Here we go. Such has been my apprehension in attempting to write an entry about the most famous cemetery in the world that it’s taken me nearly a year to finally put my visit into words. How – how, dear reader – can you do justice to this place in one post? How can I convey my awe through text and imagery alone? It’s the cemetery that started it all. So, what did I see? History The cobbled streets that house mausoleums and tombs was not a success when it first opened. Taking

Here we go. Such has been my apprehension in attempting to write an entry about the most famous cemetery in the world that it’s taken me nearly a year to finally put my visit into words. How – how, dear reader – can you do justice to this place in one post? How can I convey my awe through text and imagery alone? It’s the cemetery that started it all. So, what did I see? History The cobbled streets that house mausoleums and tombs was not a success when it first opened. Taking

On a sunny day in May, I went for a walk and photo outing. Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery, located in the London Borough of Bromley. It was an intrinsic part of my childhood, and is probably the reason that I found Sheldon’s original proposal for trips to all 7 of the Magnificent London cemeteries so intriguing back in 2011. I had grown up with this one. My Dad used to take my brother and I to collect conkers from underneath the giant horse chestnut trees there on autumn

On a sunny day in May, I went for a walk and photo outing. Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery, located in the London Borough of Bromley. It was an intrinsic part of my childhood, and is probably the reason that I found Sheldon’s original proposal for trips to all 7 of the Magnificent London cemeteries so intriguing back in 2011. I had grown up with this one. My Dad used to take my brother and I to collect conkers from underneath the giant horse chestnut trees there on autumn

by Christina My laptop broke this week. What an excellent way to begin the new year. All it’s programs and systems and files; all the things that made it what it was just withered and shuddered and died, one by one. I was attempting to scan in some 35mm black and white photographs of Sheldon at Nunhead Cemetery at the time. We had visited last March – it seems an eternity ago now, but I had got two impossibly expensive films developed for Christmas – a present from my dad – a

by Christina My laptop broke this week. What an excellent way to begin the new year. All it’s programs and systems and files; all the things that made it what it was just withered and shuddered and died, one by one. I was attempting to scan in some 35mm black and white photographs of Sheldon at Nunhead Cemetery at the time. We had visited last March – it seems an eternity ago now, but I had got two impossibly expensive films developed for Christmas – a present from my dad – a

by Christina Sheldon said something really nice to me the other day. He said that my photographs have heart and warmth. I found this funny given my recent abundance of photographs of monuments and memorials and graveyards. I kind of agree with him though. Here are a small selection of photographs on a Cemetery Club theme. Ivy creeping over the engraving on a headstone at Nunhead Cemetery – March 2013 All photographs by Christina Owen #lovelock #photo #westnorwood #photography

by Christina Sheldon said something really nice to me the other day. He said that my photographs have heart and warmth. I found this funny given my recent abundance of photographs of monuments and memorials and graveyards. I kind of agree with him though. Here are a small selection of photographs on a Cemetery Club theme. Ivy creeping over the engraving on a headstone at Nunhead Cemetery – March 2013 All photographs by Christina Owen #lovelock #photo #westnorwood #photography