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Ronnie wrote:The building, designed by John Bryce, is known as the Facade. It was originally built as the entrance to catacombs, but these were never built. So the space behind the doors only extends as far as the rock face, around two or three metres. It's where they store the big lawnmowers, as well as any of the bronzes or statuary that is are danger of falling off the back of a hearse, if you get my meaning.
The adjoining bridge was erected by the Merchants [sic] House of Glasgow to afford a proper entrance to their new cemetery combining convenient access to the grounds with suitable decoration to the venerable Cathedral & surrounding scenery to unite the tombs of many generations who have gone before with the resting places destines for generations yet unborn where the ashes of all shall repose until the resurrection of the just when that which is born a natural body shall be raised a spiritual body when the corruptible must put on incorruption when this mortal must put on immortality when death is swallowed up in victory
A. D. MDCCCXXXIII
“Blessed is the man who trusteth in God and whose hope the Lord is”
rabmania wrote:Noticed today (not been for a while) that the Superintendent's house has the windows all boarded up. Are we expecting a fire sometime soon?
north glasgow dave wrote:just a shame the necroplis is in such a state...
ye think they would get some community service guys to resurrect those heavy tombstones....
there,s a thought
dave.
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