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Good Grief! A Wander Among the Dead with the Graveyard Squirrel

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Category: York Cemetery North Yorkshire

Posted on January 29, 2019August 15, 2019

Waking the Dead? Good Grief!

Good Grief!

Waking the Dead…

“Every day above ground is a good day.” ~ Al Pacino

Welcome to a stroll among the dead with the Graveyard Squirrel – a seeker of elusive ancestors and a wanderer of cemeteries.

See you on the other side?

Memento Mori

Ey up! As it's #YorkshireDay - let’s celebrate with another pearl of wisdom from that irascible codger at Dalesman Magazine. “Odd, isn’t it, that folk who have statues are usually forgotten? Them as do things you remember have no statues.“ ~ #OldAmos Now, I wonder who this glum chap in York Cemetery belongs to? Peace and 💕💕💕💕 from Yorkshire! #GraveyardSquirrel #HistorySleuth #TeeAndTombstones
On this day, July 16 and an incredible 24 years ago I celebrated the safe arrival of my youngest son Tom and in 1824 a further 195 years ago - the church of St Mary Magdalene in the town of Hucknall in Nottingham welcomed the safe arrival of Byron's remains for burial after his death at the age of 36 on April 19 in the town of Missolonghi in Greece... #GraveyardSquirrel #HistorySleuth #TeeAndTombstones #ByronBlogging #LordByron #RegencyRecondite #BloggingByron
Just unearthed this neat little monument on a public grave from 1903 for Florence and Gertrude who both died in infancy - however, it is another occupant of this grave who is of interest to me and I’ll be sharing her sorrowful tale one Friday evening in August during my ‘Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths’ guided walk here at York Cemetery! #GraveyardSquirrel #HistorySleuth #TeeAndTombstones #YorkCemetery
“The earth laughs in flowers.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson. As those Columbines and Buttercups all jostle for space - it’s just another morning here at York Cemetery... #GraveyardSquirrel #HistorySleuth #TeeAndTombstones
As much as I love Lord Byron, I am also a fan of his much maligned spouse! She was buried on this day in 1860 and her grave can be found in the shadow of the Chapel at Kensal Green Cemetery #GraveyardSquirrel #HistorySleuth #BloggingByron #LordByron #LadyByron #KensalGreenCemetery #TombstoneTuesday #TeeAndTombstones
#FridayFeeling “When life throws thorns; hunt for roses.” ~ Until She Flies. One beautiful pink rose makes her presence felt among the tombstones here at York Cemetery... #GraveyardSquirrel #HistorySleuth #TeeAndTombstones
Just a thought for #GoodFriday from Jim Morrison... “Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.” #GraveyardSquirrel #HistorySleuth #TeeAndTombstones
#WayBackWednesday to the day that my favourite earthly angel made the acquaintance of my favourite stone angel here at York Cemetery... #GraveyardSquirrel #HistorySleuth #TeeAndTombstones #YorkCemetery
Just said ‘Good Afternoon’ to one of my favourite angels and there are several others just as beautiful and all waiting to be discovered here at York Cemetery. AND on most weekends, you can usually catch at least one earthly ‘angel’ wearing a very fetching high-viz jacket flitting between the tombstones too... #GraveyardSquirrel #HistorySleuth #YorkCemetery #TeeAndTombstones
It’s Friday and I’m wandering glorious as a daffodil... #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #HistorySleuth #YorkCemetery #FridayFeeling

Fellow Wanderers of the Dead…

  • Tee Bylo
  • Death in a Chocolate Box!
  • Genealogy at York Cemetery
  • Under Every Stone
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • The Skull Illusion
  • Friends of Dean Road and Manor Road Cemetery
  • The Graveyard Detective
  • Highgate Cemetery
  • TaphoTribes
  • The Friends of Kensal Green
  • Marble Towns
  • Kensal Green Cemetery
  • Gravely Speaking
  • York Cemetery
  • Under Every Tombstone
  • Rose Hill Cemetery – Macon Georgia
  • Graves by James M. Brown
  • Final Resting Places
  • Grave Encounters
  • Adventures in Cemetery Hopping
  • Taphophile Tragics
  • Art of Sadness
  • Gravestoned
  • Over Thy Dead Body – A Cemetery Blog
  • Digital Cemetery Walk
  • On a Grave Subject
  • Beneath Thy Feet
  • Graveyard Hopping
  • History in Stone
  • A Grave Interest
  • The Cemetery Traveler – Ed Snyder
  • The Graveyard Rabbit
  • Grave Mistakes
  • European Cemeteries
  • A Grave Concern
  • Cemetery Travel: Your Take-along Guide to Graves & Graveyards Around the World
  • Letters from Dead People
  • The Black Kalendar
  • Capital Punishment UK

The Graveyard Squirrel

At York Cemetery with the Graveyard Squirrel (February 15 2019)The Sphinx from the Illingworth Tomb at Undercliffe Cemetery Bradford (September 2018)Undercliffe Cemetery in Bradford with Tee Bylo as the Graveyard Squirrel (September 2018)With the Grumpy Man with Tee Bylo as the Graveyard Squirrel in June 2018 (York Cemetery)The Rose Cross with Tee Bylo as the Graveyard Squirrel in June 2018 (York Cemetery)The Seafaring Angel with Tee Bylo as the Graveyard Squirrel in June 2018 (York Cemetery)The Angel with Tee Bylo as the Graveyard Squirrel in June 2018 (York Cemetery)The Grump Man with Tee Bylo as the Graveyard Squirrel in June 2018 (York Cemetery)A Grump Man with Tee Bylo as the Graveyard Squirrel in June 2018 (York Cemetery)Ferns and Graves with Tee Bylo as the Graveyard Squirrel in June 2018 (York Cemetery)
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