I almost forgot it was James Brown’s birthday! Happy birthday to the Godfather of Soul! #JamesBrown #godfatherofsoul

View along the north path at Lister Lane Cemetery.

Remembering a few buried in unmarked public graves, who died #OTD in:

Thomas Brier, d. 1846, aged 9 mths
Jabez Brown, d. 1846, aged 1
Daughter of Mary Lucas, d. 1855, aged 1 dy
John H. Newbold, d. 1864, aged 4
Jane Platts, d. 1869, aged 5
Harriet A. Wells, d. 1871, aged 9 mths

Happy #FlowersOnFriday . In bloom at Lister Lane Cemetery this week.

Want to see Westminster Abbey through the eyes of an American on her first visit? You're in luck because here's Part I of my series about my June 2023 visit. Many thanks to ToursByGrace for making it possible! She is a true gem. bit.ly/3Up1tRG

Good Friday morning!
#MayThe4th
#StarWarsDayEve

Good morning from the Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery.

Forget-me-nots - Lister Lane Cemetery.

Yellow tulips at Lister Lane Cemetery.

Trees and gravestones at Lister Lane Cemetery, 1st May 2024.

John & Grissell St Barbe, died on the same day of the sweating sickness & were buried on 2nd Sept 1658

Though she was only 22, they had 4 sons as depicted at the bottom, but by the time the memorial was installed in Romsey Abbey 3 of them, depicted holding lilies, had also died

Here’s a thread about one of the most famous residents of The Old Burying Ground, Halifax.

The Old Burying Ground is open for its 275th year! To celebrate, I am reposting OBG posts for the next week!

Remembering Job Patchett, who died on this day in 1899 at the age of 73. Job's employment included that of wire drawer and then coal merchant. Interred with his first wife Sarah (d. 1882), and their daughter Mary (d. 1869) and son William Stocks (d. 1888).

Good morning from the Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery. 🌷🌷🌷

It's May! For many that means the Indy 500, but for us it means Historic Preservation Month!

All month we'll celebrate saves in the cemetery, talk about places to learn more about historic preservation, highlight some of our friends and colleagues, and a guest feature or two.

View along one of the rows at Lister Lane Cemetery.

Cederfjärd More green with another spot of ladybird @ListerLaneCemetery

Our small clump of wild garlic coming into flower.