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Wolf Posts: 3423 Joined: 9th Jul 2008 Location: Australia | quotePosted at 04:51 on 19th November 2008 That's very true Lyn, I used to read the old grave stones in the early settlers cemetery in Goulburn, very interesting. I dont realy have a hobby at present, apart from fishing, but will take up some again once we can move from here. I do enjoy singing and recording, but I am waiting for a machine that converts audio tapes to cd. |
Jason T Posts: 7421 Joined: 14th Apr 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 07:32 on 19th November 2008 On 17th November 2008 22:15, Lyn Brant wrote:
I like reading some of the gravestones, there's some really old headstones in the graveyard up the road. I like taking photos of them to. A huge hole appeared last week on one of the graves!! went down about 7 ft!! they filled it in now!! gotta watch where your walking in there!! |
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 13:44 on 19th November 2008 On 19th November 2008 07:32, Jason Twist wrote:
I love walking through old grave yards and we have our fair share of them in Boston, but ours only go back to the 1600's; not nearly as old as yours! In Salem we have the old burying point where characters like John Hawthorne (ancestor of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and notorious official known as the hanging judge for his part in the executions of so called witches during the witchcraft hysteria of 1692) are buried. Salem is mostly land fill and at one time this graveyard was only a few yards from the waterfront. After a major storm one year the residents came out of their houses to discover coffins lining the street and overturned in their yards because the storm and the tide had washed the graves right out. They built a brick retaining wall after that unpleasant incident. |
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