In Lucknow, as in other parts of the world, graves mean little to some people, but a search on the internet proves otherwise! What one will find on this blog isn't even 'a drop in the vast ocean' of tears that would have been shed if it were possible to calculate. The names, the sad poetry, quotes and expression of grief of the loved ones all being ground to dust. "...We always say that the history of a parish is in its graveyards..." Passage West (from a blog and book by Jim Murphy)
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Dr Myrtle Flynn 1916-1986
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Audrey Jehangir 1930-1990
BORN 27TH NOV 1930
DIED 14TH APRIL 1990
(The top slab is always one piece!Grass growing from below hasseparated the two strips.)
Hi Glenda, some time backI was in a conversation withan old LT resident and it wasn't possibleto talk about Lawrence Terrace without mentioningthe Kings and then, since I havethis blog, I realized that I didn't knowwhere Mrs Jehangir was buried, nor her mother!Yesterday morning I was passing throughNishatganj and decided to drop into the cemeterysince I had not done so for some weeks. Despitethe terrible heat but armed with a 'gamcha' (thin cotton cloth that is used to wrap one's head, specially in summer) that I'd just bought from the footpath, I went in. It wasn't the time for clicking pictures but I still walked around and wassurprised when I came across this grave.Your two families were very close many years ago. Tell me, where is Cheryl Ann? Do you have any idea what year Mrs King passed on? Was Mrs King an Elliotearlier? I seem to remember she had a son a Maj Elliot! I couldn't, once again, locate you email addressso this was the best I could do.Let's see when!!!
George
Friday, April 22, 2016
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Shoddy work!
More space has appeared here which means some graves have been removed. Two Chinese Christian graves were being redone when I clicked this pic. |
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
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