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@winterroom.bsky.social
Cemetery studies, Cemetery Friends
In the distant past, an archaeologist
Haikuist and storyteller
Three score years and ten
In the distant past, an archaeologist
Haikuist and storyteller
Three score years and ten
If you see this, post something monochromatic.
The grave of a sculptor in Malmö, Sweden. (Also the first linocut I've made for maybe 30 years). #art #cemeteries #linocut #sculpture #Malmö
The grave of a sculptor in Malmö, Sweden. (Also the first linocut I've made for maybe 30 years). #art #cemeteries #linocut #sculpture #Malmö
December 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
If you see this, post something monochromatic.
The grave of a sculptor in Malmö, Sweden. (Also the first linocut I've made for maybe 30 years). #art #cemeteries #linocut #sculpture #Malmö
The grave of a sculptor in Malmö, Sweden. (Also the first linocut I've made for maybe 30 years). #art #cemeteries #linocut #sculpture #Malmö
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 AM
#31DaysofGraves ( #Bird )
@wardsendcemetery.bsky.social
( #Sheffield )
I didn't notice the robin as I took this.
I fear Tom Wharton would't be happy about the state of his beloved 'Owls' at the moment.
Sheffield Wednesday fans raised money to install this gravestone in 2020.
@wardsendcemetery.bsky.social
( #Sheffield )
I didn't notice the robin as I took this.
I fear Tom Wharton would't be happy about the state of his beloved 'Owls' at the moment.
Sheffield Wednesday fans raised money to install this gravestone in 2020.
October 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
#31DaysofGraves ( #Bird )
@wardsendcemetery.bsky.social
( #Sheffield )
I didn't notice the robin as I took this.
I fear Tom Wharton would't be happy about the state of his beloved 'Owls' at the moment.
Sheffield Wednesday fans raised money to install this gravestone in 2020.
@wardsendcemetery.bsky.social
( #Sheffield )
I didn't notice the robin as I took this.
I fear Tom Wharton would't be happy about the state of his beloved 'Owls' at the moment.
Sheffield Wednesday fans raised money to install this gravestone in 2020.
#31DaysofGraves (languages)
@wardsendcemetery.bsky.social ( #Sheffield ) has fewer use of other languages than many sites in the city. This example of Latin (Resurgam = I will rise again) is an exception. It's an apt declaration of faith for a scripture reader who died in church during a service
@wardsendcemetery.bsky.social ( #Sheffield ) has fewer use of other languages than many sites in the city. This example of Latin (Resurgam = I will rise again) is an exception. It's an apt declaration of faith for a scripture reader who died in church during a service
October 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
#31DaysofGraves (languages)
@wardsendcemetery.bsky.social ( #Sheffield ) has fewer use of other languages than many sites in the city. This example of Latin (Resurgam = I will rise again) is an exception. It's an apt declaration of faith for a scripture reader who died in church during a service
@wardsendcemetery.bsky.social ( #Sheffield ) has fewer use of other languages than many sites in the city. This example of Latin (Resurgam = I will rise again) is an exception. It's an apt declaration of faith for a scripture reader who died in church during a service
#31DaysofGraves (languages)
I took this last week in the Musem of Copenhagen. The label explains that in the 18th century mortality was so high in the city that constant immigration was needed. Many of those immigrants came from Germany. My Danish Great Grandparents were both of German heritage
I took this last week in the Musem of Copenhagen. The label explains that in the 18th century mortality was so high in the city that constant immigration was needed. Many of those immigrants came from Germany. My Danish Great Grandparents were both of German heritage
October 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
#31DaysofGraves (languages)
I took this last week in the Musem of Copenhagen. The label explains that in the 18th century mortality was so high in the city that constant immigration was needed. Many of those immigrants came from Germany. My Danish Great Grandparents were both of German heritage
I took this last week in the Musem of Copenhagen. The label explains that in the 18th century mortality was so high in the city that constant immigration was needed. Many of those immigrants came from Germany. My Danish Great Grandparents were both of German heritage
#31DaysofGraves tomb #WalkleyCemetery (Sheffield)
Cpl Fredrick Wilson R.F.A. A veteran who re-enlisted. He'd been working as a postman
"Soon shall come the great awaking
Soon the rending of the #tomb .."
From 'Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow,' a Danish hymn translated by Sabine Baring-Gould
Cpl Fredrick Wilson R.F.A. A veteran who re-enlisted. He'd been working as a postman
"Soon shall come the great awaking
Soon the rending of the #tomb .."
From 'Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow,' a Danish hymn translated by Sabine Baring-Gould
October 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
#31DaysofGraves tomb #WalkleyCemetery (Sheffield)
Cpl Fredrick Wilson R.F.A. A veteran who re-enlisted. He'd been working as a postman
"Soon shall come the great awaking
Soon the rending of the #tomb .."
From 'Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow,' a Danish hymn translated by Sabine Baring-Gould
Cpl Fredrick Wilson R.F.A. A veteran who re-enlisted. He'd been working as a postman
"Soon shall come the great awaking
Soon the rending of the #tomb .."
From 'Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow,' a Danish hymn translated by Sabine Baring-Gould
#31DaysofGraves day 2 ( #Nautical ) The grave of Ernest W Beston in Witton Cemetery in #Birmingham. Beston was a mysterious and eccentric bookmaker and gambler. His lucky number was 13 and the memorial consists of 13 stones. There are 13 windows in the lighthouse and 13 steps leading up to it.
October 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
#31DaysofGraves day 2 ( #Nautical ) The grave of Ernest W Beston in Witton Cemetery in #Birmingham. Beston was a mysterious and eccentric bookmaker and gambler. His lucky number was 13 and the memorial consists of 13 stones. There are 13 windows in the lighthouse and 13 steps leading up to it.
#31DaysofGraves day 2 #Nautical . Stoker 1st class Clarence Taylor died in the sinking of the battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary in the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Of the crew of 1,286 only 20 survived. Clarence is commemorated on a family grave in #WalkleyCemetery #Sheffield
October 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
#31DaysofGraves day 2 #Nautical . Stoker 1st class Clarence Taylor died in the sinking of the battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary in the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Of the crew of 1,286 only 20 survived. Clarence is commemorated on a family grave in #WalkleyCemetery #Sheffield
#31DaysofGraves day 1 #flower #WardsendCem #Sheffield UK.
William Henry Denton was a file striker and a beerhouse keeper - working men often combined their work in the Sheffield trades with selling alcohol. This ornate grave is part of what I think of as 'Publicans' Row'. #SheffieldBurialGrounds
William Henry Denton was a file striker and a beerhouse keeper - working men often combined their work in the Sheffield trades with selling alcohol. This ornate grave is part of what I think of as 'Publicans' Row'. #SheffieldBurialGrounds
October 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
#31DaysofGraves day 1 #flower #WardsendCem #Sheffield UK.
William Henry Denton was a file striker and a beerhouse keeper - working men often combined their work in the Sheffield trades with selling alcohol. This ornate grave is part of what I think of as 'Publicans' Row'. #SheffieldBurialGrounds
William Henry Denton was a file striker and a beerhouse keeper - working men often combined their work in the Sheffield trades with selling alcohol. This ornate grave is part of what I think of as 'Publicans' Row'. #SheffieldBurialGrounds
#31DaysOfGraves day 1 #flower. As well as being a #Sheffield grinder and a publican, Jimmy Harrison was a renowned grower (and judge) of incurved varieties of chrysanthemums He also raced pigeons. #WalkleyCemetery #SheffieldBurialGrounds
October 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
#31DaysOfGraves day 1 #flower. As well as being a #Sheffield grinder and a publican, Jimmy Harrison was a renowned grower (and judge) of incurved varieties of chrysanthemums He also raced pigeons. #WalkleyCemetery #SheffieldBurialGrounds
Age yourself with a film you saw in a cinema as a kid.
September 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Age yourself with a film you saw in a cinema as a kid.
Love this...so the following comes with apologies...
August 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Love this...so the following comes with apologies...
Part 2 of Guy Fawkes Haibun
August 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Part 2 of Guy Fawkes Haibun
A haibun (part 1 of 2) written in late 1998 and completely forgotten until recently. Places mentioned are in Sheffield, Yorkshire. 'Jinnel' is a Yorkshire word meaning a path or passage, often between buildings or high walls (spellings vary)
#haibun
#haiku
#poem
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#haibun
#haiku
#poem
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August 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I made a slightly random decision to clear round this stone the last time I was in the cemetery. I think it was because I like to be able to see it from the chapel site.
July 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I made a slightly random decision to clear round this stone the last time I was in the cemetery. I think it was because I like to be able to see it from the chapel site.
1899-10-14 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent
Defrauding Undertakers.
Raynes was later sentenced at the Assizes to 5 months imprisonment with hard labour (image from British Newspaper Archive via FMP)
A habitual crminal.
#cemeteries
#Sheffield
#SheffieldBurialGrounds
#Undertakers
Defrauding Undertakers.
Raynes was later sentenced at the Assizes to 5 months imprisonment with hard labour (image from British Newspaper Archive via FMP)
A habitual crminal.
#cemeteries
#Sheffield
#SheffieldBurialGrounds
#Undertakers
June 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
1899-10-14 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent
Defrauding Undertakers.
Raynes was later sentenced at the Assizes to 5 months imprisonment with hard labour (image from British Newspaper Archive via FMP)
A habitual crminal.
#cemeteries
#Sheffield
#SheffieldBurialGrounds
#Undertakers
Defrauding Undertakers.
Raynes was later sentenced at the Assizes to 5 months imprisonment with hard labour (image from British Newspaper Archive via FMP)
A habitual crminal.
#cemeteries
#Sheffield
#SheffieldBurialGrounds
#Undertakers
...and I believe this is the burial of her mother in Scotton in 1865
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
...and I believe this is the burial of her mother in Scotton in 1865
Hannah (in the grave) was born Hannah GREEN in Scotton in Lincolnshire. She married Robert HOLMES in Hartlepool in 1872. This is her in the 1861 census.
June 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Hannah (in the grave) was born Hannah GREEN in Scotton in Lincolnshire. She married Robert HOLMES in Hartlepool in 1872. This is her in the 1861 census.
One of the stones which survive in the walls of the barracks. (the date is 1846)
May 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
One of the stones which survive in the walls of the barracks. (the date is 1846)
Double grave - 'the adjoining' have fallen over
May 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Double grave - 'the adjoining' have fallen over
March 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Later in their lives they kept this pub on Langsett Road, between Primrose Hill and Creswick St. (image from www.picturesheffield.com ref s21608)
December 9, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Later in their lives they kept this pub on Langsett Road, between Primrose Hill and Creswick St. (image from www.picturesheffield.com ref s21608)
For a change, a map in search of a story. Can I Find someone buried @wardsendcemetery.bsky.social #Sheffield who lived on this stunning 1890s 25 inch OS map? Yes I can! The REVILLs, buried right next to the railway bridge ramp, kept the 'Imperial Hotel' - just some of the Publicans of Wardsend
December 9, 2024 at 1:00 AM
For a change, a map in search of a story. Can I Find someone buried @wardsendcemetery.bsky.social #Sheffield who lived on this stunning 1890s 25 inch OS map? Yes I can! The REVILLs, buried right next to the railway bridge ramp, kept the 'Imperial Hotel' - just some of the Publicans of Wardsend