. We’ve all had that quote shoved down our throats at some point. Yes yes, London is never boring, etc etc. However, if you really are tired of London life, and fancy a slice of London DEATH,…
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Get Involved! Tour Schedule 2015
by Sheldon With the summer season firmly in sight it’s time to announce this year’s tour schedule! We kick off this year’s season with the celebration of the 175th birthday of Abney Park Cemetery. An immaculate arboretum in its day, nature has claimed back the once tidy flowerbeds and hidden the people buried here…UNTIL NOW. Come…
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The Abode of the Mortal Part of Man: Cemetery Club Tour Part 2
by Sheldon Who’d have thought that 31 acres in North London would carry on the mantle established by a burial ground that lay 4.1 miles away, created several hundred years before? On Saturday I ventured up to Stoke Newington to give a tour on behalf of the Abney Trust, as part of their Winter Fun Day.…
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Orators and Entertainers
by Sheldon I’m pleased to say that another Cemetery Club tour is happening! On Saturday 13th December, I warmly invite you to join me for ‘Orators and Entertainers: the Hidden Story of Abney Park Cemetery’! Following on from the hugely successful Tower Hamlets walk I led, the nice people of Abney Park have invited me to…
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The Bone Hill
It was on a cold Winter’s day on January 5th, 1854 that the relatives of fifteen year old Elizabeth Howell Oliver huddled around her grave to say their goodbyes. As the Minister committed her body to the dirt – ashes to ashes and dust to dust, a much broader event was coming to the fore.…
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Ghostsigns, Gravestones, and the Painted History on our Walls
A guest post by Sam Roberts, who runs Ghostsigns.co.uk! Sam’s aim is to create a permanent record of ghostsigns around the world as they are a unique record of commercial, craft and advertising history. Last month this gravestone provided another piece in a puzzle that I have been working on through my research into ghostsigns, the fading remains…
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