Tag: facts

• The Top 6 Graves of Père-Lachaise

  

  Here we go. Such has been my apprehension in attempting to write an entry about the most famous cemetery in the world that it’s taken me nearly a year to finally put my visit into words. How – how, dear reader – can you do justice to this place in one post? How can I convey…

  Sheldon K Goodman

  November 26, 2019

  Biography, France, History, LGBTQ, literature, Memorial, Poetry, Women

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• A Factfile for a Taphophile: Grizzly Victorian Fun Facts Part 1

  

  by Christina I learned a new word this week. My friend Patrick taught it to me. Taphophile means ‘someone who is interested in gravestones, funerals, epitaphs and cemeteries’ and I think that describes us here at Cemetery Club quite well. Sheldon doesn’t really like the term, preferring ‘Cemetery Enthusiast’ but I’m enjoying using the new…

  irismacro

  July 27, 2015

  History

  19th century, burials, Cemeteries, Death, facts, graveyards, taphophile, victorian, victorians

• Zinkers, Graving and a Sarcophagus – Cemetery Facts, Customs and Trivia

  by Christina ‘To the solemn graves, near a lonely cemetery, my heart like a muffled drum is beating funeral marches’ – Charles Baudelaire I found a Cemetery trivia quiz during a Google search for something else. It is called Cemeteries Can Be Fun. Sheldon – did we miss a trick? Should we have come up…

  irismacro

  September 8, 2014

  History

  Cemeteries, Cemetery, customs, Death, death customs, facts, Magnificent Seven London, trivia, victorians