Glasgow Graveyards

[JayKay]

they're still fund-raising 5 years on!

Personally I think GCC should foot the bill by way of thanks to the man. After all, it's thanks to Thompson that Glasgow has so much great architecture.

Would this be the same city council that has allowed many of his buildings fall into near dereliction? I think that they'll be waiting a lot longer than another five years before our city faithers put their hands into their collective pocket.

[kn0wledge]

I agree with you totally. It's a disgrace.

[Fossil]

May I make suggestions on time, date location taking in shift work and work days
I’ll start the ball rolling with Sunday 21st March 10am (weather permitting)
Ramshorn
Gorbals
Carlton

[Sharon]

The 21st would actually be good for me ! yay!

[Ronnie]

Sunday 21 for the three you mention sounds great, Foss.

[crusty_bint]

Sounds good to me too... I look forward to it

[kn0wledge]

I'll be there, camera in hand.

[Fossil]

..looking good...so far... Sunday 21st at 10am then

location of meet then? Ramshorn ? central for most i think...

[crusty_bint]

Sounds amicable enuff to me Fossy (10am on a Sunday mornin tho... still the middle of the night for me!)... I'll be wearing a yellow carnation in my lapel :)

[Fossil]

..we'll give it a couple more days for anyone who want to join us all




I vill be vearing a bowler hat and carring a copy of Pravda

[johnnyanglia]

The cemetary near Holmwood House has a (once)beautiful gravestone / tomb dedicated to someone by the name of Hood built in the 1920's in the Egyptian style with Papyrus leaves and a statue of Anubis resting on the stone. Unfortunately Vandals have all but destroyed this beautiful monument. Just across the road is a Jewish cemetary which is well worth a look.
At the south western edge of Castlemilk next to a small farm is a little early 19th century graveyard which is fascinating. There is another interesting one in the village of Carmunnock less than a mile further up the road.

[Fossil]

where exactly is the one in Castlemilk?

[crusty_bint]

I think I know the one... is it the one beside the farm on carmunnock Rd, just at the roundabout... its quite near to Linn cemetary... Mid Netherton i think the area's called?

[johnnyanglia]

That's the one. Well spotted. Just past the field beyond that there are some little brick buildings dug into the ground. When i was young i was told that this was a military installation. I dont know what it is but i dont think it is anything to do with the military. Incidently the part of Castlemilk across the road from the farm used to be called "Babyland" due to the high number of young families that used to live there in the 1970's.

[Pgcc93]

I remember coming across the Jewish part of the cemetery about 20 years ago and it struck me as a rather exotic place, well for a Glasgow boy who had never been further than Cornwall on holiday, with all the Hebrew writing on the gravestones etc.

A schoolmate took me up to the Carmunock graveyard years ago to show me the 'Pirates' grave!!, and there it was in all it's splendour with a skull and crossbone's engraved into the ancient stone with a 1700's date no less. (Very much Pirate time in my book)
Sadly Ronnie (The Voice of Reason) put a damper on my romantic notion of Pirate Graves last week by telling me that there were hundreds like this throughout the city And had nothing to do with Piracy
I'll hand you over to The Authority that is Ronnie for a proper and informed answer to this style of grave.

Ronnie it's all yours mate.