Ronnie wrote:maccoinnich wrote:Thanks for the suggestions - I may well try emailing them.
Any luck?
No, but I only just sent off the email. Will let you know.
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Ronnie wrote:maccoinnich wrote:Thanks for the suggestions - I may well try emailing them.
Any luck?
HollowHorn wrote:Recieved this from a friend in Australia:Gees I am dredging the dim recesses of my memory here. I seem to rember that they were part of the "spoil" dug up during the excavations for a railway line in mid to late 1800s but I cannot be certain the bell ringing is far to faint
Dear Mr MacKenzie
The gravestones came to the Botanic Gardens from the Southern Necropolis
in the 1950s and were badly damaged /broken at that time. Most of them
were used to build a wall on the south side of the Kibble Palace (now
removed) and a few have been used in other places around the Gardens. We
generally try to ensure that the wording is not exposed but need to
attend to this in the area near to the public toilets.
Regards
Ewen G Donaldson
General Manager - Botanic Gardens
Ronnie wrote:So, should we be looking for the original headstone of Alexander "Greek" Thomson, which "went missing" from the Southern Necropolis sometime last century ... is it part of a flower bed in the Botanics?
Seriously, though, has the council made a habit of stealing gravestones, whether broken or not, and reusing them in other contexts? Was this - and is this still - official policy? Or will people be disciplined?
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