Grave Expectations and Doyennes of Death

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Friday, 17 May 2019

Start as you mean to go on

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Greetings all, We've been human dynamos here at GE & DD recently, chipping away at a number of very exciting projects and MA-r...

Friday, 23 November 2018

William Mellish & the Would-Be-Killer Whaler

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(originally posted 15 January 2018) Not everyone’s lives are a rollercoaster of excitement or celebrity. Such was that of William ...

Who put the nookie in the cookie jar? Mick did…

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(originally published 13 August 2018) How on earth did two of Hampstead Cemetery’s most successful residents become embroiled in some del...

Thursday, 11 October 2018

Charlotte Mary Mew (1869 –1928)

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(originally published 01 May 2018) As LGBT History month draws to a close, today we celebrate Charlotte Mew, a writer and poet whose o...

Adventures of a Country Home (originally published 17 May 2018)

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Today’s blog is a departure from the usual The Hayes positively radiates history. It’s a gorgeous old mansion that could e...

Thursday, 27 July 2017

Do animals mourn us?

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Right, dear reader, prepare yourself for a beast of a post (pun most certainly intended). For some people, losing a pet can be as devast...

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Monday, 17 October 2016

Tales from Streatham Cemetery

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Hi folks, Below is the first blog post I recently contributed to Cemetery Club. I opted not to venture into the history of London’s cemet...

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