Tag: Graveyard
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Rust in Vrede: A Trip to Zorgvlied Cemetery
Take a trip to an historic cemetery just outside central Amsterdam and see where peacocks and Dutch celebrities reside hand in hand I’m in Amsterdam once a month nowadays and like any good cemetery enthusiast, I’m loving the opportunity to explore another city’s past and its dead. I took a tram to Amsterdam RAI and…
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A Visit to Agatha Christie’s Grave
Agatha Christie, the world’s best selling author, was born on 15th September 1890 in Torquay. She is know as the Queen of Crime for her detective fiction stories and her two most famous detectives are Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She is also the only female playwright to have had three productions in London’s West End…
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Outside London: Stumbling on a Medieval Church in Kent
by Christina Last week, on an uncharacteristically sunny day in February, I came across a brown sign with a picture of a church on it. It was pointing down a dirt track that led up a hill and then disappeared into the trees. I was in Kent, looking for Oast Houses to photograph (I love…
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Cousins at Kensal and Camera Chaos
By Nick I believe I was first introduced to you as, ‘The third silent member of Cemetery Club’ in Sheldon’s prior post Capturing the Moment. I am Nick, Sheldon’s cousin, graveyard lover, photography enthusiast and not so silent after all. I decided to make my debut post after some gentle persuasion by Sheldon, I was…
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Little Cemetery Observations – a Photo Blog
by Christina My friend Steph is a photographer. She moved to London from New York state in January 2007 and her first flat here was in Kensal Green. One of the first places I remember her taking photographs of was Kensal Green Cemetery – a long time before I even knew the significance and history…
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The Village Green Preservation Society – Blackheath
by Christina A recent visit to Blackheath in London SE3 prompted a few morbid questions. I went for a walk on the heath, south London’s original and possibly last classic ‘village green’ the other day with my friend and fellow photographer Gemma. We were looking for nice things to test our new lenses out on…
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West Norwood Cemetery – The Fluff Report
by Christina I was excited about visiting West Norwood Cemetery. It was the spring, so the weather was likely to be warm and there would be no puddles to ruin my shoes. It was in South London which is my neck of the woods, and I always feel protective over my own neck of the…
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Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park – Pizza, Ants & Stepping Back in Time (The Fluff Report)
by Christina After our trip to Tower Hamlets, Sheldon and I said goodbye at Mile End tube station – he was off for a walk towards some other forgotten, hidden part of historical London and I was leaving to re-join the modern world. We exchanged a few words about beginning to write our respective pieces…
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‘The Best Office in London, A Woodland in Zone 2…’
The Last of the Magnificent Seven to open in 1840: a cockney gem just five minutes walk from Mile End tube station. Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is unlike what you would refer to as it siblings. The better known Highgate or Kensal Green have their affluent dead on prominent display: the regular people who weren’t…
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Cemetery Club Visitin’ – A Checklist for Success!
by Christina The first rule of Cemetery Club is: you can talk about it as much as you like. People might think you’re weird so be ready to defend your interest in posh graveyards and all things Dead Victorian Person. It’s an interesting hobby to have and many people I know, having seen my links…
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