I was in the middle of doing some light-hearted 'digging the dirt' type research about Colonel Tom Parker on Wiki when at the bottom of the page I noticed a link to a website called Find A Grave. It's a strange one this. It's basically a grave locator that will spew forth places where famous peeps are buried. There is a seperate section for general enquiries (or for the non-famous amongst us) that could be used to search the graveyards for long lost loved ones, which can be bloody strange or handy depending on your particular needs. I searched for the first Catholic king of Hungary and this resulted with a description that only a well preserved arm of his is left for anyone's curiosity (not bad considering it's over a thousand years since he popped his clogs).It's not a gory site, but it feels like you are turning into a goth the more time you spend on it. I typed in famous bluesman Robert Johnson's name into the search engine and the usual rememberance gravestone was shown, although his actual burial site cannot be 100% verified. Just go and type any celeb's name into the search engine (it helps if they're dead).
What did your results yield?
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I was going to search for Stray Photon, but it appears he isn't quite as dead as we thought...
Great find...I'm off to dig Steve McQueen up.
I've located Ian Curtis, Kenny Everett and Fulton Mackay, but, woe is me, there aren't any results for Malcolm Owen or Barry Sheen.
Howesy - Yes, and for that we can all sing "Halleluyah!"
Joanne - Good luck, and don't forget to hide the shovel after exhuming him.
Betty - Malcolm's a tough one to find any information on, hopefully he's jamming with Paul Fox in that great punk squat in the sky. Barry Sheene, presumably buried/cremated somewhere on the Gold Coast in Aus?
I'll check it out. To be honest I actually like graveyards. I could spend hours on a fine day walking around reading what's written on stone. I go into a dream about how I imagine the person/s life was, and especially the time/age they died.
Call me strange or whatever, that's the way I am.
Good post!
we have cemetery tours here...and haunted tours...personally, i don't even want to know where i'm to be buried, sugar ;)
Sean - Graveyards can be serene places depending on mood. It's not all about having your first shag on some poor fellow's tombstone, is it?
Brad!?! Where the fuck have you been??? Louis "the feret" Bocaccio is looking for you.
Savvy - Once we all pass over to the other side, we won't care about where we are buried/ cremated/dumped - that's my theory anyway. So good to hear from you, I do hope everything is going as well as it can be for all of you over there x
As children we were taken for walks on cold Sunday afternoon's to Brompton Cemetery. I used to love the big family tombs - especially ones with cracked tops. I used to tell my younger brothers that I could see skeleton hands poking out of the top. They were terrified. Of course I couldn't! I really like the Yew tree's in graveyards and graveyards in general apart from the Jewish Cemetery in Prague which was the most upsetting and oppressive place I have ever found myself in. Everything seemed cloaked in dark brown - even the air felt heavy. It was very stark and all the gravestones had little jagged stones on top of them where relatives/visitors had placed them in memory of the dead. It was a terribly sad and broken place. Some of the graves had been defaced with anti-semitic symbols and slogans. Awful.
My favourite London cemetery is Highgate. I lived in Crouch End for a while once and many a time I'd stroll among the tombs and decaying family vaults musing on things like time and human frailty. Just thought I'd share that.
Where are you? Are you stuck in a tunnel? Should we be alerting Interpol?
Calm down Roster, I've posted again - don't panic!
Re: Graves defaced with anti-semitic symbols and slogans. I've heard about this happening in this country with many strange rumours claiming who the vandals are. The thing about these 'whispers' is trying to find out who started the theories in the first place so as to ascertain their truthfullness. It's disgraceful.
Dick - I've lived in London for most of my life and I've never been to Highgate. I'll go soon and take some photographs.
awww, sugar! *hugs* it has been crazy here, but thanks for missing me! ;)
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