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@cemeteryclub.bsky.social
Cemeteries are museums of people! Exploring places of rest as social history. By public historian Sheldon K. Goodman (he/him). ⚰️ 🏛💀 🏳️🌈
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Bristol has a graveyard for failed corporations @cemeteryclub.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Bristol has a graveyard for failed corporations @cemeteryclub.bsky.social
We remember them today.
This is Y Ravine cemetery in Beaumont-Hamel. Only a third of the men buried here were identified, as many were not reclaimed from the Somme until long after the fighting had ceased.
Heroes, every one of them.
This is Y Ravine cemetery in Beaumont-Hamel. Only a third of the men buried here were identified, as many were not reclaimed from the Somme until long after the fighting had ceased.
Heroes, every one of them.
November 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
We remember them today.
This is Y Ravine cemetery in Beaumont-Hamel. Only a third of the men buried here were identified, as many were not reclaimed from the Somme until long after the fighting had ceased.
Heroes, every one of them.
This is Y Ravine cemetery in Beaumont-Hamel. Only a third of the men buried here were identified, as many were not reclaimed from the Somme until long after the fighting had ceased.
Heroes, every one of them.
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Had a lovely time learnIng about the fascinating inhabitants of Tower Hamlets Cemetary!
October 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Had a lovely time learnIng about the fascinating inhabitants of Tower Hamlets Cemetary!
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A visit to Tower Hamlets with @cemeteryclub.bsky.social this weekend leads me to reading 'Recollections of the Tartar Steppes and their Inhabitants', written by fearless Victorian explorer Lucy Sherrard Atkinson.
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A visit to Tower Hamlets with @cemeteryclub.bsky.social this weekend leads me to reading 'Recollections of the Tartar Steppes and their Inhabitants', written by fearless Victorian explorer Lucy Sherrard Atkinson.
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The tomb of Nothus, a slave who was a copyist and secretary. 1st C. AD, at the Museo Nazionale Romano #Rome
#TombstoneTuesday #AncientBluesky #history #EpigraphyTuesday #photography #photo #foto #bw #bnw #ClassicMono #art #artyear
#TombstoneTuesday #AncientBluesky #history #EpigraphyTuesday #photography #photo #foto #bw #bnw #ClassicMono #art #artyear
August 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The tomb of Nothus, a slave who was a copyist and secretary. 1st C. AD, at the Museo Nazionale Romano #Rome
#TombstoneTuesday #AncientBluesky #history #EpigraphyTuesday #photography #photo #foto #bw #bnw #ClassicMono #art #artyear
#TombstoneTuesday #AncientBluesky #history #EpigraphyTuesday #photography #photo #foto #bw #bnw #ClassicMono #art #artyear
Tomorrow evening I’ll be delving into some medical history and sharing some grisly tales of body snatchers in my suitably themed Halloween walk around the City of London.
Pub after! Grab yourself a ticket!
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Pub after! Grab yourself a ticket!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/boneyards-...
Boneyards & Bodysnatchers
Explore the City of London and its atmopsheric churchyards, where bodysnatchers and medical history happened!
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October 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Tomorrow evening I’ll be delving into some medical history and sharing some grisly tales of body snatchers in my suitably themed Halloween walk around the City of London.
Pub after! Grab yourself a ticket!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/boneyards-...
Pub after! Grab yourself a ticket!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/boneyards-...
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This is INCREDIBLE. The Bearded Vulture has multigenerational nests that last for hundreds of years, built in very secluded places — and they’re FULL OF ANTHROPOGENIC ARTIFACTS.
super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is INCREDIBLE. The Bearded Vulture has multigenerational nests that last for hundreds of years, built in very secluded places — and they’re FULL OF ANTHROPOGENIC ARTIFACTS.
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#31DaysOfGraves Day 4 - Languages
Nudgoo Shah is buried in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia - Portion 15, Section 11, Grave 17.
Nudgoo Shah is buried in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia - Portion 15, Section 11, Grave 17.
October 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
#31DaysOfGraves Day 4 - Languages
Nudgoo Shah is buried in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia - Portion 15, Section 11, Grave 17.
Nudgoo Shah is buried in Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Australia - Portion 15, Section 11, Grave 17.
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Think carefully as to whether or not that tired old gravestone needs a tidy up… you may be poking a hornets nest. Today’s blog is here! 🎃 cemeteryclub.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/t...
The Risks of Amateur Grave Restoration
When well-meaning cleaning and decoration instead open up a hornets nest I physically wince when I see videos on social media of admittedly good-natured, kind hearted individuals cleaning up grave …
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October 1, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Think carefully as to whether or not that tired old gravestone needs a tidy up… you may be poking a hornets nest. Today’s blog is here! 🎃 cemeteryclub.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/t...
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I remember having a chat with volunteer at Kilcrumper (Fermoy) and he had limits as to what could be done - substantially limited to vegetation cut back
I did thing it was a bit harsh for a small group interested in maintaining an old cemetery but after that article......
I did thing it was a bit harsh for a small group interested in maintaining an old cemetery but after that article......
Think carefully as to whether or not that tired old gravestone needs a tidy up… you may be poking a hornets nest. Today’s blog is here! 🎃 cemeteryclub.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/t...
The Risks of Amateur Grave Restoration
When well-meaning cleaning and decoration instead open up a hornets nest I physically wince when I see videos on social media of admittedly good-natured, kind hearted individuals cleaning up grave …
cemeteryclub.wordpress.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I remember having a chat with volunteer at Kilcrumper (Fermoy) and he had limits as to what could be done - substantially limited to vegetation cut back
I did thing it was a bit harsh for a small group interested in maintaining an old cemetery but after that article......
I did thing it was a bit harsh for a small group interested in maintaining an old cemetery but after that article......
Think carefully as to whether or not that tired old gravestone needs a tidy up… you may be poking a hornets nest. Today’s blog is here! 🎃 cemeteryclub.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/t...
The Risks of Amateur Grave Restoration
When well-meaning cleaning and decoration instead open up a hornets nest I physically wince when I see videos on social media of admittedly good-natured, kind hearted individuals cleaning up grave …
cemeteryclub.wordpress.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Think carefully as to whether or not that tired old gravestone needs a tidy up… you may be poking a hornets nest. Today’s blog is here! 🎃 cemeteryclub.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/t...
Historians everywhere go ‘what the hell are you talking about?’
Hegseth: "As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace and those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous."
September 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Historians everywhere go ‘what the hell are you talking about?’
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Alfred Ball. Hull, 1864 - East London, 1926. Gosh Manor Park Cemetery is beautiful! It's a perfect sunny day and there's gospel coming from somewhere near, which helps. I cleaned some empty old bottles off of Alec, though. Alf is in a prime spot near the central chapel.
September 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Alfred Ball. Hull, 1864 - East London, 1926. Gosh Manor Park Cemetery is beautiful! It's a perfect sunny day and there's gospel coming from somewhere near, which helps. I cleaned some empty old bottles off of Alec, though. Alf is in a prime spot near the central chapel.
Any fans of #brutalist architecture? A big chunky concrete tomb here with owls representing wisdom. This thing is huge and was built in the 1920s.
No idea who Dominico Guido was, who lies inside this tomb in a Roman style sarcophagus with his wife Consicilia.
No idea who Dominico Guido was, who lies inside this tomb in a Roman style sarcophagus with his wife Consicilia.
September 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Any fans of #brutalist architecture? A big chunky concrete tomb here with owls representing wisdom. This thing is huge and was built in the 1920s.
No idea who Dominico Guido was, who lies inside this tomb in a Roman style sarcophagus with his wife Consicilia.
No idea who Dominico Guido was, who lies inside this tomb in a Roman style sarcophagus with his wife Consicilia.
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Want to learn more about the grisly goings on of the body snatching trade? Discover more about medical studies in 19th city London? Learn about how public execution influenced art & anatomy?
Boneyards & Bodysnatchers! Weds 15th and 22nd of October! (Pub after)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cemetery-c...
Boneyards & Bodysnatchers! Weds 15th and 22nd of October! (Pub after)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cemetery-c...
September 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Want to learn more about the grisly goings on of the body snatching trade? Discover more about medical studies in 19th city London? Learn about how public execution influenced art & anatomy?
Boneyards & Bodysnatchers! Weds 15th and 22nd of October! (Pub after)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cemetery-c...
Boneyards & Bodysnatchers! Weds 15th and 22nd of October! (Pub after)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cemetery-c...
Culprits found - The Limerick Society of London. Astonishing. The meant well, it wasn’t done with malice, but Christ alive.
NEVER restore a grave unless you know what you’re doing - and get permission.
NEVER restore a grave unless you know what you’re doing - and get permission.
September 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Culprits found - The Limerick Society of London. Astonishing. The meant well, it wasn’t done with malice, but Christ alive.
NEVER restore a grave unless you know what you’re doing - and get permission.
NEVER restore a grave unless you know what you’re doing - and get permission.
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Why would anyone do this? 🎨
September 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Why would anyone do this? 🎨
Why would anyone do this? 🎨
September 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Why would anyone do this? 🎨
Death Masks! Specifically, Napoleon’s! cemeteryclub.wordpress.com/2022/06/30/s...
Staring Into The Face of Death
It’s not on display any more, but one of my favourite objects in The British Museum is Napoleon’s death mask. Napoleom’s death mask – well, one of them at least, Held in The…
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September 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Death Masks! Specifically, Napoleon’s! cemeteryclub.wordpress.com/2022/06/30/s...
I didn’t know Wolfenden’s son was gay. That makes this document even more remarkable
#TodayInQueerHistory
September 4 (1957)
The Wolfenden Report is published in the UK. It recommends that homosexual acts between consenting adults should not be illegal.
It said there ‘must remain a realm of private morality and immorality which is, in brief and crude terms, not the law's business.'
September 4 (1957)
The Wolfenden Report is published in the UK. It recommends that homosexual acts between consenting adults should not be illegal.
It said there ‘must remain a realm of private morality and immorality which is, in brief and crude terms, not the law's business.'
September 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I didn’t know Wolfenden’s son was gay. That makes this document even more remarkable
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*sigh* No, that’s just the effect of several centuries of rain through an iron grate. Nobody was wasting precious oil during a siege. they were throwing piss
September 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
*sigh* No, that’s just the effect of several centuries of rain through an iron grate. Nobody was wasting precious oil during a siege. they were throwing piss
Want to learn more about the grisly goings on of the body snatching trade? Discover more about medical studies in 19th city London? Learn about how public execution influenced art & anatomy?
Boneyards & Bodysnatchers! Weds 15th and 22nd of October! (Pub after)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cemetery-c...
Boneyards & Bodysnatchers! Weds 15th and 22nd of October! (Pub after)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cemetery-c...
September 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Want to learn more about the grisly goings on of the body snatching trade? Discover more about medical studies in 19th city London? Learn about how public execution influenced art & anatomy?
Boneyards & Bodysnatchers! Weds 15th and 22nd of October! (Pub after)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cemetery-c...
Boneyards & Bodysnatchers! Weds 15th and 22nd of October! (Pub after)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cemetery-c...
When you visit a grave in a historic cemetery…when do you think the last mourner visited? And what did the grave look like when it was new? cemeteryclub.wordpress.com/2023/01/12/t...
The Last Mourner
One thing fascinates me about grave-hunting. When did the last true mourner last visit this grave? This throws me back to an experience in my boyhood. It’s been oft reported that my fascinati…
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September 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
When you visit a grave in a historic cemetery…when do you think the last mourner visited? And what did the grave look like when it was new? cemeteryclub.wordpress.com/2023/01/12/t...
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Loved the one I went on. Definitely one to make you appreciate People Museums.
Halloween 2025 tours now LIVE! Come and see London’s best cemetery tour in London’s best cemstery this spooky season! Leave the world of the living behind! 👻 💀 🎃
25th, 30th, 31st October & 1st November, 6:30 and 8:30pm each night!
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25th, 30th, 31st October & 1st November, 6:30 and 8:30pm each night!
www.tickettailor.com/events/thefr...
September 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Loved the one I went on. Definitely one to make you appreciate People Museums.
Halloween 2025 tours now LIVE! Come and see London’s best cemetery tour in London’s best cemstery this spooky season! Leave the world of the living behind! 👻 💀 🎃
25th, 30th, 31st October & 1st November, 6:30 and 8:30pm each night!
www.tickettailor.com/events/thefr...
25th, 30th, 31st October & 1st November, 6:30 and 8:30pm each night!
www.tickettailor.com/events/thefr...
September 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Halloween 2025 tours now LIVE! Come and see London’s best cemetery tour in London’s best cemstery this spooky season! Leave the world of the living behind! 👻 💀 🎃
25th, 30th, 31st October & 1st November, 6:30 and 8:30pm each night!
www.tickettailor.com/events/thefr...
25th, 30th, 31st October & 1st November, 6:30 and 8:30pm each night!
www.tickettailor.com/events/thefr...