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Going Out in Style! Ghana’s Fantasy Coffins

December 19, 2021December 19, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Fantasy, figurative or proverbial coffins (abebuu adekai), are unusual, transient memorials, being elaborate representations of the deceased’s interests, dreams and achievements.

Whitby’s Hidden Quaker Burial Ground

November 25, 2021February 2, 2022 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 2 Comments

Whitby’s Quaker burial ground is impressively well hidden. To most passers-by, it looks like a garden extension to some of the more grander Georgian houses on Bagdale.

“I decided to hide Charlie Chaplin’s body and solve my problems…”

June 5, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 1 Comment

On 12th December 1978, Roman Wardas, a 24-year old Polish refugee took to the stand in Switzerland, accused of stealing Chaplin’s body.

The Curious World of Dollhouse Graves

April 10, 2021April 3, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Sitting like miniature residences between the headstones, these doll’s house graves are a striking example of non-traditional funerary art and changing ideas of grief, innocence, personalisation and burial.

The Hanging Coffins and Burial Caves of Lumiang

April 3, 2021April 3, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

The practise of Hanging Coffins is arguably the most famous funerary ritual of the Kankanaey people of Sagada.

The Grave of Clasped Hands: Love Conquering Death

February 13, 2021February 12, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

It’s a twee little statement that love can conquer death, but one that rings romantically true in the adjoining graves of a Dutch Colonel and his aristocratic sweetheart.

A Trip to Brompton Cemetery

December 26, 2020December 24, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 2 Comments

Brompton Cemetery is a sprawling necropolis, nestled in the busy – and terribly posh – London Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Collection Feature: Ernest Frost

October 7, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Ernest was a country boy, raised in the fields of Derbyshire, before finding love, achieving a very modern job and dying far too young.

The Funeral of Fireman Wale

August 20, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Fire Constable Arthur Wale lost his life aged 46 in the Derham Boot Factory fire of 1906...

A Day at Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol.

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 7 Comments

Greenbank is a large Victorian Garden cemetery, but like so many others, has suffered from years of neglect.

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