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| A sort of iron staple holds those two pieces of stone together |
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| The headstone is missing but the craftsmanship is amazing - sandstone with a rectangular slot, marble and an iron peg. This grave might have had a marble cross which has broken off |
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Stone and Iron
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Dorothy Shirin Chowdhry Basu died 1970, Mrs G. Kamble died cir 1967
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| DOROTHY SHIRIN CHOWDHRY BASU DAUGHTER OF EDWARD THOMAS CHOWDHRY DIED JULY 19, 1970 * AGE COULD NOT WITHER NOT CUSTOM STALE HER INFINITE VARIETY (Mother of June Basu Mishra and ...) |
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| MRS G. KAMBLE DIED cir 1967 |
John Osmond Charles 1901-1971
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| In Loving Memory of my husband and our father JOHN OSMOND CHARLES Born on 22nd Nov 1901 Died on 21st Dec 1971 * The Lord shall preserve thee So that sun shall not burn thee By day, neither the moon by night * Erected by a sorrowful wife Polly and children |
Mr R. H. McAulliffe died cir 1971
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| MR R. H. MCAULLIFFE DIED cir 1971 (This is a variant of the surname that usually has only one 'L' ) Nishatganj Cem., Lucknow |
Burial space a worldwide problem
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| June 18, 2016 it was very hot and the big gap in the clouds flitting across the sky didn't help. The sun being overhead and bright made it difficuilt taking pics. The man in the pic, covered with 'plastic' gunny bag material was spraying a herbicide to prevent shrubs and grass sprouting after the first heavy shower of rain that is overdue! Some people are hardworking, this guy was just that. A phone call from a feeling-hearted boss may have saved this guy's life so he can work another day! I was in Varanasi for more than a year in the mid 1980s when I visited the three or four cemeteries there, one being in the cantonment. This one was clearly visible from the train as it crawled the last few hundred metres to the station. The cemetery was not in use anymore and now looking back, considering the decay all around, I feel the graves were in fairly good condition. What I was pleased with were the stone slabs of graves that had disintegrated cemented into the boundary wall. That was a good idea! Cremation has caught on in western countries, including Australia, but it is still slow in India where the wood pyre for the disposal of human remains is an ancient tradition. Electric crematoriums while in use, even in Lucknow, are usually used by non-Hindus. Today my thinking has altered but 25 years ago while on a trip to Bombay I was shocked to know that a Bandra church with a burial ground, rented space only for two years, after which the remains were interred in a wall! Switzerland has its own rules for the dead, according to a blog post Grave Art, by Eva Schawohl. I checked the internet for the first time today and came across a report from Cape Town, South Africa in the Sunday Times: 'No room for burial rituals...' where some 1000 burials and 600 cremations are recorded on a monthly basis. |
Lilla Marion Larkins 1893-1972
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| In Memory of OUR DARLING LILLA MARION LARKINS BORN 15TH JULY 1893 LEFT US ON 15TH JANUARY 1972 * "You have been our inspiration And a gentle guiding hand Both as a mother and a friend To care and understand No wonder that we loved you And will miss you till the end." * (Relict of Hubert Dalton Larkins who died in 1965 |
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