Comments on: Summer At Bow Cemetery

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:09:34 +0000

The final photo — how wonderful! I imagine the scene from the perspective of the juggler. He takes a pause, maybe to catch his breath, or listen to a bird song — and ahead of him he notices
a “family” of headstones. Two stalwart “parents” standing together, and a row of wobbly, kiddo-size markers leaning this way and that. I imagine the little family (eternally present in the forest) being so delighted by the entertaining visitor — and I consider the juggler would be happily surprised to suddenly have an “audience”.

Thank you, GA, for taking us to the most interesting places.

By: Cherub

Cherub — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 11:19:18 +0000

Graveyards are amongst my favourite places to visit, not just for the peace they offer, but for social history reasons.
There is a very old one at Dean Village beyond Edinburgh city centre that is well worth a visit in terms of history. Walking through, it seems the family headstones from the late 18th and 19th centuries all had children named on them who had died before the age of 3, telling us about the high levels of infant mortality in that era.

I visited another in Copenhagen which was laid out like a street system – each “street” was preceded by a board with the names of the interred on it. I found this really interesting.

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 08:24:34 +0000

Many of my family were buried here & across all levels of society: my German immigrants in the non-conformist area with no marked graves, my wealthy German ancestors in ‘millionaires row’ & my grandfather & great uncle in between. I’ve visited in the summer & it’s wonderful, full of beautiful memories & imaginings of the lives that have gone before us. I’m currently working on a project involving the history of a tiny 12-house street off Cannon Street Road & so many of the residents across the almost 100 years of the street’s life (it was demolished in the so called slum clearance of the early 60s) were interred here, just as they were baptised at the magnificent St George in the East Parish Church, another centre of my family’s history & my proud beginnings as an East Ender. Thank you GA for your continuing supply of joyful early morning stories.

By: Martin Ling

Martin Ling — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 07:33:36 +0000

Great place to visit. With regard to the Magnificent Seven, on May bank holiday this year I did a bike ride with 2 friends visiting every cemetery and also crossing around 15 or so London parks.
A great circular route, we started at Abney and finished at Tower Hamlets. Recommended but worth mapping out side street routes and doing on a bank holiday as was a lot less heavy traffic.

By: Mark B

Mark B — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 07:28:51 +0000

What a beautiful entry to your blog.
And what a lovely way to start my day.
I love an old cemetery.
I must pay a visit, I’m sure all be walking alongside some of my old departed family too.
Thank you

Mark

By: Mark 1

Mark 1 — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 07:05:31 +0000

Spent a year as a grave digger/cemetery worker so love and appreciate the pics and article.
Wonderful places of peace and solitude.