Kensal Green Catacombs

Some views of the coffins within one of the Kensal Green catacombs. Metal work is corroding as is any fabric on the sides of the coffins. The first image shows a glass fronted case from which you can just make out one fabric bloom which like the others is in a state of decay.

          

Spanish Air Disaster Memorial

This memorial in Burnley Cemetery records the names of those from Burnley and Padiham who died in  the 1970 Spanish Air Disaster. The Dan-Air flight, carrying 112 people, smashed into a hillside on the slopes of Les Angudes. All were killed. According to reports, under Spanish law, all had to be buried within 48 hours so they were buried in northern Spain. As a consequence, no relatives were able to attend.

Graves of Monumental Masons

The graves of two Monumental Masons in Burnley Cemetery. Photographs of Arthur and Harold Stevenson can be found on the company website HERE

A Memorial to Pte James Booth

Burnley Cemetery is home to an impressive memorial to a solder of the Great War.  The statue stands above the Booth family grave. It depicts a soldier in full marching order with his rifle at his side. The weapon has been broken at some stage. It isn't certain whether it is modelled on Private James Booth, himself.

241973 Pte James Booth served in the 8th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment and was killed in action in France on September 26, 1917. His parents, Joshua and Margaret, who lived at 365 Briercliffe Road, Burnley, are buried in the grave. Booth's obituary can be found on this link:  Obituary of James Booth He is buried in Perth (China Wall) Cemetery which stands  3 kms east of Ypres.


                       

                         

Striking Soldier Memorial

Burnley Cemetery has a very striking memorial to a First World War Soldier. He was Private James Booth and my next post will include more information and photographs of this memorial. The intention of this brief post was to say how much I am enjoying discovering the presets In Adobe Photoshop Light Room 5. Below is the original image taken on a Ricoh R9 compact camera. It is followed by examples using the Direct Process, Yellow filter and Cyanotype presets. I would appreciate hearing other's views on which they prefer (or not!)

ORIGINAL

DIRECT PROCESS

YELLOW FILTER

CYANOTYPE

Mystery Memorial

I found this print a few days ago. I seem to remember taking photographs of various military memorials - possibly near the British Army base at Celle in the then West Germany - while visiting British troops. It commemorates Prisoners of War who died in the 1914-21 War. I can see that it commemorates 780 Russians, 70 Serbians, 5 Romanians and 4 Poles. So why on earth would Germans raise such a memorial ? I am mystified but perhaps things might become clearer if I can link the photograph with strips of black and white negative strips with contact sheets in one of several folders of my negatives I found today. In the meantime, any suggestions would be welcomed. Thank you! Click on the image and then again for a closer view of the wording.

An Open Book

DSC_0205, a photo by The Graveyard Detective on Flickr.

Bath's Lansdown cemetery - this giant book made of black granite commemorates Henry Adkins and his French wife Marie Louise.