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Interests include the cultural aspects of death and funerals. Interested in rites, rituals, and commemoration. Love graveyards. Music fan, enjoy a bit of prog! Sing loudly!
#31daysofgraves
#day29occupation

Updated post with better picture.
it is still stark!
Inscription:
Robert Bryce Gilland MD
For 17 years
Medical Superintendant
The Berks. County
Lunatic Asylum.
Died at Sevenoaks, Kent.
March 1887
In his 49th year.
October 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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#day29occupation

The gravestone of
George Cunningham,
1848 - 1929.
Poet & Essayist
George wrote under the alias Pate McPhun.
October 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
#31daysofgraves
#day29occupation
Although the years have disguised this, it is still stark!
Inscription:
Robert Bryde Gilland MD
For 17 years
Medical Superintendant
The Berks. County
Lunatic Asylum.
Died at Sevenoaks, Kent.
March 1867
In his 49th year.
October 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
#31daysofgraves
#day29occupation
Joseph Kilgour
Pawnbroker
October 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
#31daysofgraves #day29occupation
Matthew Foy
Conductor
October 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
#31daysofgraves
#day29occupation
Alexander Inglis LLD (Glas)
Principal of Prince of Wales College,
Charlottetown, Canada.
Born at Montrose, Died at Kilmarnock.
October 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#31daysofgraves
#day29occupation
William Hubert Dixon, Church Organist and Conductor.
October 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
#31daysofgraves
#day29occupation
Peter Ritchie. Bonnet Manufacturer.
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#31daysofgraves. #29occupation.
No name, no job description, just respect.
Kilmarnock Equitable Cooperative Society.
October 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#31daysofgraves #day22landscapes
The littlest scape, the longest walk.
October 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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#OTD 1966 • Aberfan Disaster 🥀

On Friday the 21st of October 1966, a wave of coal waste slid down the Aberfan Valley, taking the lives of 116 children and 28 adults with it.

#Wales #History
October 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#31daysofgraves
#day21
A tragic accident remembered
October 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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No names, no numbers.
October 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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“In searching for them, you wander through the everyday fabric of a place. You see how a culture remembers its dead, and in doing so, you understand how it chooses to live.”

Interesting article exploring the growth In tourist visits to graveyards around the world 👇
www.euronews.com/travel/2025/...
Tombstone tourism: Why visiting graveyards is becoming so popular
A growing number of tourists are “rebelling against tick-box travel” by ditching the popular sights for a trip to the graveyard.
www.euronews.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The context of my last repost
It's the most wonderful time of the year... #31DaysofGraves !!
Created by the wonderful @annaandthedead.bsky.social, I will be playing only with photos already on my phone from the last year! Lets go!!
October 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Day4: Language

When I first read the inscription on this one, I thought “Beloved and…. Deplored?!”

A case of semantic drift in a historical sense - and and apparently it means to deeply grieve, not that they also disliked her intensely 🤣

Highgate Cemetery, London.

#31daysofgraves
October 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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We hope you are able to join us for two new (free!) online events this autumn. The first is next Wednesday 17 September with Rolando Nooks from Compassionate Reprieve.

Find out more and register here. deathandsociety.org/online-event...

#deathstudies #criminialjustice #deathtech #grief
September 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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August 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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If it’s Thursday, it must be Killie! Hometown launch of The Good Father tonight in the excellent company of David F Ross. See you in the Dick Institute at 7…!💙📚 #KilmarnockEdition
July 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Come and join us for our Contemporary Art and worship course.

Applications are now OPEN! Spaces are limited!

Check out the full details at: www.trinitycollegeglasgow.co.uk/short-courses
July 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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AUTUMN/WINTER 2025/2026 SHORT COURSE PROGRAMME IS OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS.

You can find out all the information at our website:
www.trinitycollegeglasgow.co.uk/short-courses

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions on our email at:
trinitycollegeglasgow@gmail.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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The Good Father is published today. It’s my best book, my most personal book, the book that most closely approaches what it was that I set out to do. I hope you’ll give it a try…💙📚
July 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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AUTUMN/WINTER 2025/2026 SHORT COURSE PROGRAMME IS OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS.

You can find out all the information at our website:
www.trinitycollegeglasgow.co.uk/short-courses

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions on our email at:
trinitycollegeglasgow@gmail.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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AUTUMN/WINTER 2025/2026 SHORT COURSE PROGRAMME IS OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS.

You can find out all the information at our website:
www.trinitycollegeglasgow.co.uk/short-courses

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions on our email at:
trinitycollegeglasgow@gmail.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:49 AM